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India: Government creates paramilitary groups to fight Maoists
The central government of India, under the leadership of ultra-reactionary Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has set up and financed paramilitary groups operating in Bastar district in Chhattisgarh state. The information was published by the blog Correo Vermello.
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Reports on the day of struggle of the teachers in Peru
Last Saturday marked the anniversary of the founding day of one of the most important unions in Peru, the SUTEP. This occassion was combatively celebrated as a day of struggle of the teachers for matters of education in the interest of the people. As a lot of statements, information and pictures on this year’s June 6 activities have been made available by the comrades of Association New Democracy the following is a brief report on these great activities and their context.
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Successful day of struggle in the third phase of the campaign for justice and people's rights in Mexico
In a big show of force, comrades from Sol Rojo in Mexico have mobilized, outside of their most vocal base of support that is Oaxaca, for a manifestation last Monday in the Capitol of Mexico, Mexico City. This demonstration, carried out after country wide mobilization, is part of the 3rd phase within the campaign for justice and people's rights.
Declaration of the TKP/ML on their 1st Congress
Since it was first reported in the wake of this years Ibrahim Kaypakkaya celebration, that the Communist Party of Turkey / Marxist-Leninist had successfully held its 1st Party Congress in history, excitement was mounting for information, positions and declarations originating from this tremendously significant meeting. In May, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee has issued a long awaited, lengthy document in this regards, that has been made available now by Turkish comrades in an English translation.
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New revolutionary website in Norway
The media outlet Tjen Folket Media reports on the existence of a new website, not run by TFM, but linked to the Maoist movement both in the country as well as internationally. Operating under the name Tjen Folket, the blog that can be found at https://maoist.home.blog already offers important political materials in Norwegian and English and has hence been added to our link list.
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Sinister attack against peasents in Olaria Barra do Mirador
In April 2015 the community of Olaria Barra do Mirador, supported by the LCP, celebrated its 15th anniversary of existence, making it more then 19 years old. All these years it remained a hotbed of resistance and a bonfire for the peasantry to take matters into their own hands, take land and develop conditions worth working and living for. Two days ago, a sinister attack was carried out by more then a hundred military police officers against the housing and belongings of the peasants of that community, in an attempt to devastate their livelihood and drive them away. Henceforth, we document an article of Incendiary on these recent developments:
BRAZIL: Latifundio and Military Police Steal Land, Peasants Retaliate
The past several weeks have shown both the villainous actions of the latifundio and police as well as the heroic struggle of the peasants in the Brazilian countryside. The Bolsonaro government has instituted a new wave of land reintegration against peasants who have fought to transform fallow lands, previously owned by large corporations and abusive landlords, into productive farms and communities as part of the agrarian revolution in the country.
Long Live the Agrarian Revolution! Death to the Latifundio! Land to the Tiller!
On July 9 in northern Minas Gerais, in the municipality of Miravânia, a major operation involving more than one hundred military police ended with the seizing of land and destruction of family homes in the Olaria Barra do Mirador Community. Armed military police threatened peasants into signing agreements that legalized the theft of their land, financed and orchestrated by Walter Arantes.
Arantes, known in the region as “Waltinho,” is a notorious grileiro, a landlord who falsifies documents in order to steal land from poor peasants, who was recently imprisoned for money laundering and has faced numerous lawsuits ranging from environmental destruction to illicit enrichment. The reintegration plan was carried out sneakily, with families receiving virtually no warning prior to the police invasion in an attempt to prevent any resistance from the peasants.
The families of the Olaria Barra do Mirador Community, supported by the League of Poor Peasants (LCP) of the North of Minas and South of Bahia, have occupied nineteen previously unproductive lands. The Defense Committee of the Families of Olaria Barra do Mirador stated, “If anyone intends to commit this crime against families, he will provoke the daylight and have no peace in his life! We are not alone in this fight!”
The committee has also made it clear that it will not recognize any judicial ruling other than an immediate suspension of the reintegration and the legalization of the peasant estates in the area.
Supporters of the Olaria Barra do Mirador Community carried out a blockade of the road that connects the municipalities of Januaria and Miravânia with burning planks of wood and banners denouncing the infamous grileiro “Waltinho” Arantes and the military police in response to the illegitimate land grab.
Out Waltinho and Military Police, the Barra do Mirador is ours!
On July 2, in the Barrolândia district in southern Bahia, peasants who had been previously forced out of their land on behalf of the multinational corporation Veracel Celulose, fought back against the armed “private security firm” GPS. The armed paramilitary, known for repeated acts of aggression and intimidation against the peasant families who occupied the region, tried to force families who were camped by the road out of the area, but were met with sticks, machetes, and scythes. The encounter ended with GPS abandoning the area with one “security” officer injured, and six of their cars set ablaze.
On June 25, dozens of workers blocked the highway leading into the city of Pau D’Arco in Pará, in protest against the new threat of reintegration against Camp Jane Júlia. The encampment has resumed production on the same land as the Fazenda Santa Lucia community, which was previously demolished after a police invasion in 2017 that resulted in the torture and slaughter of ten peasants.
Due to strong mobilizations of peasants supported by the LCP of Southern Pará and Tocantins, the National Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform (INCRA) was forced to recognize the land tenure in the favor of the peasants, months after the slaughter. Even though the state has recognized their claim to the land, the threat of reintegration still looms in the horizon, while many of the police who took part in the slaughter are still free two years later.
Workers block the highway in front of Pau D’Arco (PA) in response to new threats of land reintegration.
Across the country, peasants are fighting in the agrarian revolution as part of the struggle for New Democracy against semi-feudalism and the reactionary state. They face repeated attacks to their homes and communities but remain steadfast in their struggle for land and against exploitation.
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Manifestation in front of Munich court in solidarity with those accused in the TKP/ML trial
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Protest against Steve Bannon in Bergen, Norway
May 8 marks the Norwegian Day of Liberation from occupation by fascist Germany. On this years 8th of May however US scare-monger and "alt-right" enthusiast Steve Bannen choose to visit the Norwegian town of Bergen. We document a recently issued report by the comrades from Tjen Folket Media on the protest aginst his visit: