[The following press release from the Karkhana Mazdoor Union in Ludhiana reports on a massive rally organized on the 17th of November against goondagiri. The workers also protested the police administration and demanded better security. Recently, a workers was beaten to death for demanding arrears. He had not been paid for 3 months. Many other […]
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Robert Owen and William Thompson – Two Line Struggle – Two Views on Socialism by Nickglais
November 17th is the birth date of Robert Owen the 19th Century Welsh Social Thinker, so it is appropriate to look at his legacy.
Robert Owen was born in Newton a small market town in Montgomeryshire, Wales in 1771.
He was the sixth of seven children. His father, also named Robert Owen, had a small business as a saddler and ironmonger.
Owen’s mother was a Miss Williams, and came from one
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Wales: Anthem for a Lost Cause by Manic Street Preachers plus Masses against Classes
Democracy and Class Struggle says an Anthem for a Lost Cause by Manic Street Preachers will be available from 25th November illustrating that music speaks for Wales in a way that gives expression to our deepest feelings about Wales and the class struggle.
Remember to buy it.
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Wales: Anthem for a Lost Cause by Manic Street Preachers plus Masses against Classes
Democracy and Class Struggle says an Anthem for a Lost Cause by Manic Street Preachers will be available from 25th November illustrating that music speaks for Wales in a way that gives expression to our deepest feelings about Wales and the class struggle.
Remember to buy it.
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Rasmea Odeh Petitions Delivered to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder
Washington D.C. – Delegates from several community and non-profit organizations delivered a petition in support of Rasmea Odeh to the home of Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday, November 14, 2013.
Signed by more than three thousand people, the petition calls for charges against Odeh to be dropped. The petition delivery follows a coordinated day of action on Wednesday, November 13, coinciding with Odeh’s court arraignment on charges of immigration fraud. More than a hundred supporters gathered outside the Detroit court where Odeh submitted her not-guilty plea. Actions were also held in Chicago, Oakland, Philadelphia, Gainesville, Tampa, Salt Lake City, Minneapolis, and Milwaukee.
“It is very clear that Rasmea is being targeted for her activism,” says Hatem Abudayyeh of the US Palestinian Community Network. “These charges are the latest example of a U.S. government policy that seeks to repress prominent Arab American community members and people working for the rights of Palestinians.”
On October 22 Odeh was arrested at her Chicago home by agents of the Department of Homeland Security who charged her with lying on her immigration application in 1994 for failing to mention an arrest and conviction in an Israeli military court over 40 years ago. Her arrest comes three years after 23 anti-war and Palestinian rights activists were subpoenaed to testify before a Grand Jury. Several of these activists also had their homes raided by the FBI and no indictments have been filed against them to date, though US Attorneys continue to claim the “investigation is ongoing”.
According to Palestine Solidarity Legal Support, during the past year alone there have been more than 75 documented cases of intimidation and legal bullying against Palestinian-Americans and supporters.
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The Politics of Massacres and Resistance
By Sushmita [The following article advances an understanding of the social and political basis of dalit massacres in Bihar, by putting atrocities like Laxmanpur Bathe, Bathani Tola and others, in the historical context of caste and class struggles as well as the anti-feudal struggle in Bihar. The role of the State in colluding with feudal […]
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GCHQ Operation Socialist : GCHQ Used Fake LinkedIn Pages to Target Engineers and Quantum Insert
Democracy and Class Struggle has recently seen this report from Der Spiegel which provides more detail on GCHQ spying.
Read the Report and think about it.
By SPIEGEL Staff
Elite GCHQ teams targeted employees of mobile communications companies and billing companies to gain access to their company networks. The spies used fake copies of LinkedIn profiles as one of their tools.The
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Tucson Rallies Support for Rasmea Odeh
Tucson, AZ – On Wednesday evening a dozen activists protested outside the Federal Building and Tucson City Hall to demand the charges against 65 year-old Palestinian activist Rasmea Odeh be dropped.
As part of a November 13 national day of action in support of Odeh, signs reading “Stop FBI Attacks on Activists”, “I Support Palestine, Women, and Rasmea”, and “Free Rasmea Now!” were held high and passersby greeted the protest with honks and fists raised in solidarity.
In an effort to spread the urgency of solidarity to everyone possible, organizers handed out leaflets explaining the outrageous arrest and prosecution of Odeh. The leaflets also praise the veteran leader’s life long dedication to equality and liberation. Pedestrians and passing drivers stopped for the fliers that also lay out an action plan for mobilizing against the charges and asking people to sign a petition, with more info at www.StopFBI.net.
Having been arrested on October 22, 2013 and currently facing a ten-year prison sentence or deportation for supposed “immigration fraud,” Odeh is the latest target of U.S. government political repression of pro-Palestinian activists. Starting in 2001, thousands of Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim men were rounded up and deported by the Bush administration. More recent are the widely reported FBI raids of 23 anti-war activists’ houses and workplaces on September 24, 2010, under President Obama, with an investigation still “ongoing”.
Associate director of the Arab American Action Network and the leader of its Arab Women’s Committee, Odeh is a renowned defender of immigrant and women’s rights whose arrest and trial has caught the attention of progressives across the country. Tucson activists proudly showed up to do their part and encourage others to join the struggle to free Rasmea. Organizers vowed to return for a bigger rally on the first day of Rasmea Odeh’s trial in Detroit.
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Gainesville Stands with Rasmea Odeh
Gainesville, FL – Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) at the University of Florida held a sign holding on Wednesday, November 13, to demand that the U.S. government drop the charges against Rasmea Odeh. Odeh is a Palestinian-American organizer and an international solidarity activist. Despite holding U.S. citizenship for the past 20 years, the Department of Homeland Security, ICE and the FBI arrested her on October 22, and on the allegations of immigration fraud.
Members of SDS and allies chanted, “Drop the charges now!” and “Solidarity is not a Crime” at the major intersection of University and 13th in Gainesville at the height of rush hour. People walking by were supportive and took flyers detailing Odeh’s case and the link to the online petition.
As Robbey Hayes, a lead organizer with SDS, said, “Unfortunately, Odeh’s case is something we’ve seen before and activists in this country continue to feel repression for being organizers.”
UF Students for a Democratic Society will continue to stand in solidarity with Rasmea Odeh and the national campaign to drop the charges and end the targeted repression of Palestinian-American leaders.
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Why Did France Thwart the Iran Nuclear Deal ?
Democracy and Class Struggle says some interesting geo political developments here with France befriending Bandar Bush and the Saudis.
We maybe alone in our thoughts, but an implosion in Saudi Arabia is on the horizon near term and the real remaking of the Arab World will begin which will make the Arab Spring look like child’s play.