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http://www.outlookindia.com/printarticle.aspx?289708 All Along The Waterfront Sunit Arora , Lola Nayar , Arindam Mukherjee In The Eye Of The Storm AAP attack: Arvind Kejriwal’s party wants an investigation into Narendra Modi’s “closeness” to Adani, dubbing him the corporate backer of the BJP’s ‘PM candidate’. Photos of Modi using the group’s corporate jets are doing the rounds. […]

On behalf of PUCL a team had visited Nuaguda and Pipalguda village, met the victims at the Hospitals and interacted with the ADM and SP Kalahandi and the labour department officials at the district and state level. The report is based on the team’s findings. Too much familiarity breeds contempt- runs an old saying. Put […]

On behalf of PUCL a team had visited Nuaguda and Pipalguda village, met the victims at the Hospitals and interacted with the ADM and SP Kalahandi and the labour department officials at the district and state level. The report is based on the team’s findings. Too much familiarity breeds contempt- runs an old saying. Put […]

Milwaukee, WI – Taking a stand against courthouse intimidation by Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE), immigrant rights organizers at Voces de la Frontera rallied outside the ICE office in downtown Milwaukee on February 24, 2014.

On a freezing winter day, dozens of students, workers, and community members rallied in solidarity with the case of Jose Calderon and for all undocumented immigrants subject to ICE harassment at the courts. In a clear case of racial profiling, ICE is targeting Mexican and Central American people who come to court in southeast Wisconsin. ICE appears on days when Spanish interpreters are scheduled for court. Even witnesses to crimes are being harassed and threatened by ICE.

Jorge Maya with Voces de la Frontera explained, “This type of racist, intimidating, and senseless practice that ICE conducts, has got to be ended. Undocumented immigrants should not be treated like criminals, families should not have to be separated, and communities should not have to be harassed just to keep up with a deportation quota.”

The case of Jose Calderon, a Voces de la Frontera member, sparked an outrage against ICE courthouse raids in Milwaukee communities. Calderon is facing deportation proceedings after paying a fine for driving without a license and attending a hearing. With no previous criminal record, Calderon’s deportation proceeding will be devastating to his two U.S.-born children.

More and more, undocumented immigrants are detained at courthouses by undercover ICE agents, interrogated, and then sent for deportation proceedings. In an attempt to either pay a ticket, or serve as a witness to a crime, undocumented immigrants are subject to profiling by these clandestine ICE agents. Courthouses can be added to the list of worrisome places for undocumented people.

The demands made by local movement leaders include: a meeting with the director of ICE, an investigation by ICE on the arrests and interrogation practices of its Milwaukee Field Office, and a plea to add courthouses to ICE’s list of sensitive locations, such as churches, schools, and shopping centers.

The demands are included in a letter that Calderon deposited in the mail to be sent to the Department of Homeland Security. The rally ended with a vibrant feeling of solidarity and chanting. One community member commented, “This is just the beginning, we will be back.”

Currently, undocumented immigrants are deported at the rate of 1,100 per day. ICE raids target workplaces, and even the homes of undocumented immigrants. March 2014 is when President Obama will reach 2 million deportations.

Immigration reform by Congress is not likely any time soon, and people cannot wait for Congress to act. President Obama is being pressured to extend Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) to all 11 million undocumented immigrants to grant relief from deportations. Undocumented immigrants continue organizing towards, “Legalization for all!”

By Sanjay Pathak. [Translated by Koel Das, Source : ShramikShakti, Dec. 2013] (Written on the 45th death anniversary of the peoples’ singer and worker.) “Men, women, students rampantly killed Law and order in the baby state – I must then declare, loud and amongst all Many times over I am an insurgent.” “I clearly remember […]

Jacksonville, FL – Florida State Attorney Angela Corey announced on March 1, 2014, that her office is seeking a maximum 60-year sentence in the retrial of Marissa Alexander, beginning in late July.

Marissa Alexander, the 33-year-old African American mother who fired a non-lethal warning shot to fend off her abusive husband, was convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in 2012. State Attorney Corey, who personally prosecuted the case, sought the maximum sentence of 20 years under Florida’s mandatory sentencing laws, despite no injuries or deaths. The jury deliberated for 12 minutes before returning a guilty verdict. The judge ordered Alexander’s 20-year sentences for the three charges to be served concurrently–at the same time.

However, in 2013, a 1st District Court of Appeals judge overturned Alexander’s conviction and called for a new trial. Corey’s latest demand is for the judge to order consecutive sentences, meaning Alexander may serve three 20-year sentences, sixty years, if convicted again.

A statement from the Free Marissa Now Mobilization Campaign called the move by Corey, “A stunning abuse of power.” The statement continues, “As a consequence of winning the appeal to hopefully secure a more fair trial, Alexander now faces the alarming prospect that the original devastating sentence could be tripled in the new trial.”

Corey’s prosecution of Alexander comes on the heels of two humiliating defeats for the State Attorney’s office – the acquittal of George Zimmerman for the murder of Trayvon Martin, and the mistrial in the case of Michael Dunn for the murder of Jordan Davis. In both cases, Corey’s office mishandled the prosecution of two racist vigilante killers who shot and killed young African American men.

Corey’s decision to overzealously prosecute Alexander, who neither killed nor injured anyone, has people across Jacksonville calling for the State Attorney’s resignation.

“You can’t go two blocks in Jacksonville without meeting someone who has a close friend or family member whose life was ruined because of Angela Corey,” said Estefania Galvis, an organizer with the Jacksonville Progressive Coalition and one of the leaders of the “Justice 4 Jordan Davis” protests. “Marissa’s case shows how little the state cares about helping women suffering from domestic abuse. Corey has no problem mishandling the prosecution of Zimmerman or Dunn, but she’s obsessed with handing Marissa a life sentence.”

Alexander was denied access to Florida’s controversial Stand Your Ground law as a defense, despite responding to aggressive abuse. Critics of Corey and Stand Your Ground say that the law, written by the right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), is unevenly applied to protect racist vigilantes like Dunn and deny the same defense to African Americans, like Alexander.

Women rights activists and domestic abuse survivors are harshly criticizing Corey’s persecution of Alexander. Sumayya Fire, a member of the Free Marissa Now Mobilization Campaign, said that Alexander is “facing the very real possibility of spending the rest of her life in prison for that act of self-defense.” Fire continued, “That should send a chill down the back of every person in this country who believes that women who are attacked have the right to defend themselves.”

On the night of February 15, 2013, more than 70 protesters outraged by the mistrial in the Dunn case took to the streets and marched on Corey’s Jacksonville office. Chanting, “Hey-Hey, Ho-Ho, Angela Corey’s gotta go!” the protesters presented a giant petition signed by hundreds of people outside of the Duval County Courthouse.

Organizers plan to continue the campaign to force Corey’s resignation. Jacksonville protests demanding “Free Marissa Now!” are scheduled for the first day of the trial.

Ukrainian UNA USO-The organization, according to veteran US intelligence sources, is part of a secret NATO “GLADIO” organization, and not a Ukraine nationalist group as portrayed in western media  

Democracy and Class Struggle has covered Gladio and especially Gladio B extensively go to links.

This Gladio B operation which is now on going in Ukraine involves the para

Turkey plays an important role in NATO and in the current destabilisation of the Ukraine and Crimea and Erdogan’s role is problematic, watch Turkey closely in 2014.

Given the recent developments in Ukraine, the ousting of president Yanukovich in a Western-sponsored coup and the fact he continues to remain popular in large swathes of the country, such as the Eastern part, which is also the industrial heartland of Ukraine, and Krymea, given the fact there is a visible trend towards both the regime in Kyiv joining the EU and the secession of the Eastern

Democracy and Class Struggle finds this article below from Moon of Alabama most interesting has it reveals Turkish interest in destabilising of the Ukraine and Crimea.

Democracy and Class Struggle’s view of Yunukovitch was expressed well by Gennady Zyuganov of CPRF here:

“Meanwhile one of the main causes of the grave crisis is the profound discontent of the people with the policy of