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The farmers' protests in India, which have been going on for two months, came to a head in the capital New Delhi on Tuesday. Striking farmers managed to make their way into the cordoned-off city center after previously camping out on the outskirts of the capital.

In the district of Tepecik (Konak) in the Izmir region, the police cut off the electricity to the Roma living there, who could no longer pay their bills, in the wake of a raid. The residents protested with gas lamps and tubes against being deprived of the basis for illumination, but especially also for heaters, in the midst of winter.

For days now, there have been protests by students and pupils in various French cities.They are protesting against the measures imposed by the government, which are harming young people on many levels. For example, since September, schools in France have been left open without adequate health protection.

Militarily, U.S. imperialism has largely failed in its goal of wresting Syria from Russian imperialism and expanding its own dominance. However, the fact that the regime under Assad has regained control over large parts of the country is no reason for the Yankees to give up completely. As recently as June 2020, in the midst of the Corona Pademie, they imposed the „Caesar Act“. It means economic sanctions on any person or company around the world doing business, of any kind, with Syria.

Norway

Kampkomiteen (The struggle committee) lead a demonstration in the town of Lillesand, close to Kristiansand. Why, because three daughters from a family of African background, experienced racist bullying and violence. The local school did not want to confront the problem and instead told the children to stay inside during breaks and were sent home by taxi.

After the comrades of Rote Presse made the effort to scan the newest issue 18 of the Magazine Klassenstandpunkt, which contains a response to the “criticism” of the German Maoists, we publish an unofficial translation of the preface of the response. We think this is of further use for comrades developing work in imperialist countries, especially to grasp the issue of the front.

The United States has culminated the process of renewing the head of its executive branch of government, with the inauguration of the new president Biden. As is tradition he did the ceremonious oath to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States”, with his hand resting on the bible, the oath to serve the interest of US-imperialism. This was followed by a speech laying the foundation for the politics of the new executive of the USA:

The comrades of Rote Presse have informed us that they have put the current issue of Klassenstandpunkt online. In this issue, the comrades from the editorial board of Klassenstandpunkt have, among else, written a response to the article of "Kommunistischer Aufbau" on Maoism.