Crocadile Tears in Zimbabwe

By 史蒂夫・奥多

Once again we see a campaign to discredit an African leader based not on his human rights record, but on economic problems, involving the loss of land of rich white people’s land given to poor blacks. Expect to here him called the next Pol Pot, Idi Amin, Adolf Hitler and who knows who else they will compare Robert Mugabe with. (see Saddam Hussein before the Iraq War.)
But what about other trouble spots in Africa? Why were they ignored and not the trouble in Zimbabwe? Once again we see our right wing government and its lackeys in the press going after US and European interest with rediculous exagerations.

What happened to Darfur?
Reuters:
Burkina Faso minister to be Darfur mediator
Sat 28 Jun 2008, 8:26 GMT
By Louis Charbonneau
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Burkina Faso Foreign Minister Djibril Bassole has been chosen as the new U.N. and African Union joint chief mediator for Darfur, though his appointment has yet to be confirmed, diplomats said on Friday.
Several diplomats told Reuters the United Nations and AU had settled on Bassole as the best choice to try to broker a resolution to the five-year-old conflict in Sudan's western region of Darfur.
"Bassole has been chosen," said one diplomat. "Now the question is whether everyone involved will give their final agreement."
The diplomats spoke on condition of anonymity because the appointment is not yet official. They said it was still possible that Sudanese President President Omar Hassan al-Bashir could object to Bassole's appointment.
However, they said the AU was expected to endorse Bassole as the mediator at its foreign ministers meeting now under way in the Egyptian Red Sea town of Sharm el-Sheikh.

Who saw the movie Hotel Rwanda (2004)?
It was based on a true story. From Wikipedia
"Hotel Rwanda has been called an African Schindler's List.[2] Ten years before the film was released, some of the worst atrocities in the history of mankind took place in the country of Rwanda—and in an era of high-speed communication and round the clock news, the events went almost unnoticed by the rest of the world. In only three months 800,000 people were brutally murdered. In the face of these unspeakable actions, inspired by his love for his family, an ordinary man summons extraordinary courage to save the lives of over a thousand helpless refugees, by granting them shelter in the Hôtel des Mille Collines.
Plot
The film Hotel Rwanda, set in 1994, is based on the Rwandan genocide, in which an estimated 800,000 people, mainly Tutsi and moderate Hutus, were killed by Hutu militias.[3] In the film, tensions between the Hutu and Tutsi people lead to a civil war in which the Tutsis are massacred because of their former rule over the nation. Paul Rusesabagina (Don Cheadle), the manager of Sabena Hôtel des Mille Collines, is torn between the sides as he is Hutu but his wife, Tatiana (Sophie Okonedo), is Tutsi. His marriage paints him a traitor by fellow Hutu, including George Rutaganda, a supplier to the hotel and Hutu zealot who unsuccessfully presses Paul to join the Interahamwe, an extremist anti-Tutsi militia."

How about the film Lord of War, 2005
Again from Wikipedia:

“Lord of War is a 2005 film written and directed by Andrew Niccol which starred Nicolas Cage. It was released in the United States on September 16, 2005, with the DVD following on January 17, 2006 and the Blu-ray Disc on July 27, 2006. Cage plays the antiheroic protagonist, an illegal arms dealer with similarities to Russian arms dealers Viktor Bout[1][2][3] and Leonid Minin. The film was officially endorsed by the human rights group Amnesty International for highlighting the trafficking of weapons by the international arms industry.”
An inportant part of he movie:
“Yuri moves on to selling arms to the West African dictator of Liberia, André Baptiste (based on Charles Taylor). Baptiste proclaims that Yuri is a "Lord of War", a verbal play on the term "Warlord", paying him in blood diamonds. After digging through his garbage, Valentine learns that Yuri will be making a cargo run to Sierra Leone. Valentine has fighter planes successfully intercepts the plane in flight, but Yuri makes an emergency landing on a dirt road, and gives away all the guns to local villagers before Valentine can arrive and detain him. Valentine handcuffs him and keeps him there for 24 hours before being forced to release him.”

This was another example of bloody dictatorship the US paid little attention to.


BACK TO ZIMBABWE:
Now from HOME PAGE OF YAHOO! GROUPhttp://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/MAOIST_REVOLUTION:
Dear Maoist controled militias througout AfricaevolutionThe lies about the situation in Zimbabwe we hear in the West are unbelievable.The fact was that the UK promised to pay for land reform as part of theagreement surrounding Zimbabwe's independence in 1980, i.e. they saidthey would pay white farmers to give up the land. The Conservativegovernment paid some money towards this but very little. When Labourcame to power in 1997 the Overseas Development Minister, Claire Short,told the government of Zimbabwe point blank that the money necessaryfor large-scale land reform wouldn't be paid because she had otherpriorities(http://www.swans. com/library/ art9/ankomah5. html).; It was Short's behaviour that provoked the land seizures.The US then took up the gauntlet by deciding to starve the people ofZimbabwe until they are willing to overthrow their government.? Believe me, the Israelis in their treatment of the people of Gaza are weak as water liberals compared to what the US is doing in Zimbabwe.In 2001 in response to the land seizures the US passed the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (http://www.newzimba bwe.com/pages/ sanctions32. 13170.html). As an anti-Mugabe journalist explains:'ZIDERA empowers the US to use its voting rights and influence (as the main donor) in multilateral lending agencies, such as the IMF, World Bank, and the African Development Bank to veto any applications by Zimbabwe for finance, credit facilities, loan rescheduling, and international debt cancellation. ' Basically this means no international body will extend credit andneither, as a result, will most international banks. Without credit and loan rescheduling a dependent economy like Zimbabwe's cannot survive.Without hard currency they cannot import fertilizer and agriculturalequipment. So, that way the West can blame hunger on Mugabe's landreform program.? Meanwhile the MDC go around the world encouraging the West to starve their own people so they can be blackmailed into voting against Mugabe. And all the left-wing hypocrites in the West who condemned Mugabe for being subservient to imperialism in the 90's now support the campaign of the MDC and their ZCTU allies to commit genocide against the people of Zimbabwe for daring to seize back land that was stolen from them by white people.

What will us revolutionaries do when we’re needed?

By

史蒂夫・奥多

Recently, I read a site by a party I haven’t known much about, the Rural Peoples Party. As with many of these parties and their sites, they explained why they were disenchanted with some of the other revolutionary left parties and internationals.

I did notice their opinion on the Revolutonary Communist Party:

The Rural People’s Party:

“THE IMPORTANCE OF APPLYING THE JUCHE IDEA IN THE U.S.

With the the latest addition to Bob Avakian's "new" synthesis, (http://revcom.us/a/131/New_Synthesis_Speech_PT-3-en.html), the RCP is so far gone that they might as well denounce Comrade Stalin and adopt Trotsky's Permanent Revolution. They have officially abandoned Leninist principle that the best way to contribute to the world revolution is to seize power in one's own country.”

Actually, Avakian has spent a lot of his time writing about his vision for a future Revolutionary America. So he is interested in revolution here at home. What is missing is HOW to achieve this revolution. I could also say that about The Rural People’s Party, although there may be documents that I haven’t seen yet where they explain how they plan to initiate revolution here.

It is an important point, because, despite the name calling and criticisms of these various parties against each other, we are about to enter a revolutionary period, similar to the 1960s or the 1930s, where capitalism failures are just too obvious to ignore, for the common man.

But how do we convert revolutionary rhetoric into revolutionary action when the time calls for it?

It was Herbert Marcuse who wrote: “Society takes care of the need for liberation by satisfying the needs which make servitude palatable and perhaps even unnoticeable.”

He was right. With the working class driving big cars, owning TVs, having food and liquor, and with the use of religion and scare tactics, the bourgiese has convinced most working people that they have it best, even though the are actually slaves to their corporate masters and their vote really means nothing to them at all.

But three things are changing that:

1. Global climate change that is destroying people’s homes with record floods, tornatos and hurricanes. It will eventually lead to food shortages.
2. Peak oil, the over reliance on petroleum products that not only drive up the price of gas, but will drive up the price of food and cause a collapse in the present housing booms as suburbanites realize they can’t afford to drive two hours to work every day.

1. The war, which is directly related to Peak Oil. In order to keep our access to the last few drops of oil we have to control the entire Middle-east. There is little doubt that the wars that the US is starting in the Middle-east are a result of the The “Project for the New American Century.” According to Wikipedia:

“The Project for the New American Century website states the following "fundamental propositions": "that American leadership is good both for America and for the world; and that such leadership requires military strength, diplomatic energy and commitment to moral principle."^[2]

Its original "Statement of Principles" of June 3, 1997, posted on its current website, begins by framing a series of questions, which the rest of the document proposes to answer:

As the 20th century draws to a close, the United States stands as the world's pre-eminent power. Having led the West to victory in the Cold War, America faces an opportunity and a challenge: Does the United States have the vision to build upon the achievements of past decades? Does the United States have the resolve to shape a new century favorable to American principles and interests?^[21]

In response to these questions, the PNAC states its aim to "remind America" of "lessons" learned from American history, drawing the following "four consequences" for America in 1997:

• we need to increase defense spending significantly if we are to carry out our global responsibilities today and modernize our armed forces for the future;
• we need to strengthen our ties to democratic allies and to challenge regimes hostile to our interests and values;”

The bottom line is simple: Our government won the cold war, now let’s build a modern empire, using warfare if necessary and the American values are that America will control the resources of these less developed contries, while building puppet governments to enforce this new empire.

Bush will probably initiate some kind of military conflice with Iran to cause instasbility and eventually that government’s collapse. As the US begins to gain control of Iraq, the stability of both Afghanistan and Pakistan are likely to destabalize and require more US troops. US troops may also be involved in Iran. So even if McCain doesn’t win the next election, the Republican Party may have this country so entrenched in war, that we really will be facing a century or war.

All of this means that this country will face the end of suburbia, possibly the end of our so called “love affair with the auto” and constant loss of our young men and women to a war that more and more people will eventually see our government for what it really is.

There are already rightwing survivalists who saw this coming years ago. The left needs to look at it closely and consider what we will all do if this government implodes and splinters into a system of war lords staking claims to power right here within the US.

Maoist begin a people’s war in Bhutan

By 史蒂夫・奥多
Appearently the push by Indian Maoist groups and the recent success of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), has inspired the Communist Party of Bhutan (Marxist Leninist - Maoist) to make a push for people’s war in Bhutan. Of the three countries, Bhutan is the smallest, about half the size of Nepal. The Maoist in India are only fighting to control the eastern third of India at this time. It’s likely that they may not push for the whole country for many years to come, while Bhutan is so small, change there could happen quickly.
It’s hard to tell because the party does not yet have its own web site and is only now becoming known to the outside world.

From:
http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/MAOIST_REVOLUTION

Birtamod, June 7th: Vikalpa led Communist Party of Bhutan (Marxist Leninist - Maoist) (CPB - MLM), formed in 2001, marked the start of armed revolt against autocratic Bhutanese regime with twin blasts, one near Samtse and another near the Damchen Petroleum depot near Phuentsholing in Chukha on June 5.
"We are proud to initiate the armed people's war to eradicate the regime", quoted a release issued by party general secretary Vikalpa.

The party also confirmed the death of one of its active cadres in Chukha, declaring him the first martyr of people's war. CPB (MLM) also said that the team commander Chandra Raj Rai alias Khandu, arrested by the security, has been undergoing treatment in the Samtse General Hospital.
The police recovered leaflets and documents of CPB (MLM), and also arrested Chandra Raj Rai from the scene reported Indian media quoting Royal Bhutan Police. However, the government mouthpiece Kuelsel has not yet reported the serial blasts by cadres of CPB (MLM).
Vikalpa led CPB (MLM) started the people's war when another fraction led by Birat is agitating against third country resettlement program.
Also, from the same site:

I got my hands on one press release from the Communist Party of Bhutan – Maoist. It is dated February 02, 2008.
Here's what it says in general, with "raktim abhivadan" (red salute, I reckon)
"In the changing political scenario of Bhutan, the Communist Party of Bhutan - Maoists has also changed its strategies. CPB – Maoist, which considers all the parties against the monarchy as cohorts, has decided to take brutal actions against those parties that try to harm this party."
Then it lists out the "Present Targets for Physical Action" that are -
Block Chiefs (Gup) and their allies living on the land of refugees (in Bhutan) and ruling over the people.Government officials and Indian traders that have alliance with the state and are engaged in commission-ism.
The press release also states "the CPB Maoists has decided to take a vicious physical action against one unidentified Moto Rai of Beldangi 3 for attempting to disrupt the party's people's revolution."
I suppose that Beldang 3 means the Bhutanese refugee camp in Nepal and the party is taking in a lot of inspiration from what CPN Maoists did during the insurgency in Nepal

Maoism spreads in India

Indian Maoist are now pushing for their own victory after the successful victory of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). So far the Communist Party of India Maoist has praised and endorsed the CP Nepal (M) and have praised the parties leader and his strategy of a multi-party government.
From the
HOME PAGE OF YAHOO! GROUP
http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/MAOIST_REVOLUTION :
India: Maoist rebels begin urban push
ASIAN AGE, London edition.By Sanjay BasakNew Delhi June 10: Maoist rebels, who are now observing "Jan Pituri Saptah (revolutionary week)" in Chhattisgarh (in tribal belt in central India), have blown up power lines and disrupted communication links, targeting industries and power stations in the Abhujmar and Bastar regions and plunging much of the state into darkness. A senior state police officer, in a telephonic conversation with this newspaper, said that the Maoists, who had declared a "parallel government" some time back, were now trying to move from the jungles to urban areas. The blast at Durg on June 8, in which three CRPF jawans were killed, and the attack on the Bishrampur police station "are clear signals that they are pushing towards urban areas," he said. Comrade Sonu, a top Maoist central committee member, confirmed this. "If we fail to build our movement in the cities, the revolution will remain a dream," he told this newspaper. The police officer also said there were intelligence inputs that the Maoists were trying to teach Hindi to their Gondi-speaking "red cadres" from south Bastar as it was getting difficult for them to interact with Maoist leaders from Andhra Pradesh. The top leadership of the CPI (Maoist) is run by Andhra cadres. Chhattisgarhs DGP Vishwa Ranjan told this newspaper that due to the Maoist-imposed blackout, the administration had arranged to supply at least six hours of electricity to affected areas. "We have moved 100 huge generators to give relief to people." He also claimed adequate forces had been deployed to provide security to possible targets, including towers and transmission lines. "The Maoists are hitting soft targets," he said. The DGP said the state police was fully capable of handling the situation, and did not need help from the Centre. The so-called "soft targets" attacked by the Maoists included the Essar Steel Plant at Kirandul in Bastar. The Maoists had set the plant and 20 trucks inside on fire. Last year, while observing the "Jan Pituri" week, the Maoists had plunged the entire Bastar region into darkness for almost a fortnight. A police officer in Kanker district pointed out that so far not a single political leader in Chhattisgarh had issued any statement condemning the "Jan Pituri" week, which ends on Friday. A state government official based in New Delhi said, however, that since the "government is at war with the Maoists, there is no point issuing statements on their activities."

This film is from the site of the Naxal Revolution Archives

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Nepal protesters clash with police

From:
http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/MAOIST_REVOLUTION

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May 30 - Doezens were injured when Nepali protesters clashed with police in Kathmandu, demanding that dethroned King Gyanendra immediately leave his palace.
Celebrating the end of the monarchy, demonstrators shouted anti-king slogans, pelted stones at the police and tried to storm the palace.

Let’s trash McCain

Now that Obama has won for the Democrats, it's time to really trash John McCain. We just can't trash him enough.

Trouble in Nepal

Having a multiparty Marxist system has never been easy. The Sandinistas tried it with some limited success. Now there are problems with the new elected government in Nepal: nepalenews.com mk June 01 08:

Maoist chairman Prachanda today warned that his party would launch a street movement if the Nepali Congress (NC) failed to hand over the reins of power to his party within the next three days.

Addressing a mass gathering in Gorkha district, Prachanda said Prime Minister Koirala should tender his resignation to the Constituent Assembly (CA) and pave the way for the Maoists to lead the government. If that does not happen in the next 2-3 days, he said, the Maoist representatives in the current government would resign en masse and join a street agitation to be launched by the party.
Prachanda, who arrived in Gorkha accompanied by his deputy Dr Baburam Bhattarai, also took the NC and CPN (UML) to task for what he called violation of past agreements, by setting conditions for allowing the Maoists to lead the government.
"Now the kings have been thrown out, but there are small kings who are not willing to step down even after losing the election," reports quoted the Maoist strongman as saying.On the occasion, Prachanda also hoisted the national flag at the historic Gorkha palace that opened to the public from today.

Kathmandu, 01.06.08 En un mitin de masas en el distrito de Gorkha los máximos dirigentes del PCN (m) camaradas Prachanda y Bhattarai advirtieron al actual gobierno provisional presidido por Koirala, que si en un plazo de tres días no dimitía para dar paso al nuevo gobierno conforme a la voluntad popular lanzaran una campaña de movilización en las calles, según informa el portal Nepalnews.
"Ahora que hemos echado a los reyes, hay pequeños reyes que no están dispuestos a retirarse aunque perdieron las elecciones" afirmo el Presidente Prachanda que también participo en el acto de apertura al publico del histórico Palacio de Gorkha.
Los maoístas acusan a los partidos burgueses de tratar de impedir la formación del nuevo gobierno contraviniendo los acuerdos de paz.

Boletín informativo do Comite Galego de Solidariedade co Nepal

Zappa’s music put to Prez. Bush

Some inventive people at Youtube came up with a perfect modern version of the 15 year old Frank Zappa song.