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  • PFLP reviews past, make plans for future

    Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)

    Statement on the work of the Seventh National Conference of the PFLP

    The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine issued the following statement regarding the Seventh National Conference of the Front, recently convened, as an important station on the road to return and the ongoing revolution until the liberation of the entire Palestinian national soil.

    The National Conference was held in three sessions in the homeland and in diaspora to carry out a comprehensive review and evaluation of the Front’s methods, work, overall policies and plans, and the formulation of a political vision and organizational methods for the new phase of struggle. The Conference aimed to form the base for developing the Front’s positions and policies, building the Front’s effectiveness, role, and presence in the struggle to achieving our goals of national and social liberation.

    The Front began with a moment of silence in honor of the martyrs of our people and our nation who sacrificed their lives for Palestine and its freedom, and in respect of the prisoners, detainees and the freedom fighters who continue to march on a difficult path to obtain our inalienable, legitimate, and historical national rights of our Arab Palestinian people.

    After the adoption of the agenda, the Conference was presented with a comprehensive statement and letter from imprisoned General Secretary Ahmad Sa’adat, addressing political issues, organizational matters, and theoretical issues, as well as addressing the role of the Seventh National Conference in the future direction of the Front.

    The conference discussed draft reports submitted by the Central Committee, as well as recommendations submitted by the conferences of the Front’s branches, and ended with the election of the members of the General Central Committee and the Central Supervisory Board. The conference’s output reflected democratic principles on the workings of the internal life of the Front, as well as emphasizing the importance of wider participation in formulating the policies, programs, plans, and basic direction of the Front. The Conference emphasized the importance of strengthening the unity of the organization through the deepening of democratic systems and structures at all levels.

    The Seventh National Conference came at a time of serious political concern and complexity, when continuing U.S. imperialist and Zionist schemes aim at the liquidation of the Palestinian national cause by exploiting the conditions within Arab countries and their internal political, economic and social programs to exercise additional pressure on the Palestinian Authority to conclude more agreements ignoring international law, UN resolutions, and the inalienable national rights of the Palestinian people.

    The conference discussed the international environment around the Palestinian and Arab situation and its effects on our national struggle for liberation, and the struggle of the Arab people. The United States government is hostile to the aspirations and goals of our people for freedom, self-determination and return, a fact that is reflected every day on the ground and in international diplomatic forums, engaged in a security partnership with Zionist aggression. The Conference also noted the historical impact of international and regional events on the Arab scene.

    The rise of the role of Russia, China, and regional powers has shifted on some level the equations of international conflict. The Conference discussed the Arab political, economic and security situation, in its international context, as well as the structural disorder of Arab regimes and the failure of Arab states to safeguard national sovereignty, political independence, or economic security.

    The Front noted the large mobilizations witnessed in a number of Arab countries which aimed to confront injustice, poverty, and tyranny, and build modern democratic societies. It further noted the high level of imperialist interventions hostile to the aspirations of the Arab nation in an attempt to steal and co-opt the goals and objectives of Arab popular movements through external military interventions and political efforts to spur sectarian and ethnic conflict in order to control the destiny of the Arab peoples while protecting the Zionist entity.

    The Conference also discussed at length the Palestinian reality and the numerous developments in the over a decade that has passed since the Sixth Conference in 2000, reviewing the most important events in the Palestinian scene. At the center of this review are the ongoing and disastrous effects of the turning point in the Palestinian struggle in 1993, marked by the signing of the Oslo agreement. The Conference emphasized multiple issues, particularly the centrality of rejecting the negotiations, which do not serve the Palestinian people’s interests, and the need to fully reject the entire process of negotiations and “solutions” that have failed for over twenty years.

    The importance of rehabilitating the Palestinian national liberation movement and building a new Palestinian strategy based on achieving the full rights of our people was viewed as critical by the Conference. In particular, this will mean drawing lessons from this last stage and entirely ending the absurd negotiations for which our people have paid dearly.

    Further, the Conference discussed the Front’s organizational report, looking at the objective and subjective factors that have affected the structure of the Popular Front. This included engaging in a criticism of the organizational state of the PFLP, and learning lessons from past experience in order to tighten and develop the Front’s organizational structure and theoretical and political vision as a way out of crisis for the Front.

    The Conference also discussed amendments to the rules of procedure and agreed upon a number of amendments to the Front’s internal structural documents.

    The Conference addressed the political program, emphasizing the continuation of the struggle of our people to achieve their strategic objective, and that the goal of the struggle of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine is to liberate every inch of Palestinian land from colonial occupation and establish a democratic state on the entire Palestinian national soil.

    The Conference confirmed political tasks in the revolutionary struggle, including the following:

    • the utmost importance to rebuild the institutions of the PLO on new democratic and inclusive foundations, rehabilitating the PLO’s original program and charter
    • working to develop and strengthen the unity of the Palestinian people as the sharpest weapon of the national liberation movement to achieve its goals and break the cycle of division
    • armed struggle is fundamental to the confrontation of the occupation, as imposed by the nature of the occupation and its violence, and is central and a primary component of overall resistance against occupation.
    • resistance to all plans and projects of political liquidationism proposed by imperialism and Zionism to bury the Palestinian cause
    • the struggle for the right of return of Palestinian refugees to their lands and homes from which they were expelled in 1948 must be at the center of work, rejecting all plans and projects aimed to liquidate this right
    • the issue of prisoners and the necessity to free them from Israeli jails is a central issue that must be taken up by all political means, through international bodies, and through the national struggle by all means
    • the central importance of the struggle for identity and liberation of the Palestinian people in 1948 occupied areas and their resistance to all attempts to displace them and Judaize the Palestinian cities and villages
    • the need for unwavering struggle against all forms of political discourse that attempt to legitimize the “Jewish nature” of the racist state, to expose the objectives of these attempts and their effects on the future of the national struggle and the Palestinian people
    • emphasize the importance of the role of the steadfastness of the Palestinian people in all locations and in exile, including exposure to difficult and complex conditions.

    Our people in diaspora have played a key role in the march of the contemporary Palestinian revolution and it is critical to focus on the issues of our people in exile and diaspora.

    The Conference stressed the need to continue efforts to develop the democratic trend in the broad Palestinian arena. At the conclusion of the Conference, the delegates elected the General Central Committee and Central Supervisory Board in an atmosphere of democracy and transparency, with a significant number of new members elected to the leading bodies.

    The Conference also expressed its constructive criticisms in a spirit of camaraderie and national responsibility, and sent warm greetings to the General Secretary Ahmad Sa’adat and all prisoners in Israeli jails, as well as paying tribute to the comrades who retired from their leadership positions to support the advancement of young leaders and the renewal of the Front. The Conference also expressed its vow to the martyrs and the prisoners to continue their struggle and march on the same long road to liberation, saluting the Front’s founder, Dr. George Habash, the martyred General Secretary Abu Ali Mustafa, the martyr leader Abu Maher al-Yamani and tall of the martyrs of the Front and the Palestinian revolution.

    The Conference saluted the Palestinian people, struggling everywhere, and all factions and forces of the Palestinian revolution, the Arab liberation movement, and popular forces of the Arab homeland; and greeted all of the forces of progress, freedom and socialism around the world who oppose and confront injustice, oppression and imperialism, the enemy of the people and the enemy of humanity. Glory to the martyrs and victory to our great people.

    Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
    General Central Committee

     

  • The NSA is Coming to Town – Over one million hits on You Tube – lets make it millions more and the 2013 Christmas Song

    Democracy and Class Struggle will be back on 7th January 2014.

    Happy Christmas and Happy New Year to our readers from Wales. 

  • Lenin, the leader of the working class revolution in Russia, heard about the Christmas truce. He pointed out that if there were organizations prepared to fight for such a policy among the soldiers of all the belligerent nations, there might have been a quick end to the world war in favor of the working masses.

    Lenin wrote, “Try to imagine Hyndman, Guesde, Vandervelde, Plekhanov, Kautsky and the rest [leaders of so-called socialist parties that supported the world war] – instead of aiding the bourgeoisie (something they are now engaged in – forming an international committee to agitate for fraternization and attempts to establish friendly relations between the socialists of the belligerent countries,

  • The Internationale : Salute to the 45 years of the Communist Party of the Philippines from Democracy and Class Struggle

    IN WELSH FROM DEMOCRACY AND CLASS STRUGGLE

    SEE ALSO: http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/philippines-revolutionary-groups-take.html

  • India ‘Nannygate’: Racism or the rule of law?

    As relations between India and the US hit a new low, we look at the row over the arrest of diplomat Devyani Khobragade. Inside Story presenter Divya Gopalan is joined by guests: Lalit Mansingh, a former Indian foreign secretary and ambassador to the US; Jo Becker, the advocacy director for Human Rights Watch; and Atul Singh, the founder and editor-in-chief of the global news analysis site Fair

  • Arizona communists join Freedom Road Socialist Organization

    Tucson, AZ – A significant grouping of communists recently joined the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO). Centered in Tucson, the group ranges from a well-read high school student up to a comrade in his late seventies with lifelong experience in the Communist Party-USA. They include students, workers and educators from a variety of backgrounds and experiences, united in struggle for immigrant rights, workers and unions and against U.S. wars and oppression. Rings of other activists and revolutionaries are now discussing this bold move by the Arizona communists.

    The decision to leave the Communist Party and join the FRSO was not taken lightly. It was serious and deliberate. As Jafe Arnoldski said, “We discussed the problems we were facing and three things stood out. One, the social-democratic leadership of the Communist Party has rejected Marxism-Leninism and the historical experiences of socialism at a time when the socialist vision is especially necessary. Two, the Communist Party’s program and line misleads the working class with illusions about the Democratic Party, while putting socialism on the back burner for some future ‘stage.’ And three, under the social-democratic line, party discipline and organization have deteriorated, accountability and criticism/self-criticism have collapsed and bureaucratic formalities are the norm.”

    The Arizona grouping felt the Communist Party leadership was dismantling everything of value and drifting away from revolutionary politics. Many were especially upset with the dumping of the print edition of the newspaper that existed for generations. So the Arizona comrades debated their options and contacted a local FRSO member. It was suggested they study the FRSO documents at www.frso.org and share their views. Approached by other revolutionary groups, the Arizona group collectively joined the FRSO because it embodies the best traditions of the communist movement in the U.S.

    Speaking for the group of Arizona communists as a whole, Arnoldski described their reasons for joining the FRSO: “The FRSO has a dynamic program for revolution in the U.S. which applies the principles of Marxism-Leninism to the concrete national and class struggles and conditions at hand. As well, the FRSO makes use of the mass-line approach to leadership, expanding the political presence of the FRSO in the movements in which it works. The FRSO’s organizational norms and practices uphold the principles of democratic centralism and effective Leninist organization.”

    Arnoldski emphasized, “Also, I would add, the FRSO is committed to building cooperation and alliances among other Marxist-Leninists, on the road to constructing a new communist party.”

    The FRSO sent leaders to meet, discuss and answer questions, both practical and ideological. Cadres also shared our assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the FRSO as it expands to new cities and grows in all regions of the country. Despite facing ongoing U.S. government repression, the FRSO is vibrant and making strides in its party building efforts. The FRSO is growing younger and wiser, while strengthening its internal structures and democratic functioning, and all the while increasing its capacity to lead struggles regionally and nationally.

    The new Arizona district organizer summed up their big move, “We want to be a part of an organization that isn’t waiting for revolution and socialism. We want to be working with a group who are organizing for revolution and socialism right now through their principled practical work with the masses. We learned through struggle that the Communist Party could not provide us, or the masses, with such an organization and that FRSO has the elements to lead and unite working and oppressed peoples to fight back. We need a new communist party to lead us through revolution and build socialism. We have a world to win!”

     

  • Immigration and housing activists tell Sheriff Stanek: ‘Not one more deportation or eviction’

    Minneapolis, MN – On Dec. 19, MIRAc’s No More Deportations campaign and Occupy Homes MN joined together to protest deportations and evictions in Hennepin County. They demanded that Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek stop evicting people from their homes and stop cooperating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to deport immigrants from the county jail.

    The protest started outside the Hennepin County jail, where immigrants are routinely turned over to ICE for deportation, even if they have not been convicted of any crime. Outside the jail, a street theater skit began in which “Mr. Rich” (Mr. Grinch) came to steal the holidays by deporting and evicting as many people as possible in the interests of the 1%. The group then marched to City Hall, went inside the building and marched to Sheriff Stanek’s office door.

    The street theater continued there, where Mr. Rich was confronted by three “ghosts of evictions and deportations past,” who spoke about their experiences with eviction and deportation in Hennepin County. The protesters also set up a full-size Christmas tree directly outside the Sheriff’s office, decorated with ornaments with anti-deportation and anti-eviction messages.

    “Sheriff Stanek used our tax dollars to violently and illegally raid my home on Election Day, breaking down my door and forcing my daughter to walk barefoot across broken glass,” said Jaymie Kelly, who remains in her home and is currently fighting her eviction with Occupy Homes MN. “We should not be using tax dollars to violently separate families and force them into the streets. It’s time for Scrooge Stanek to change his ways. Not one more eviction or deportation!”

    According to Brad Sigal of the No More Deportations campaign, “Sheriff Stanek holds immigrants in the county jail for ICE to come deport them. He doesn’t have to do that. This holiday season, we demand that he stop using the jail as a deportation machine. Everyone should be able to stay in their home with their families for the holidays.”

     

  • दिसम्‍बर 2013

  • विधानसभा चुनावों के नतीजे और भविष्य के संकेत
  • नेपाली क्रान्तिः गतिरोध और विचलन के बाद विपर्यय और विघटन के दौर में
  • आसाराम ही नहीं बल्कि समूचे धर्म के लुटेरे चरित्र की पहचान करो!
  • इक्कीसवीं सदी की सच्चाइयाँ और अक्टूबर क्रान्ति की प्रेरणाएँ एवं शिक्षाएँ
  • कैसा है यह लोकतन्त्र और यह संविधान किनकी सेवा करता है? (पच्चीसवीं किस्त)

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  • हमें मज़दूर बिगुल क्यों पढ़ना चाहिए?

    आज भारत की 88 प्रतिशत मेहनतकश आबादी जो हर चीज अपनी मेहनत से पैदा करती है जिसके दम पर यह सारी शानौ-शौकत है वो खुद जानवरों सी जिन्‍दगी जीने को मजबूर है। आये दिन कारखानों में मज़दूरों के साथ दुर्घटनाएँ होती रहती हैं और कई बार तो इन हादसों में मज़दूरों को अपनी जान तक गँवानी पड़ी है, पर किसी भी दैनिक अखबार में इन हादसों को लेकर कोई भी खबर नही छपती है। अगर कोई इक्का-दुक्का अखबार इन खबरों को छाप भी दे तो वह भी इसे महज एक हादसा बता अपना पल्ला झाड़ लेता है जबकि यह कोई हादसे नहीं है बल्कि मालिकों द्वारा ज़्यादा से ज़्यादा मुनाफा कमाने की हवस मे मज़दूरों की लगातार की जा रही निर्मम हत्याएँ हैं। दैनिक भास्कर, दैनिक जागरण और इन जैसे ही अन्य अखबार कभी भी मज़दूरों कि माँगों और उनके मुद्दों से संबंधित ख़बरें नही छापेंगे क्योंकि यह सब पूँजीपतियों के पैसे से निकलने वाले अखबार है और यह हमेशा मालिकों का ही पक्ष लेगे। मज़दूरों की माँगो, मुद्दों और उनके संघर्षों से जुड़ी ख़बरे तो एक क्रान्तिकारी मज़दूर अखबार में ही छप सकती हैं और ऐसा ही प्रयास मज़दूर बिगुल का भी है जो मज़दूरों के लिए मज़दूरों के अपने पैसे से निकलने वाला हमारा अपना अखबार है, जिसका मुख्य उद्देश्य मज़दूरों के बीच क्रान्तिकारी प्रचार प्रसार करते हुए उन्हे संगठित करना है।

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  • शहरी ग़रीबों में बीमारियों और कुपोषण की स्थिति चिन्तनीय

    शहरी ग़रीबों की भारी आबादी आज बीमारियों, कुपोषण तथा इलाज के अभाव की शिकार है। राजधानी दिल्ली के लाखों मज़दूर कमरतोड़ काम करने के बाद भी स्वास्थ्य की बुनियादी सुविधाओं से वंचित हैं। स्त्रियों में ख़ून की कमी तथा बच्चों में कुपोषण से पैदा होने वाले रोगों की स्थिति चिन्तनीय है और पुरुषों में भी विभिन्न प्रकार के रोगों का प्रतिशत बहुत अधिक है। स्वास्थ्य सुविधाओं तक पहुँच मुश्किल और महँगी होती जा रही है। ऊपर से सरकारी अस्पतालों में भारी भीड़, दवाओं के न मिलने तथा खाने-पीने की चीज़ों की भीषण महँगाई ने मेहनतकश आबादी के बीच स्वास्थ्य की समस्या को और भी गम्भीर बना दिया है।

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