ले. : अशोक कुमार पाण्डेय नोम चाम्सकी ने अमेरिकी सत्ता वर्ग द्वारा सूचनाओं पर नियंत्रण करके जिस ‘सहमति विनिर्माण’(consentmanufacturing) की बात की थी, उसके संदर्भ में सोचने की प्रक्रिया पर नियंत्रण के संदर्भ में उनका कहना था कि तानाशाही में जो काम (सत्ता पर नियंत्रण तथा विरोधियों का क्रूर दमन) हिंसा से किया जाता है, [Read the Rest…]
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घोषणापत्र के अघोषित सत्य
ले. : पार्थिव कुमार मल्टी ब्रांड खुदरा व्यापार में एफडीआई के विरोध का दिखावा करना भाजपा की राजनीतिक मजबूरी है। ठीक उसी तरह जैसे मुख्यमंत्री अरविंद केजरीवाल के इस्तीफे के दिन दिल्ली विधानसभा में हुई कांग्रेस और भाजपा की साझा धींगामुश्ती के बाद मजबूत लोकपाल की तरफदारी उसकी बाध्यता। खुदरा व्यापार में एफडीआई से सबसे [Read the Rest…]
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गुजरात 2002 पर कुछ नोट
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ले. : सिद्धार्थ वरदराजन मोदी के लगातार हो रहे उभार का उनकी हिंदुत्ववादी साख और अपील से कुछ खास लेना-देना नहीं है जैसा कि उनके धर्मनिरपेक्ष आलोचक बता रहे हैं। मोदी आज जहां हैं—सत्ता के शीर्ष पर, वह इसलिए नहीं कि आज देश और भी सांप्रदायिक हो गया है बल्कि इसलिए कि भारतीय कॉरपोरेट-जगत हर [Read the Rest…]
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श्रीराम पिस्टन (भिवाड़ी) के मज़दूरों का संघर्ष जि़न्दाबाद!
श्रीराम पिस्टन फैक्ट्री की यह घटना न सिर्फ हीरो होण्डा, मारुति सुजुकी और ओरिएण्ट क्राफ्ट के मज़दूर संघर्षों की अगली कड़ी है, बल्कि पूरे गुड़गाँव-मानेसर-धारूहेड़ा-बावल-भिवाड़ी की विशाल औद्योगिक पट्टी में मज़दूर आबादी के भीतर, और विशेषकर आटोमोबील सेक्टर के मज़दूरों के भीतर सुलग रहे गहरे असन्तोष का एक विस्फोट मात्र है। यह आग तो सतह के नीचे पूरे राष्ट्रीय राजधानी क्षेत्र के औद्योगिक इलाकों में धधक रही है, जिसमें दिल्ली के भीतर के औद्योगिक क्षेत्रों के अतिरिक्त नोएडा, ग्रेटर नोएडा, साहिबाबाद, गुड़गाँव, फरीदाबाद और सोनीपत के औद्योगिक क्षेत्र भी आते हैं।
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New U.S. / Philippines military agreement condemned
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following May 2 statement from the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP).
NDFP CONDEMNS THE ENHANCED DEFENSE COOPERATION AGREEMENT AS FLAGRANT TRAMPLING ON PHILIPPINE SOVEREIGNTY
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) condemns in the strongest terms possible the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) signed by the Aquino regime and the United States of America as flagrant trampling on Philippine sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Negotiated in secrecy, preventing the Filipino people from knowing its contents until after it was signed during the visit of US imperialist chieftain Barack Obama on April 28, 2014, the EDCA allows US military and civilian personnel and contractors and all kinds of materiel unimpeded entry and use of so-called Agreed Locations rent-free anywhere in the country.
This is a shameless surrender of national sovereignty by the Aquino regime . The EDCA allows an unlimited number of US troops to be stationed, together with their unlimited number of prepositioned war vessels and armaments, in numerous unspecified locations anywhere in the country..
To cite a few provisions of the EDCA to show the indecent extent of privilege given to the US. According to Article IV of EDCA, Equipment, Supplies and Materiel, No. 3: “The prepositioned materiel shall be for the exclusive use of United States forces. United States forces shall have control over the access to and disposition of such prepositioned materiel and shall have the unencumbered right to remove such prepositioned materiel at any time from the territory of the Philippines.”
Furthermore, No. 4 of the same Article 4 stipulates: “United States forces and United States contractors [companies and firms, and their employees, under contract or subcontract to or on behalf of the United States Department of Defense] shall have unimpeded access to Agreed Locations for all matters relating to the prepositioning and storage of defense equipment, supplies, and materiel, including delivery, management, inspection, use, maintenance, and removal of such equipment, supplies and materiel.”
From such provisions in EDCA, it is clear that the US forces can undertake numerous activities which can amount to using the Philippines as a launching pad for US wars of aggression, which the US had carried out in the past against the peoples of Vietnam, Indonesia and other countries.
The NDFP in its program firmly upholds the national sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Philippines. It is resolutely against the US bases and calls for the abrogation of unequal agreements such as US-RP Military Assistance Agreement, the US-RP Mutual Defense Treaty, the Visiting Forces Agreement and Mutual Logistics Support Agreement. The NDFP program declares that no foreign power shall be allowed to set up military bases on Philippine soil or use Philippine territory as a launching pad for military operations abroad.
The NDFP therefore calls on the Filipino people to launch a powerful campaign to abrogate the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement and related military agreements with the US. The NDFP likewise calls on the peoples in the United States of America to stand up in solidarity with the Filipino people and take effective collective action to stop the escalating US military intervention in the Philippines as they acted in solidarity with the Vietnamese people against the US war of aggression against Vietnam. We also call for effective solidarity from other peoples of the world in our common struggle against US bases and US military intervention in numerous parts of the world.
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May Day march in Milwaukee demands: Stop ICE raids in the courthouses!
Milwaukee, WI – In the drizzling rain and chilly temperatures, several thousand immigrants, workers and family members marched from Milwaukee’s South Side to the County Courthouse downtown, demanding an end to ICE raids in the courts and legalization for all.
In recent months, it has been revealed that the local Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office has been sending plainclothes agents to the municipal and county courthouses to detain any undocumented immigrant they can get their hands on. Utilizing this illegal practice, hundreds if not thousands of immigrants have been detained and deported – the vast majority not having committed any crimes.
Mothers have been detained and deported after visiting the court to get a birth certificate for their newborn child. Countless immigrants have been deported for paying off parking and driving tickets at court, since the undocumented are not allowed to have drivers licenses in Wisconsin.
For these outrageous actions, and as 1100 immigrants are daily being deported from across the country, thousands of Milwaukeeans rallied at the County Courthouse May 1, saying “Ya basta!” to ICE and the racist immigration system.
Commenting on the smaller size of the march this year as compared to previous ones, organizer Denis Montero said, “I think people feel cynical and see no end to the struggle. We need victories to keep momentum.” With Congress stalled and unable to propose any useful reform, it is becoming more evident to the immigrant rights movement that the demand must be on President Obama to grant Deferred Action for all 11 million undocumented immigrants. The movement in Milwaukee will continue to organize around this demand, along with the local fight to drive ICE out of the courts.
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May 3: Assam LS candidate choice leaves 23 dead
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/assam-11-killed-in-armed-shooting-in-three-incidents/article1-1214594.aspx Assam: LS ‘candidate choice’ leaves 23 dead Digambar Patowary The alleged failure of migrant Muslims to vote for a tribal party candidate in Kokrajhar Lok Sabha constituency has claimed 23 lives in western Assam’s Baska and Kokrajhar districts since Thursday evening. The death toll is expected to go up with many reported missing. Kokrajhar […]
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Support the Donbass revolt, but not with Putin – With a democratic and social alliance against the Kiev regime and NATO by Wilhelm Langthaler
Every international conflict also got a regional or local dimension – this is true also for Ukraine. Quickly, too quickly geopolitics moves into the centre of attention. But without understanding and considering the socio-political underpinnings a social revolutionary
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Odessa Massacre: ‘Right Sector wouldn’t let people out of burning building”
To fully understand the ongoing situation in Odessa, RT spoke with anti-Kiev protesters who were attacked and trapped inside the Trade Unions House by members of the ultra-nationalist Right Sector group on Friday