ILPS condemns abduction and torture, demands immediate release of Kobad Ghandy
30 September 2009
ILPS | 30 – 09 – 2009 | We, the International League of Peoples’ Struggle, vigorously condemn the abduction, torture and continued illegal detention of Indian political leader Kobad Ghandy. We demand his immediate release from prison as a matter of justice because of the gross violations of his fundamental human rights.
Peoples’ Action on Climate Change (PACC): An Assembly of Grassroots Movements on Climate Change and Poverty
30 September 2009
BANGKOK | 30 – 09 – 2009 | The International League of Peoples Struggles Commission #13 on Science and Technology and the Environment and the Peoples’ Action on Climate Change invites ILPS members to join the conference Climate Conference of Asian Peoples Movements. Details are attached below.
Filipino Americans join march for jobs; protest G20 summit in Pittsburg
30 September 2009
PITTSBURGH | 30 – 09 – 2009 | Filipino-Americans from New York and New Jersey, under the banners of BAYAN USA and the International League of People’s Struggle (ILPS), participated in last weekend’s “National March for Jobs”, the first to a week’s worth of protest actions addressing the upcoming G20 Summit in Pittsburgh.
PRESS Note – Committee For The Release Of Political Prisoners
29 September 2009
CRPP | 29 – 09 – 2009 | The Committee for the Release of Political Prisoners (CRPP) after its Mulaakat with senior Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy in the Tihar jail would want to bring a few important facts, which are of vital significance for his life, before the democratic citizens of this country. Moreover, after the meeting of the lawyer Mr. Rajesh Tyagi on 24 /09/09 with Kobad Ghandy, the details of his arrest and mistreatment have come to light. Some of the important facts are as follows:
Produce Mr. Kobad Gandhi, Senior Maoist Leader Immediately Before The Court!
27 September 2009
PRESS STATEMENT | 30 – 09 – 2009 | All Democratic Forces Should Raise Their Voice For His Right To A Lawyer And Protection From All Forms Of Torture!
The committee for the Release of Political Prisoners views with concern the arrest and continuing illegal detention of Mr. Kobad Gandhi senior Maoist leader as is being reported by the press.
BAYAN Canada launches awareness campaign “Never again to Martial Law in the Philippines”
23 September 2009
CANADA | 23 – 09 – 2009 | To mark the 37th anniversary declaration of Martial Law in the Philippines, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) Canada member organizations are holding rallies, study sessions, coffee house discussions, public fora and photo exhibits in different cities in Canada.
European Court To Decide On 30 September Sison Case Vs Council Of Eu On Terrorist Blacklist
23 September 2009
EUROPE | 23 – 09 – 2009 | The European Court of First Instance (ECFI) will issue in Luxembourg on 30 September its judgment on Case T-341/07 of Prof. Jose Maria Sison versus the Council of the European Union (EU), in which he complains against the maintenance of his name in the EU terrorist blacklist and demands the removal of his name from said list.
G20 Summit: Putting Profits and Monopolists Above the People Jobs in our Homeland! Livelihoods for Social and Democratic Justice!
21 September 2009
IMA | 21 – 09 – 2009 | If the G20) will have their way, there is no hope that the people can cope with the current depression gripping the world. Worse, there can never be a future where social justice prospers and where the dignity of all workers – including (especially) migrant workers – is upheld. Saving the neoliberal globalization still is the major agenda of member countries of the powerful G20.
End To Deception And Distraction Games; Freedom For The Kurdish Nation!
15 September 2009
ATİK | 15 – 09 – 2009 | The ruling forces of Republic of Turkey (RT) were heavily disappointed after the local election of March 29, 2009 in Kurdistan (Turkey). The Kurdish nation had rallied behind DTP (Turkish acronyms for Democratic Soceity Party), which came out of the elections as even a stronger party. Threatened by the election results, the ruling forces began new annihilation plans against the Kurdish national movement. They presented their new plans under names such as ‘solution’, ‘peace’, and ‘overture’, which are essentially nothing but a strategy to liquidate the national movement and re-establish their weakened reign.
Lalgrah & Misconceptions Of Some Misguided Intellectuals
15 September 2009
PEOPLE’S MARCH | 15 – 09 – 2009 | There are many well meaning individuals who are genuinely confused on the issues that the Maoist movement in general has thrown up and this has more particularly been raised by the intellectuals of West Bengal in the light of the Lalgarh mass upsurge. Some of these intellectuals are well meaning progressives, but others, claim not only to be Left, but also of the M-L camp.
