Re: [L-I] ML Update., Vol:3; No.41; 18-10-2000.
Dear Comrades of CPI(ML) Can you please update the date in your computer because otherwise your mail goes unnoticed in the mailbox flooded with mails. Partha __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/ ___ Leninist-International mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international
[L-I] Argentina after the resignation of the Vice President
Since L-I moderator Johannes Schneider has been kind enough to resend this posting in Spanish (due to formatting reasons it had reached well over the 40 kb limit, and he took the pain to reformat it), I thought I should translate it for everyone's benefit. An analysis on the resignation of Vice President Alvarez follows. The analysis has been drafted by a comrade of mine at the Partido de la Izquierda Nacional, and is now being distributed in leaflets here. But you can consider it mine, even personal. * Resignation of Vice President Alvarez A POLITICAL OPERATION TO SAVE THE DEPENDENT MODEL The resignation of Carlos Alvarez as Vice President closes the short chapter of an Alliance conceived of as a ruling agreement that should have lasted a whole period. Politically speaking, the Alianza is destroyed, no matter what formalities might be imagined to generate a formal continuity. The crisis was prompted by a decision of President De la Rúa, who ratified in their posts government officials directly involved in corrupt practices, reinforcing by the same movement the most reactionary component of his administration. It was an unmistakable sign, which rent asunder the progressive and the conservative wings of the Alianza. De la Rúa, this grey and dull character, rose to Presidential responsibilities, to a decissive extent, thanks to the vote of the "progressive" layers of the middle class represented by the party of Alvarez, the FREPASO. What was he thinking about when he made up his mind on the cabinet modification, when he rewarded unscrupulous parvenus such as Flamarique and Patricia Bullrich, while at the same time he ratified the best representative of usury as a head of the intelligence service, and included still another conservative to the government as chief of cabinet? Maybe he thought he would be able to still merrily use the Frepaso leadership as a cover up for the reactionary nature of his administration, hiding it behind the timeless values of social progress and ethical purity in the administration of public matters, while he kept an impunity agreement running, on his right side, with Menem and Menemism? A risky bet for someone who has little more in his head than the hollow impressionist moves suggested by the equally hollow ad-men around him. It was simply too much. The progressives coincided seamlessly with the conservatives in the need to preserve and reinforce the socio-economic model inherited from Menemism. They would make any kind of gestures and postures to win over the confidence of the representatives of international financial parasitism and domestic monopoly corporations. They were decided to support any measure that would be deemed necessary to earn for themselves their support. But they _did_ differ on how the mandate bestowed by the ruling circles was to be managed. AN ONGOING POLITICAL OPERATION The popular Chacho [nickname of the Vice President, NMG] said during his mediatic explanation of his resignation, that he was "convinced that we are facing a final crisis in the ways politics is done". What his words actually announces was the inception of a political operation that seeks to rebuild a field for the center-left, a field that has been completely blurred away by the cruel light cast by the truth of the Alianza government. The brave tribune of Palermo Viejo [an upper middle class quarter in Buenos Aires] had supported, with a spirit of sacrifice worth admiring, the new labor code which imposed a flexibilization-precarization of working conditions such as requested by the IMF; he had swallowed the tax reform, directed against the middle classes and the popular sections of our society while favoring the "juridic security" of the speculators at the Stock Exchange and the financial industry; he said nothing against the cut in the wages of state personnel, etc. He had been acting as the Good Angel of the "progressive" Minister of Economy Machinea and his neoliberal programme. But he realized that all his credit among the petty bourgeoisie was running away like water in the hands, due to the collapsing economic policy and the atmosphere of corruption and impunity in which the administration of tasteless De la Rúa was beginning to be wrapped up. Thus, the chief of the Frepaso decided to return to his origin: a political force which will support the model (that is, open imports, fixed exchange rates, privatization and foreign ownership of economy, a State subordinate to the interests of monopoly capital, and whatever additional measure that strengthen the current pattern of accumulation based upon the hegemony of foreign banks and domestic monopoly groups in asociation with the imperialist corporations) BUT, ah, yes, with administrative probity and transparency! It is around the campaign against corruption that the camp of the center-left is reorganized. But the ongoing political operation is still more ambitious. Th
October Le Monde diplomatique on Kosovo
The latest edition of Le Monde diplomatique has an article on Kosovo. The English title is 'The other Yugoslavain election', the German edition has it under the title 'UN-Protektorat oder Mafia-Republik'. English: http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/10/07kosovo German: http://www.monde-diplomatique.de/mtpl/2000/10/13./text?Tname=a0027&idx=2 Johannes
[L-I] Istanbul: November conference on situation of prisoners
On behalf of TAYAD, an organisation of the families and friends of prisoners in Turkey, we are passing on this translation of a draft agenda for a conference to take place in Istanbul, Turkey on November 11-13, 2000. It will deal with the situation in the country's prisons. DHKC London Information Bureau - CONFERENCE ON THE REALITY IN THE PRISONS, THE PROBLEMS THAT ARE EXPERIENCED, AND SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS FIRST DAY - NOVEMBER 11, 2000 Presentation and opening speeches (1030 - 1100) Presentation: Ruhan Mavruk (poet) Opening speeches: Mehmet Bekaroglu (Fazilet (Virtue) Party member of parliament for Ordu) Yucel Sayman (Chairman of the Istanbul Bar) Sukran Agdas (TAYAD mother) SESSION ONE (1100 - 1330) The Reality In The Prisons Chairman of the session: Dr Fikret Baskaya Rapporteur: The lawyer Several Demir Description of the prisons and the position they hold - the lawyer Eren Keskin International standards - the lawyer Fikret Ilkiz The procedures and administration in the prisons - the lawyer Necati Ozdemir Interval Discussion which is open to the floor Afternoon Interval SESSION TWO (1500 - 1730) THE REALITY IN THE PRISONS - II Chairman of the sitting: Dr Fikret Baskaya Rapporteur: The lawyer Several Demir Breaches of human rights from yesterday to today - Tekin Tangun Health problems in the prisons - Dr Yesim Islegen Obstacles to defending the rights of prisoners - the lawyer Ercan Kanar Visits, receiving information, provision of food and other living conditions - Naime Kara Interval Discussion which is open to the floor SECOND DAY - NOVEMBER 12, 2000 SESSION THREE (1030 - 1300) THE "F" TYPE PRISONS Chairman of the session: Dr Ibrahim Kabaoglu Rapporteur: The lawyer Suat Parlar On the construction work on prisons - the architect Celal Besiktepe Why the "F" Type prisons - Professor Dr Ahmet Hamdi Yildirim World experiences and solutions - The lawyer Koksal Bayraktar Interval Discussion which is open to the floor Afternoon Interval SESSION FOUR (1430 - 1700) THE ANTI-TERROR LAW Chairman of the session: Prof Dr Cetin Ozek Rapporteur: The lawyer Nurhayat Isyapan The Anti-Terror Law and its place in universal legal principles - Prof Dr Semih Gemalmaz The Anti-Terror Law with regard to the prisons - the lawyer Mihriban Kirdok >From 1991 to today, practices and results - the lawyer Yilmaz Ensaroglu Interval Discussion which is open to the floor THIRD DAY - NOVEMBER 13, 2000 SESSION FIVE (1030 - 1700) OPINIONS AND EVALUATIONS ON RESOLVING THE PROBLEMS IN THE PRISONS Chairman of the session: Dr Yucel Sayman Presentation of the rapporteurs: the lawyer Several Demir/ the lawyer Suat Parlar/ the lawyer Nurhayat Isyapan Reports presented by individuals and institutions presenting their viewpoints and suggestions. Afternoon Interval General Discussion on Viewpoints and Suggestions Interval DECLARATION OF RESULTS AND PRESENTATION Note: In every session the main speeches are limited to 15 minutes. The right to make speeches "from the floor" will be given to those participants who wish to express their viewpoints. All institutions and persons will have an opportunity to express their viewpoints. However, there will be time restrictions on those expressing opinions in this way. Participants who come from abroad will be able to express their viewpoints and thoughts in this section. This is a draft programme and the speeches listed should not be treated as finalised. ___ Leninist-International mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international
[L-I] Istanbul conference: correction
A small correction to our earlier message: the conference will take place from November 10 to 12, not from November 11-13 as announced previously. Later we will pass on a translation of the invitation to the conference. DHKC London Information Bureau --- On behalf of TAYAD, an organisation of the families and friends of prisoners in Turkey, we are passing on this translation of a draft agenda for a conference to take place in Istanbul, Turkey on November 11-13, 2000. It will deal with the situation in the country's prisons. DHKC London Information Bureau - CONFERENCE ON THE REALITY IN THE PRISONS, THE PROBLEMS THAT ARE EXPERIENCED, AND SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS FIRST DAY - NOVEMBER 11, 2000 Presentation and opening speeches (1030 - 1100) Presentation: Ruhan Mavruk (poet) Opening speeches: Mehmet Bekaroglu (Fazilet (Virtue) Party member of parliament for Ordu) Yucel Sayman (Chairman of the Istanbul Bar) Sukran Agdas (TAYAD mother) SESSION ONE (1100 - 1330) The Reality In The Prisons Chairman of the session: Dr Fikret Baskaya Rapporteur: The lawyer Several Demir Description of the prisons and the position they hold - the lawyer Eren Keskin International standards - the lawyer Fikret Ilkiz The procedures and administration in the prisons - the lawyer Necati Ozdemir Interval Discussion which is open to the floor Afternoon Interval SESSION TWO (1500 - 1730) THE REALITY IN THE PRISONS - II Chairman of the sitting: Dr Fikret Baskaya Rapporteur: The lawyer Several Demir Breaches of human rights from yesterday to today - Tekin Tangun Health problems in the prisons - Dr Yesim Islegen Obstacles to defending the rights of prisoners - the lawyer Ercan Kanar Visits, receiving information, provision of food and other living conditions - Naime Kara Interval Discussion which is open to the floor SECOND DAY - NOVEMBER 12, 2000 SESSION THREE (1030 - 1300) THE "F" TYPE PRISONS Chairman of the session: Dr Ibrahim Kabaoglu Rapporteur: The lawyer Suat Parlar On the construction work on prisons - the architect Celal Besiktepe Why the "F" Type prisons - Professor Dr Ahmet Hamdi Yildirim World experiences and solutions - The lawyer Koksal Bayraktar Interval Discussion which is open to the floor Afternoon Interval SESSION FOUR (1430 - 1700) THE ANTI-TERROR LAW Chairman of the session: Prof Dr Cetin Ozek Rapporteur: The lawyer Nurhayat Isyapan The Anti-Terror Law and its place in universal legal principles - Prof Dr Semih Gemalmaz The Anti-Terror Law with regard to the prisons - the lawyer Mihriban Kirdok >From 1991 to today, practices and results - the lawyer Yilmaz Ensaroglu Interval Discussion which is open to the floor THIRD DAY - NOVEMBER 13, 2000 SESSION FIVE (1030 - 1700) OPINIONS AND EVALUATIONS ON RESOLVING THE PROBLEMS IN THE PRISONS Chairman of the session: Dr Yucel Sayman Presentation of the rapporteurs: the lawyer Several Demir/ the lawyer Suat Parlar/ the lawyer Nurhayat Isyapan Reports presented by individuals and institutions presenting their viewpoints and suggestions. Afternoon Interval General Discussion on Viewpoints and Suggestions Interval DECLARATION OF RESULTS AND PRESENTATION Note: In every session the main speeches are limited to 15 minutes. The right to make speeches "from the floor" will be given to those participants who wish to express their viewpoints. All institutions and persons will have an opportunity to express their viewpoints. However, there will be time restrictions on those expressing opinions in this way. Participants who come from abroad will be able to express their viewpoints and thoughts in this section. This is a draft programme and the speeches listed should not be treated as finalised. ___ Leninist-International mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international
[L-I] Invitation to Istanbul congress on situation of prisoners
The statement below is a translation of the invitation to the congress on the prison situation in Turkey, which we are forwarding. DHKC London Information Bureau -- Dear comrades, The Solidarity Association of Prisoners' Families (TAYAD) in Turkey is organising a congress from November 10 to 12 under the heading "The Reality of the Prisons". On the first day a declaration is to be adopted, on the second day speakers from various countries will have the opportunity to talk about the prison situation and the history of solitary confinement in their own countries, and on the last day the congress will end with a podium discussion. The reason for this congress is the introduction of newly constructed "F" Type prisons in Turkey. These are being described by human rights circles, intellectuals and the prisoners themselves as places of total "isolation" and "slow death by torture" aimed at the annihilation of their political identity. Several attempts have been made to forcibly transfer prisoners to these installations, but each time the joint solidarity of the prisoners has managed to beat back these attempts. Already in September 1999, 10 prisoners in Ulucanlar (Ankara) were killed by hours-long torture as part of such an attempt. More recently, on July 5, 2000, prisoners in Burdur were attacked for the same reason, and dozens of them were seriously wounded. On October 17, 2000, the prisoners of the DHKP-C (Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front) and the TKP(ML) (Communist Party of Turkey (Marxist-Leninist)) issued a statement declaring that from October 20 they would start an Unlimited Hunger Strike and turn this into a Death Fast. This statement causes in us apprehension that soon there will be deaths again in the prisons of Turkey. The principal demand of the prisoners is the dismantling of the "F" Type prisons; furthermore, they declare that they will die rather than go into the cells. We would be pleased if you could participate in this congress and/or give any further support in this urgent matter. Public opinion must be made to listen to prevent serious human rights violations like these and to ensure that the prisoners can continue to maintain social contact with other prisoners. Isolation is torture, and even in the case of those prisoners whose guilt can be juridically proved, it amounts to being doubly punished. Yours in solidarity For further information, contact: Committee For Struggle Against Torture Through Isolation (IKM) Kreuzweg 12, 20099 Hamburg, Germany Telephone and Fax (0049) (0) 40 280.53.625 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.noisolation.de ___ Leninist-International mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international
[L-I] U.S. activists denounce Cuba amandment
International Action Center / International Peace for Cuba Appeal PRESS RELEASE, October 19, 2000 U.S. ACTIVISTS DENOUNCE CUBA TRADE AMENDMENT THOUSANDS TRAVEL TO CUBA FOR SECOND WORLD SOLIDARITY CONFERENCE Teresa Gutierrez, Co-Director of the International Peace for Cuba Appeal (IPCA), a project of the International Action Center (IAC), today denounced the Cuba trade amendment passed by the U.S. Senate October 18. "This amendment masquerades as an easing of the U.S. blockade when in fact it tightens it," Gutierrez stated. The amendment was attached to agricultural spending legislation that President Clinton has agreed to sign. "This amendment is a sham. It claims to allow sales of food to Cuba, but at the same time it bars the federal government and U.S. banks from financing shipments that would make these sales possible. We also condemn this amendment for further restricting travel to Cuba, which is a violation of our constitutional rights to travel. In November, hundreds of people from the U.S. will defy the travel ban by attending the Second World Conference in Solidarity and Friendship with Cuba in Havana. Over 4,000 people from 100 countries are expected to attend the conference, whose main purpose is to mobilize international support for an end to the U.S. blockade. The IAC/IPCA delegation will be one of the largest coming from the U.S.," Gutierrez continued. The International Action Center (IAC), which was founded by former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, and the International Peace for Cuba Appeal, a project of the IAC, work for the full lifting of the U.S. blockade of Cuba and believe that Cuba should have the right to buy and sell food, medicine and all other goods. We stand with the Cuban people who yesterday answered the 'gross lie that the genocidal blockade has been softened,' as the Cuban daily Granma put it, with a defiant march of 800,000 people in Havana. All those attending the Second World Conference in Solidarity and Friendship with Cuba this November 10-14 pledge to do all we can to fight the criminal 40-year-old blockade of Cuba until it is finally lifted," Gutierrez concluded. --30-- International Action Center 39 West 14th Street, Room 206 New York, NY 10011 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.iacenter.org ___ Leninist-International mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international
[L-I] Iranian Revolutionary Socialist Site (fwd)
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[L-I] China: Market economy induces severe industrial hazards (fwd)
October Review schrieb: > Dear friends, > > Please find below an article in the latest issue of > October Review. Please feel free to distribute or > reprint it (with a reference to October Review). > > If you have problem receiving the article or do not > wish to receive it in the future, please tell us by > email. > > With best regards, > October Review, Hong Kong. > > mail address: October Review, G.P.O.Box 10144, Hong > Kong > e-mail address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- > > CHINA > > Market economy induces severe industrial hazards > > Zhang Kai > > With China keenly pressing ahead the market economy > which goes after optimum economic "efficacy", labour > safety has become a critical issue. Lately, the > government has been forced to embark on a national > inspection of production safety in an attempt to > contain major accidents and hazards. > The Emergency Circular issued by the State Council on > 7 August 2000 pointed out the gravity of the problem. > Within a period of ten days in late June 2000, a > series of major accidents had occurred: 130 people > died in a ship wreck in Hejiang County, Sichuan > Province on June 22; 49 people died in a plane crash > of the Wuhan Airline Company; 38 people died in an > explosion of a fireworks factory in Jiangmen City, > Guangdong Province on June 30; 10 people died in an > explosion of a firecrackers factory in Dianjiang > County, Chongqing Municipality. > For years, industrial and traffic accidents have been > rampant, with a mortal casualty of around 100,000 > people every year. Of this, about 16,000 were workers > whose deaths were induced by industrial and mining > accidents. China's output of raw coal is about > one-fifth in the world's output, yet the casualty > figure is four-fifths of the world's casualty figure. > According to the State Coal Industrial Bureau, every > year, there are about 70 incidents of mining accidents > in which over 10 people died. This means an incident > every five days. In 1996, coal output in China was > 1.374 billion tons, with 10,015 mine workers dead in > accidents. In the USA, the figure was 38 deaths for a > coal output of 0.96 billion tons. In 1998, China's > output was 1.22 billion tons, with 7,377 workers dead > in accidents. The death rate was 6.04 persons per 1 > million tons of coal output. The casualty rate in > China was 200 times that of the USA. > Incomplete statistics show that there are around > 380,000 hazardous or poisonous industrial enterprises > in China. According to a survey conducted by the > Health Ministry on 1,426 foreign invested enterprises, > 37.2% involved occupational hazards in the process of > production, and 34.7% of workers were exposed to such > hazards. Up to the end of 1998, pneumoconiosis > patients in the whole country amounted to 550,000, of > which 130,000 have died. This equaled the total number > of pneumoconiosis patients in the whole world. In > China, the patients are growing at a rate of 15,000 to > 20,000 a year. > The number of people poisoned was also big. According > to incomplete statistics by the health authorities, > occupational poisoning took the lives of hundreds > every year, and jeopardized the health of thousands. > In 1999, the number increased by 47% as compared to > 1998. > Apart from the lack of legislature to monitor > occupational health problems, the actual situation of > small and medium township enterprises in violation of > production safety and health standards has been very > acute. According to a survey of the Health Ministry in > the early 1990s, industrial hazards existed in 83% of > township enterprises, 34% of workers in township > enterprises were in contact with dust and poisonous > stuff, and occupational hazard patients amounted to > 15.78% of the workforce. > Another major hazard is the danger of the same > building housing the factory, warehouse and workers' > quarters. Fires have broken out and the casualties > have been high. Some examples are: on 19 Nov 1993, a > fire broke out in Zhili Toy Factory in Shenzhen and 83 > workers were killed; on 16 June 1994, a fire broke out > in Yuxin Dyeing and Textile Factory in Zhuhai and the > next day the building collapsed, causing 93 deaths. > Long working hours, fatigue and lack of safety > protection equipment have also caused numerous > accidents to occur. According to a report by Yang > Cheng Evening News on June 19, quoting Nanjing Daily > News, in two townships in Leqing City, Zhejiang > Province, privately run enterprises use cheap and > unsafe machinery. The two hospitals in Leqing City had > a record of stitching severed fingers for 14 workers > per day, treating over 5,000 workers during the year. > The Workers Daily on March 2 also reported on the > situation in a "village of severed fingers", where in > a village alone were hundreds of casualties, "and it > was said that severed fingers could fill up a basket". >
[L-I] Iranian Revolutiany Socialists Site (fwd)
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