The year in review--its ups and downs

The big new this year was protests around the world. The US was overjoyed when protesters took aim at dictators they didn’t like, but then there was Bahrain. The US helped that government crack down on protesters because that country is an important ally. The US even gave financial support to that government to help them stamp out the protests.

What really made a mockery of the so called “Arab Spring” was the Occupy Wall Street movement. At first it was just a few hundred camped out near Wall Street complaining about banks running our lives. Then it spread to every major city in the country, from St. Louis, MO, Wichita, KS, New York City and Los Angeles.

This has bee THE story of the year, possibly the last 30 years. Not since the 1960s have young people taken to the streets to demand such change. The crowds have not been small. They also haven’t been treated with respect by our government and their lap dog mainstream media. At first the movement was completely ignored. Later they had to report when hundreds of young protesters were arrested because city governments were afraid of the crowds getting too bid and taking over.

One of the best ideas has been to interrupt these bastard Republicans when they try to spread their lying blather with “MIC CHECK!”

Turmoil also spread to Greece and Italy. Greece has had thousands take to the streets to battle the government over austerity measures that are robbing people of a living and a future to students living there. Similar trouble has taken place in Italy. Both government have accepted more austerity measure or they were threatened with being kicked out of the European Common Market. The Common Market still worries that both governments are teetering on collapse.

US Imperialism struck back hard this year on governments it was not at ease with. Top on their list was Muammar Qaddafi /مُعَمَّر القَذَّافِي . At first there was a protest rebellion. Many leftist groups took differing sides. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine demanded an immediate end to the bombardment and massacres against the heroic Libyan people, condemning the killing of demonstrators committed by the Qaddafi regime.

Turmoil also spread to Greece and Italy. Greece has had thousands take to the streets to battle the government over austerity measures that are robbing people of a living and a future to students living there. Similar trouble has taken place in Italy. Both government have accepted more austerity measure or they were threatened with being kicked out of the European Common Market. The Common Market still worries that both governments are teetering on collapse.

US Imperialism struck back hard this year on governments it was not at ease with. Top on their list was Muammar Qaddafi /مُعَمَّر القَذَّافِي . At first there was a protest rebellion. Many leftist groups took differing sides. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine demanded an immediate end to the bombardment and massacres against the heroic Libyan people, condemning the killing of demonstrators committed by the Qaddafi regime.

Others defended Qaddafi or warned that US and NATO would get involved and take the country over. Cuba’s Granma International said NATO’s plan was to occupy Libya.

As the protesters took up arms they were unable to unseat Qaddafi. So NATO blasted all of Qaddafi’s defenses and when the rebels took over, they found Qaddafi and killed him on the spot. They have also killed a lot of his family members. This has become routine for the US to use drone attacks or simply capture and kill a foreign opponent.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker caused a massive protest and rebellion when he reduced wages for all public employees and tried to break their unions. The Democrats walked out and tried to stop him, but as with all Tea Party Republicans, he found loop holes he could use to roll over and crush the public employees.

He saw himself as another Ronald Reagan, but many of us feel he is nothing more than a Kock whore.

Nepal United Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) is now internally divided and the more radical faction seems to be picking up momentum. Member of the People’s Liberation Army feel they have been just left out of the process and Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal/पुष्पकमल दाहाल and his supporters are being accused of selling out the party,

A new Revolutionary International Movement RIM has been formed. Many of the old Maoist Parties have joined it. There is now an international for Maoists. Not all parties have joined and one interesting party left out is the US Revolutionary Communist Party. The party has fallen out of favor with the new RIM. Their now online magazine is Maoist Road.

More is emerging through the press of the rival faction to the Communist Party of Peru (Shining Path). PCP-MLM. also known as the VRAE faction, has been getting some press from the foreign news agencies. Recently the guerrilla leader known as Comrade Jose (Víctor Quispe Palomino) was interviewed and it was posted on Youtube. They also have some web sites, although they don’t update them very often.

Kim Jong Il,김정일, the Leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) died in December. -



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