DEM VOLKE DIENEN

The October Revolution was an event, that changed the world and led to a new epoch, the epoch of Imperialism and Proletarian revolution (this epoch is the present until today, although it has developed further). Communists, revolutionaries, and progressive people all over the world celebrated this event, also in Croatia. The Crvena Akcija (Red Action Croatia) a revolutionary and antifascist organization from Croatia celebrated this event with a propaganda action in Zagreb (Capital of Croatia) where some of their members held a banner with the slogan “Živio crveni Oktobar!” (Long live red October). They published a photo of this action together with a text on their homepage we want to quote here.“Today is the hundredth anniversary of October Revolution, of an event that decisive shaped today's world. This wasn’t just a big battle on its own, but it was an symbolic moment at which the humiliated and oppressed, those that have nothing to lose but their chains overtook power for the first time in history.”

We publish this joint declaration from the symposium organised by the PGI/MLM on 11^th and 12^th of November in Nuremberg, which is signed by the maoists from Berlin as well as greek and turkish youth organisations. The turkish translation can be read here:

ON 100TH ANNIVERSARY GLORY TO OCTOBER REVOLUTION AND ITS LEADERS! LONG LIVE PROLETARIAN INTERNATIONALISM!

Denouncing the miserable working conditions and the refusal of taking part in any negotiations, the construction workers of a new airfield to be build in the area of Peldehue laid down their work last month and occupied the construction site. Since then, their struggle continues. Although formally contracted by a private firm, they are in fact working on a state owned project, the construction of a new airstrip to be used by the military.

In the night between the 20th to the 21st of November reactionary forces were drawn together around the houses, farms and fields of the peasants of Nova Cachoeirinha in Minar Gerais. Since yesterday, the people living and working there are under attack by the police, arbitrarily and indiscriminately firing gas grenades at the village and intimidating its inhabitants with over 100 policemen.

The militant mobilization and actions against the elections by the Chilean people culminated on past Sunday, on election day, in a number of activities. In various parts of Chile direct acts of sabotage were carried out against the smooth running of the electoral circus. In Santiago, a demonstration was held in favor of boycotting the elections.

We publish this english translation of the article "O Estado e a Revolução" from issue 199 of A Nova Democracia:

We publish this english translation of the article "O campesinato e a Revolução Democrática" from issue 198 of A Nova Democracia:

Over the five last AND issues we have approached, respectively, the need for the Democratic Revolution; the necessary State for serving the people; the revolution as an exercise for the just violence in a just war for conjuring the imperialist war and finishing the reactionary civil war; and the role of every revolutionary classes on the process. We have concluded this group of texts dealing with the role of peasantry on the democratic revolution, including the working class and the petty-bourgeoisie, the most interested forces for the revolution. The middle bourgeoisie ( genuine national bourgeoisie) has formed those forces as well; however, because its double character and vacillation, we will not approach its role at the moment; we will do it when the contradictions resulting from the revolutionary situation in development demand such a thing.

Apart from the massive and combative unrests and popular protests of the Philippine people against the visit of US president Trump and the ASEAN conference last weekend, significant actions were also carried out directly against the counter-revolutionary forces in the Philippines. The New People’s Army fighting in the People’s War, in a number of successful operations, was able to deal great blows to police and military forces serving the old Philippine state to uphold its oppression of the people.