DEM VOLKE DIENEN

The comrades in Mexico held an impressive demonstration in Oaxaca on April 11^th. It was mobilised from eight regions in Oaxaca for this demonstration.

At this demonstration, on the 99th day of the murder of Emiliano Zapata, the comrades made the following points:

On April 17th the Pune (Maharashtra) police raided several houses of activists. Many of them are members of the „Kabir Kala Manch“ (KKM), a progressive cultural organization that fights against the caste-system and denounces the terror of the old Indian state. Also they raided the homes of Surendra Gadling (who has been the lawyer of G.N. Saibaba and many other activists) and the secretary of the Committee for Release of Political Prisoners (CRPP), Rona Wilson. The reason for the raids was their alleged involvement in the uprising in December while the 200th anniversary of the battle of Bhima-Koregaon (where the untouchables castes fought) was commemorated. Furthermore, they are accused of being connected to the Maoist movement and for holding "inflammatory speeches“.As Gadlin points out, this was an attempt to repress those who are fighting against the “fascist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)”. The RSS is a fascist organization, which is bound to and supported by the government in various ways (e.g. the PM Modi is a member, too).

With an impressive action activists in Austria celebrated the finishing of their current campaign with the slogan “Everything is illusory, except power!” and hoisted a banner in honor of the 200th Birthday of the Great Karl Marx.

Following is an unofficial translation of their declaration that was published at oktober1917.wordpress.com:

100 years October Revolution: Powerful action at the Urban-Loritz-Square

We share this image which was sent to us and is documenting an action in solidarity and in front of the occupied HWP building of the Hamburg University. The building and another building of the main campus has been occupied for 3 days.

We publish an english translation of this call of the Rote Ruhr Crew:

We support the call of the comrades of the Revolutionary Construction - FRG to support the struggle of the political prisoners in India and call to participate and to enfold the day of action to its fullest.

For decades the old Indian state is waging a ceaseless terror campaign against the broad and oppressed masses of India and the progressive and revolutionary forces, that lead them.

The country's bureaucratic bourgeoisie and its henchmen tried to drown every rebellion and revolt against the semi-colonial lackey of imperialism in blood, in order to maintain their order against the revolutionary resistance of the masses.

We transmit an unofficial translation of the Letter of the 2nd Peasant Meeting of South and Southeast of Pará which took place in April 7 and 8 in Marabá municipality. Peasants from all the region, quilombola and indigenous communities, people affected by mining and many organizations like the Poor Peasants League (LCP), People´s Brigades and representatives of the National Front of Struggles in the Countryside and in the City (FNL). Also people from trade unions, professors and progressive intellectuals, people´s lawyers, popular press and student entities took part in the event.

On the 14th and 15th of April the 8th Summit of the America‘s took place in Lima, Peru. The first Summit was held in 1994, originally initiated by the former US-President, Bill Clinton, to promote prosperity through economic integration and free trade by gathering together all leaders of North, Central and Latin America (obviously meaning to promote US-prosperity and power through imperialist oppression).

The Finnish comrades of Punalippu ("Red Flag") this week published the translation of report adopted at the V. meeting of marxist-leninist-maoist parties and organisations of Latin America. In their introduction, the comrades say:

"Below is a translation of the document "On the international situation and the tasks of the International Communist Movement " adopted by the Fifth meeting of marxist-leninist-maoist parties and organisations of Latin America  in May 2016. The Finnish translation is mainly based on the English translation (http://www.demvolkedienen.org/index.php/en/t-dokumente-en/1301-thesis-on-the-international-situation-and-the-tasks-of-the-international-communist-movement ), but also the original Spanish text (http://www.demvolkedienen.org/index.php/es/lat-amerika/1157-sobre-la-situacion-internacional-y-las-tareas-en-el-mci) has been used. In view of the very high ideological level of the document, the most important thing in Finnish translation is the preservation of scientific and precise conception, but at the same time efforts have been made to ensure that the translation is in smooth Finnish. Suggestions for improvement of the translation are welcome."