World Popular Resistance Clippings 2/18/2013

Iberia workers and riot police clash at start of five-day strike

 

Riot police clashed with striking workers (video) from Spain‘s Iberia airline on Monday as they began a five-day stoppage in protest at plans to sack a fifth of the workforce in a country struggling with 26% unemployment.

As hundreds of flights were [...]

World Popular Resistance Clippings 2/17/2013

Widespread Palestinian rioting erupts in West Bank

Widespread rioting erupted in the West Bank on Friday after Palestinians said they would confront the IDF over security prisoners on hunger strike.

Large groups threw rocks and Molotov cocktails at soldiers, who responded with various riot dispersal means.

In Beitunya, west of Ramallah, near the Ofer [...]

People’s war in India Clippings 2/17/2013

Maoist presence: Search operations yield zero results

The search operations organised by the special squads of the police and the forest officials to spot the suspected group of The police and the Thunderbolt Commandos deputed to hound out the group of Maoists suspected to have gone into hiding in the eastern hill region could [...]

POLITICAL RESOLUTION Central Committee (P) CPI(Maoist)-2004

 

FOREWORD

The present draft document has been finalized by Joint CC of the erstwhile CPI ( ML)[PW] and the MCCI in September 2004 after extensive discussions. Five draft documents were prepared after intense discussions in a series of bilateral meetings held between the high-level delegations of the two erstwhile parties between February 2003 [...]

Protesters target Ford headquarters

Ford workers angry about the car maker’s plans to shutter a plant in Belgium broke windows and burned tyres in a demonstration outside the company’s European headquarters in Germany. Cologne city police spokesman Karlo Kreitz said about 100 of the protesters were taken into temporary custody after three officers suffered minor injuries in the fracas. [...]

South African miners riots draw fire

South African police have fired rubber bullets, stun grenades and tear gas to disperse striking miners trying to prevent a rally by the country’s main labour grouping.

Bullet casings littered the ground and a helicopter circled above, with police sirens howling, as the protesters were chased into the area surrounding a stadium in northwestern [...]

Fuel subsidy cut could prompt Cameroon unrest

Following a meeting between Prime Minister Philemon Yang and trade union leaders regarding controversial plans to lift the country’s fuel subsidy, opposition parties and unions have threatened to take to the streets in protest.

Precedent for Unrest

Plans to drop Cameroon’s subsidy have been on the cards since late 2011. However, the proposals were shelved [...]

Malnutrition claims 3 lives in tea garden

JALPAIGURI: Three residents, including a three-year-old girl, of the closed down Kumalai Tea Estate have fallen prey to malnutrition over the past 48 hours. While Rita Oraon (53) died on Monday, Sumita Bhokta (25) and Sumian Oraon died on Tuesday.

It has been clearly stated in the victims’ death certificates that they died of acute [...]

Maoists call for bandh on May 16

With an aim to continue their reign of terror and pressure on the government, Maoists have given a bandh call in Koraput district on May 16. This is the first bandh call given by Maoists in Koraput district after the abducted Laxmipur MLA Jhina Hikaka last month. The Koraput-Srikakulam divisional committee of outlawed CPI (Maoist) [...]

Forces to keep up hunt in red zones

Ranchi, May 12: The state police and CRPF personnel will not let up joint operations to flush out Naxalites from their core areas, despite the rebels losing ground in a few strongholds.

CRPF director general K. Vijay Kumar conveyed the message to the state police top brass during a meeting in Ranchi after returning from [...]