Monday, September 2, 2013

Impeach Obama for Syria War Plan Now !

Democracy and Class Struggle says the majority of people in the United States are against this War on Syria and must be given a voice - impeachment is a mechanism for that voice to be heard.

The Corporate Media has been unable to convince people of the justice of this proposed Syrian War, the gap between the People and the Capitalist Elites is wider than ever .

The Occupy Movement was the first movement to signify the new distance between Government and the People - this proposed War will be the straw that will break the back of this lying murderous Imperialist system of modern capitalism.

Impeach the Lying Warmonger Now !

Philippines : Recent arrest of another NDFP Peace Consultant, in further spite of the peace process

The latest NDFP peace consultant who has been subjected to the traitorous acts of the GPH has been Ma. Loida Magpatoc... Despite her being JASIG-protected, she was arrested on false charges and now detained in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City.

PRESS STATEMENT
By ALAN JAZMINES
Consultant, National Democratic Front of the Philippines
01 September 2013

Recent arrest of another NDFP Peace Consultant, in further spite of the peace process

The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and various local and international organizations pushing for the peace process have intently been pressing on with their efforts towards genuine, lasting peace through the attainment of mutual agreements, fundamental socio-economic and political-constitutional changes, and serious end to hostilities.

The Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GPH) -- in particular, as of late on the part of the present Aquino regime -- has, on the contrary, treacherously been continuing with its belittling and grave disregard of (to the extent of intently trampling upon) agreements already made from the onset and through the course of the NDFP-GPH peace talks.'''

This, even in the case of agreements quite crucial to the continuation and progress of the peace process, such as the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL) and the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees (JASIG). The CARHRIHL is supposed to ensure the respect and protection on both sides in the ongoing civil strife in the country. The JASIG is supposed to ensure that peace consultants and staffs of both sides are protected from surveillance, arrest, detention, prosecution, and other antagonistic acts that would violate their rights as well as deter their effective participation and work in the peace process.

Yet, the military, paramilitary, police, and intelligence forces of the GPH have without let-up been surveilling, arresting, detaining, swamping with trumped-up criminal charges, and violating the human, legal and other rights of NDFP peace consultants and other JASIG-protected NDFP forces the GPH forces can lay their hands on.

The latest NDFP peace consultant who has been subjected to such traitorous acts of the GPH forces has been Ma. Loida Magpatoc, an NDFP peace consultant representing the NDFP in Far South Mindanao.

Magpatoc is 52 years old, married and a “Lola” to five grandchildren.

Despite her being JASIG-protected, a P500,000.00 reward was put up by the Armed Forces of the Philippines for her capture.

In performance of her work as an NDFP peace consultant, Magpatoc had been immersing and consulting with the local community folk in the barangays (villages) of Far South Mindanao in regard to land, production and other socio-economic and political issues, when the 1002nd Brigade (1002nd Bde) of the 10th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army (10th ID PA) got wind of her presence in Barangay Zone III, Digos, Davao del Sur, and came to arrest her as early as 4:00am on 28 July.

The entire local community, however, immediately learned of the situation and came out en masse to protect her and block the 1002nd Bde. Magpatoc presented her JASIG Document of Information to the 1002nd Bde, and claimed her protection from arrest. But the 1002nd Bde only confiscated her JASIG document, ignored her claim for protection from arrest, and insisted on proceeding to arrest her. The barangay folk, who were surrounding her, refused to let the 1002nd Bde forces take her, as the former were apprehensive that the latter would only commit foul deeds against her. Magpatoc and the barangay folk asked if there was a warrant for her arrest, but the 1002nd Bde forces were not able to present any.

The arrest was eventually made, however, when the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Davao del Sur came later in the day to take her, this time armed with a warrant of arrest (based on trumped-up criminal charges of “robbery,” “damage to properties” and “double homicide”), and bring her to their Digos headquarters. From there, she was flown on 4 August to Metro Manila and brought for confinement at the Taguig City Jail Female Dormitory in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City.

After her arrest, the reward for Ma. Loida Magpatoc’s capture by the AFP suddenly became P5.6 million.

(Sgd) ALAN JAZMINES
NDFP peace consultant
detained at the Special intensive Care Area,
Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City

Turkey : September 12th International Day of Solidarity with Taksim Prisoners

Democracy and Class Struggle call for support for Taksim Prisoners on 12th September 2013 - support these brave and heroic Turkish comrades.

International Day of Solidarity with Taksim Prisoners

The Party of the Committees to Support Resistance for Communism joins the International Day with Taksim Prisoners called for September 12, about which the Marxist Leninist Communist Party of Turkey and North Kurdistan inform us in the document that reminds us of June uprising of Turkish people’s masses and which is quoted below (Annex 1).

The uprising of Turkish people’s masses was one of the most important expressions of the resistance movement of the people’s masses in the world in latest months. In this regard, they are worth the assessments set by the (new) Italian Communist Party in its statement of 7 June 2013 (Annex 2), which we quote in full. We invite you to study it, according the appeal of Gramsci, because the resistance of the people’s masses in Italy, in Turkey and around the world in order to win needs " of all your enthusiasm", "of all your might", and especially today "of all your intelligence", as he told.

The International Community of European, US and Zionist groups upset by the general crisis of capitalism is no more able to create a steady order for itself. It is no more able to rule the popular revolt advancing in every corner of the world and more and more resorts to openly criminal methods in order to remain in power. Its force is mainly due to the weakness of the communist movement. The rebirth of the communist movement will be its end. The first country that will break the chain of European, American and Zionist imperialist groups will open the way and will also show the way to the people’s masse of the other parts of the world.

CARC Party

International Relations Department

Annex 1

Despite the brutal repression of the bourgeois Turkish state, the people lost their fear and bravely resisted against the police attack like on 31^{st May and 1st June, when the police attacked Gezi Park and the occupied Taksim Square with tear-gas and bulldozers.}

From May 31 to June 27, more than 8 thousand people have been wounded by the police terror. Among them at least 60 people are wounded heavily and 11 people lost their eyes. 5 people were assassinated by the state forces, among them the young revolutionary Mehmet Ethem Sarısülük, who was killed by police bullets in Ankara.

During the June Uprising, the revolutionary and communist forces played a significant role, therefore it is very natural that they were the first target of the attacks of the fascist dictatorship and its AKP government.

In order to get revenge of Taksim and to weaken the revolutionary and progressive forces, the AKP has attacked many political parties and organizations such as ESP (Socialist Party of the Oppressed), SDP (Socialist Democracy Party), Atilim Newspaper, Partizan, Ozgur Radio, Etkin News Agency, SGD (Socialist Youth Associations), New Democratic Women, Halkevleri and others, and imprisoned dozens of people. They raided the party buildings, newspaper offices and radios by breaking their doors, seizing or destroying the technical equipments.

Still today, dozens of revolutionaries and communists are in prison. The files are secret and even the date of the trial is still not fixed.

We are calling upon all progressive, revolutionary and communist forces to join the struggle for the freedom of the Taksim Prisoners! The struggle for the freedom of the Taksim Prisoners is the struggle for new uprisings, for a strong revolutionary movement advancing towards revolution. As the resisters have cried out several times in the squares, barricades and in prison "this is only the beginning!".

On September 12, the anniversary of the military coup in Turkey, a Day of International Solidarity with the Taksim Prisoners will take place in order to strengthen international solidarity and pressure on the regime in Turkey.

Dear Comrades,

We invite you to join the international actions demanding freedom for the Taksim Prisoners organizing protest meetings in front of the Turkish embassies, informing the people in your country about the resistance in Turkey/Northern Kurdistan, sending solidarity statements, making wall writings and expressing your solidarity in many creative and practical ways.

If you organize any kind of solidarity action, please inform us shortly via email about it so we can publish the results of the International Day of Solidarity with the Taksim Prisoners.

With revolutionary greetings,

MLCP

Turkey/Northern Kurdistan

International Bureau

infomlkp@googlemail.com

Syrian Rebels Al Nusra had Sarin Gas in Turkey - Report in Zaman on 30th May 2013

30 May 2013 / ZAMAN, İSTAN- BUL

Seven members of Syria's militant al-Nusra group were detained on Wednesday after police found sarin gas, which was reportedly going to be used in a bomb attack, during a search of the suspects' homes, Turkish media have reported.

Newspapers claimed on Thursday that two kilograms of sarin gas, which is usually used for making bombs and was banned by the UN in 1991, had been found in the homes of suspects detained in the southern provinces of Adana and Mersin. Twelve suspects were caught by the police on Monday. The reports claimed that the al-Nusra members had been planning a bomb attack for Thursday in Adana but that the attack was averted when the police caught the suspects. Along with the sarin gas, the police seized a number of handguns, grenades, bullets and documents during their search. Five of the suspects were released later on Thursday.

Source:
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-316966-report-police-foil-al-nusra-bomb-attack-planned-for-adana.html

See Also about Turkish Government use of Chemical weapons against Kurds:

http://www.ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2011/11/turkey3532.htm

Sunday, September 1, 2013

Protests across United States against War on Syria

See Also : http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/syria-us-intel-no-smoking-gun-no-direct.html

http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/mounting-evidence-raises-questions.html

http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/in-rush-to-strike-syria-us-tried-to.html

http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/syrian-activist-satellite-imagery.html

http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/saudi-prince-bandar-behind-chemical.html

http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/syrian-rebels-al-nusra-had-sarin-gas-in.html

London: Craig Murray Ex Ambassador to Uzbekistan and Whistleblower National Demonstration No Attack on Syria

London: Andrew Murray Unite the Union National Demonstration No Attack on Syria Stop the War Coalition

See Also : http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/syria-us-intel-no-smoking-gun-no-direct.html

http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/mounting-evidence-raises-questions.html

http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/in-rush-to-strike-syria-us-tried-to.html

http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/syrian-activist-satellite-imagery.html

http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/saudi-prince-bandar-behind-
chemical.html '

http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/syrian-rebels-al-nusra-had-sarin-gas-in.html

London: Lindsey German Convenor Stop the War Coalition National Demonstration No Attack on Syria Stop the War

See Also : http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/syria-us-intel-no-smoking-gun-no-direct.html

http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/mounting-evidence-raises-questions.html

http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/in-rush-to-strike-syria-us-tried-to.html

http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/syrian-activist-satellite-imagery.html

http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/saudi-prince-bandar-behind-chemical.html

http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/syrian-rebels-al-nusra-had-sarin-gas-in.html

London: Tariq Ali National Demonstration No Attack on Syria Stop the War Coalition London 31 08 13

See Also : http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/syria-us-intel-no-smoking-gun-no-direct.html

http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/mounting-evidence-raises-questions.html

http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/in-rush-to-strike-syria-us-tried-to.html

http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/syrian-activist-satellite-imagery.html

http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/saudi-prince-bandar-behind-chemical.html

http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/syrian-rebels-al-nusra-had-sarin-gas-in.html

The Dale Gavlak Report now appears on Real News - Saudi's and Bandar hand exposed.

Democracy and Class Struggle says the important Dale Gavlak Report was based on ground report of Yahya Ababneh in Damascus, Dale is a woman and not a man and Paul Jay should know better.

She helped prepare report in collaboration with Yahya Ababneh she was not in Damascus again another mistake of Paul Jay.

Dale has an impressive journalistic CV which should have been mentioned'

Dale Gavlak is a Middle East correspondent for Mint Press News and has reported from Amman, Jordan, writing for the Associated Press, NPR and BBC.

An expert in Middle Eastern affairs, Gavlak covers the Levant region, writing on topics including politics, social issues and economic trends.

Dale holds a M.A. in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Chicago.

We are pleased that the report surfaced on the Real News but it was presented carelessly - please do better next time and interview Dale Gavlak and Yahya Ababneh.

See Also : http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/syria-us-intel-no-smoking-gun-no-direct.html

http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/mounting-evidence-raises-questions.html

http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/in-rush-to-strike-syria-us-tried-to.html

http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/syrian-activist-satellite-imagery.html

http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/saudi-prince-bandar-behind-chemical.html
http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/syrian-rebels-al-nusra-had-sarin-gas-in.html