DEM VOLKE DIENEN

We forward the joint declarations of the Red Guards from Austin, Los Angeles, Kansas City, Charlotte and Pittsburgh who take part in the international campaign to present Dr. Sernas Alive! and they also call "on all progressive formations around the world to join in the International Campaign to Present Dr. Sernas Alive with actions against the reactionary Mexican state" they also remember the campaign in support to comrade Dallas taking firm position that "Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, Principally Maoism is the ideology of the proletariat and it burns bright, a rising sun and—as the Peruvian comrades say—one cannot hide the sun with one’s thumb."

We publish an english translation of the note that was published on A Nova Democracia about the news on the death of the chairman of CEBRASPO, José Pimenrta.

Comrade Pimenta: Present in the struggle!

"José Sales Pimenta, chairman of the Brazilian Center for Solidarity to the Peoples (Cebraspo) and prominent defender of the right of the people to fight for their rights passed away last Friday, October 19th.

Pimenta also had intense political activity since the student movement in the late 1970s, when he participated in the reconstruction of the National Students Union (UNE). Since then he has always participated in the struggles of the poor in the countryside and in the city.

During his activity in Cebraspo, he extended solidarity to the revolutionary movements and national liberation movement abroad, denounced the attacks on the peasant movement and the poor people of the favelas of big cities, he organized international missions to investigate massacres in the countryside. He was especially involved in the constitution of the Brazilian Association of People's Lawyers (Abrapo).

Zé Pimenta was also an enthusiast of the popular and democratic press and an important supporter of the A Nova Democracia newspaper, publicizing the newspaper, suggesting guidelines, indicating sources, selling signatures, debating and constructively criticizing our work.

The comrade died in his hometown, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais state, where he was also veiled, on October 20. He was honored with an exciting and combative ceremony by his family, struggle comrades and friends."

Among many other homages to Pimenta that were published in CEBRASPO website, we publish a video that was uploaded with a homage to him by a democratic youtube channel where Pimenta gives an interview about his activities.

In the video, among other things, he talks about his history and the history of his family, particularly his brother that was a lawyer that was assassinated by the military regime in Brazil, in 1982, about the situation of the people in Brazil and the world, about the A Nova Democracia newspaper, also about the struggles against the G20 in Hamburg. In general he makes a statement about the need to support the struggles of the peoples, the People´s Wars around the world, the struggle of the peasants and the poor people in the favelas.

Two times, the local of the fascist “Bastion Social” was attacked in the French City of Clermont-Ferrand. Flanked by similar actions in other cities such as Lyon and Marseille, comrades of the Revolutionary Youth and C.A.R.A. now managed to close the local in their city once and for all. With an official notice, the “Bastion Social” leadership on the 16th of October declared their retreat in an official declaration.

Recently, in Viena, three rappers were controlled by the police in a park, a racist policy carried out by the repressive apparatus of the state. This time the people refused to be humiliated by this racist approach and resisted it. They went then arrested. This event has ignited the so-called "Thursday Demonstrations" and many anti-fascist and democratic people gathered in the streets of Viena in a big demonstration. the website New Epoch states that:

"The so called „Thursday Demonstrations“ have a history in the recent antifascist struggle in Austria. Since a few weeks they got a revival and every week thausands of protestors join the demonstrations against the government in Vienna. Broad parts of the population join this demonstrations and show their anger and justified rebellion against the antidemocratic, repressive and also in parts open fascist politics of the government. Especially the consequent antifascist and revolutionary forces forwarded the demonstrations to an active and struggling expression and showed that the antifascist forces should trust in their own force."

In the images we can see that many red flags were present in the demonstration.

I just found out, reading the "AND" from Brazil, that my comrade has died. That Pimenta has died. I knew he was ill, I knew it could not take long, but I'm still beaten, furious and I can not calm down. I curse this day, I think. But I'm not sad, how are you going to be sad thinking about Pimenta?

We forward information that was posted by Correo Vermelho news on the last actions in Chhattisgarh district, where the red fighters are carrying a forceful boycott campaign at the same time they struggle to defend the peoples of India against the reactionary and fascist state, which is lackey to imperialism, as one can clearly state from all this war against the people to benefit mining companies that is the “Operation Green Hunt”.

Acting President Martin Vizcarra wants to clean up the old state of Peru. He took over the post this year after Pedro Pablo Kuczynski was forced to resign from office due to his involvement in the corruption scandal surrounding the construction company Odebrecht. Corruption is always a big issue in all oppressed nations. The bourgeois politicians put as much money in their pockets as possible, get bribed and let themselves be used by the imperialists, and don’t give a crap about the people. This will eventually become public and they will be replaced by a new bourgeois politician, who is also a lackey of the imperialists, but is staged as “so much better” than his predecessor. They then fight against corruption, make up for the mistakes of their predecessors, in short: they pretend that they really care about the well-being of the people. And that's exactly what Vizcarra and the rest of the government in Peru is currently trying to teach the people. So he is himself publicly flown into a jungle to inaugurate a bridge. "If you've forgotten, that's changed," Vizcarra claimed. "From now on, you have a president who cares." He wants to take special care of the poor, eradicating corruption anyhow. He is the good Samaritan of Peru. The one who makes everything better. A reserved politician who suddenly became president. And although no one had really believed in his leadership qualities, he had staged himself as an aspiring, popular person.

We publish an english translation of the report of the Solidarity Mission to Enilson Ribeiro Camp, in Rondonia state, that was published on A Nova Democracia. This area has been stage of many struggles that was reported by us and it is under threat of eviction by the state for a long time. The invitation to the mission can be found here.