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Traditionally, the armed struggle of the New People's Army (NPA) in the Phillipines is quite quiet in December. Nevertheless, the NPA is said to have carried out three attacks on security forces of the reactionary state the in last weeks.

The economic crisis in Turkey is increasingly affecting the jobs of the masses, leading to organised work stops - currently especially in the heavy/metal industry. This December, Turkey's gross debt alone is 1.87 trillion Lira (approx. 200 billion Euros), almost 50% higher than a year ago. For instance, workers at the Baldur factory in Çayırova organised a strike as a result of the dismissal announcements, which the police stormed at around 5am and arrested four workers and a union manager.

According to several Indian media some militant actions with a huge amount of involved masses took place the last days in the ongoing People´s War in India, led by the CPI(Maoist).

Last week, the death of comrade Muharrem (Ferdi Tosun), an advanced TIKKO guerrilla who was killed in the same operation as comradeDeniz was announced. The actions of the TKP/ML and the TIKKO are nevertheless growing again, confirming the words that the losses caused by the attacks on the bases in Dersim strengthen the determination and unity in the party and thus are the starting point of a new upswing of the people's war. Thus, on December 15, in Maltepe-Cevizli, the "Ensar Foundation," an institution for mainly "religious education" recognized by the Turkish government as " charitable" and known as a place of child abuse, where 45 children were raped in 2016 alone, was burned down by TKP/ML militants. The action was dedicated to Rosa and Asmin, comrades who also died in Dersim; the statement said:

The contradictions in Iraqi Kurdistan have come to a head in recent weeks. The people are rebelling against the corrupt ruling parties, which are dominated primarily by the two extended families Barsani and Talabani.

Also in the first weeks of December, various media reported on actions by or encounters with the PLGA led y the CPI(Maoist) in Peoples' War in India. In the following we will report on some of them.

We hereby share an article  from the website Yeni Demokrasi:

TKP/ML militants rake AKP office with gunfire in Istanbul Pendik

According to a news that reached us via e-mail; On December 7, the Pendik-Kurtköy AKP office was raked with gunfire by TKP/ML militants. In the statement made, it is indicated that the action was attributed to the TİKKO guerrillas who were martyred in Dersim.

It was stated that the AKP Kurtköy office building was moved the day after the action, and the following were also stated:

In the following, we want to give a brief overview of some (alleged) action of the People's Liberation Guerrilla Army under the leadership of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), in the ongoing People's War.