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The People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) notes with concern the sad loss of 30 lives in the Maoist attack on the “Parivartan Rally” of Congress Party on 25 May 2013. This is the latest in the series of killings, big and small, in the ongoing undeclared war that the Indian government is waging against […]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22741644 Turkish protesters pack Taksim Square as police withdraw Police in the Turkish city of Istanbul have pulled out of a square which has become the focus of the largest anti-government protest in years. Thousands of people are in Taksim Square after days of unrest sparked by plans to redevelop nearby Gezi Park. In recent […]

Milwaukee, WI – On May 30, activists from Youth Empowered in the Struggle (YES) and Voces de la Frontera organized a rally of 200-plus outside the Federal Court House in downtown Milwaukee. Inside, Senator Ron Johnson met with delegates from Milwaukee’s Mexican and Latino community to discuss his position on immigration reform.

An immigration reform bill is making its way through Congress, recently approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee. In response, immigrant rights groups across the country are making sure that the voices of those directly affected by the unjust immigration system are being heard.
Johnson repeatedly says that the Senate bill does not put enough emphasis on border enforcement, despite the fact that the bill calls for a total militarization of the U.S.-Mexico border.

As the delegation negotiated with Johnson, the rally outside gained momentum, with speakers energizing the crowd under the slogan, “Family unity – citizenship now.” When the delegation came out of the meeting, after being unable to sway Johnson from his reactionary, far-right position, 18 trained activists took the streets and performed civil disobedience. The protesters linked arms and chanted, “Immigration is not a crime, family unity – now is the time!”

Francisca Meráz, an organizer with YES, was the spokesperson for the civil disobedience. She stated, “I am so tired of seeing my cousins cry when they get married because their mother or father could not be there, or when they see their mom or dad for the first time in years via Skype. Even worse, when I see their eyes light up with joy at the news of immigration reform, I am angry at the possibility that it will not provide a meaningful path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented people in this country. I need a path to citizenship for my family, and that is why I am calling on the president to end the record number of deportations happening under his administration, and calling on Senator Johnson to help keep our families together by supporting legalization that is not contingent on enforcement.”

The rally and action were part of the week of action called by the Legalization for All Network.

Press Release from Delhi Metro Kamgar Union New Delhi, 30 May. Hundreds of Delhi Metro Workers gathered at Jantar-Mantar today toprotest against the serious and open violation of labour laws by DMRC under the banner of Delhi Metro Rail Kamgar Union (DMRKU). Delhi Metro workers held a large demonstration against the unreasonable termination of 250 […]

The Great Unrest Group for a Welsh Socialist Republican Party had received the following messages of support for its Red Flag ceremony on June 1st 2013.

National Democratic Front of the Philippines :
http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/solidarity-message-from-national.html

Galizian Peoples Union
http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/

To  Great Unrest Group for a Welsh Socialist Republican Party

Gymrodyr!

Y mae Undeb Pobl Galiza (UPG) yn anfon ei gyfarchion brawdol i’r Great Unrest Group for a Welsh Socialist Republican Party cyn y cof am godi’r Faner Goch yn Hirwaun yn 1831.

Yn fwy nag erioed, mae undod rhyngwladol yn hanfodol i wrthsefyll y cyfalafiaeth ac yr imperialaeth ac er mwyn amddiffyn hawl yr holl bobloedd

To : The Great Unrest Group

for a Welsh Socialist Republican Party

Caws a bara and I lawr a’r Brenin

must again be heard

from the people of Wales.

In May 1831, the red flag was for the first time used by the oppressed to mark their opposition, this happened in Wales. In the days leading up to 7 June they had taken the power and the people organized themselves.

 

Message from Italy

On these days we are not able to travel put of Italy, and so we shall not be able to come to Wales for the celebration of 1831 rising. We wish the celebration will be successful and we salute all the participants.

We believe that the best way to celebrate the ones who struggled in the Merthyr Rising so as the ones who struggled in the Paris Commune, 40 years later

Los Angeles, CA – On May 29, members and supporters of the Southern California Immigration Coalition (SCIC) held a picket and protest in front of U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein’s Los Angeles office. SCIC opposes major elements of the current U.S. Senate immigration proposal. They presented the following demands to Sen. Feinstein:

–Oppose the inclusion of a ten-year waiting period to apply for legal residency, and the three additional years of application process for citizenship;

–Oppose increasing border militarization;

–Oppose creating a mandatory E-Verify for employment; and

–Oppose expanding temporary worker programs.

The SCIC views these provisions as punitive and as efforts to sneak in ‘guest worker’ programs, under a new name. In contrast to the senate proposal, California immigrant rights leaders demand, “Legalization for all; oppose expanding guest worker programs and bring an end to the ICE deportations, now.”

The rally included members of Bayan USA, Centro CSO, UdB and Arise Youth.

A delegation, including longtime Chicano activist Carlos Montes, entered the office to deliver a message to the senator, who was not to be found. The senator’s staff handed out an old press release in which Feinstein takes credit for the inclusion of an agricultural workers’ program with a five-year limit. This primarily benefits the large agribusiness corporations that make massive profits from mostly Mexican farmworkers in the hot California fields.

SCIC is calling on people to continue the struggle and have your voices heard by joining a protest during President Barack Obama’s Los Angeles visit on June 7.

Los Angeles, CA – On May 29, members and supporters of the Southern California Immigration Coalition (SCIC) held a picket and protest in front of U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein’s Los Angeles office. SCIC opposes major elements of the current U.S. Senate immigration proposal. They presented the following demands to Sen. Feinstein:

–Oppose the inclusion of a ten-year waiting period to apply for legal residency, and the three additional years of application process for citizenship;

–Oppose increasing border militarization;

–Oppose creating a mandatory E-Verify for employment; and

–Oppose expanding temporary worker programs.

The SCIC views these provisions as punitive and as efforts to sneak in ‘guest worker’ programs, under a new name. In contrast to the senate proposal, California immigrant rights leaders demand, “Legalization for all; oppose expanding guest worker programs and bring an end to the ICE deportations, now.”

The rally included members of Bayan USA, Centro CSO, UdB and Arise Youth.

A delegation, including longtime Chicano activist Carlos Montes, entered the office to deliver a message to the senator, who was not to be found. The senator’s staff handed out an old press release in which Feinstein takes credit for the inclusion of an agricultural workers’ program with a five-year limit. This primarily benefits the large agribusiness corporations that make massive profits from mostly Mexican farmworkers in the hot California fields.

SCIC is calling on people to continue the struggle and have your voices heard by joining a protest during President Barack Obama’s Los Angeles visit on June 7.