India The Communist Party of India (Maoist) released a statement for Central Committee member Yaydaş Ramakrishna, who died on October 14 from kidney failure and other health issues. The statement affirms that this is a heavy loss for the Party and the people of India. Brazil Graffiti was seen in support of the peasant struggle in Brazil, in the face of recent actions by the old Brazilian State … Continue reading Week in Struggle: October 15-21
Brazil On October 9, the Revolutionary Front for the Defense of the People’s Rights (FRDDP, Frente Revolucionária de Defesa dos Direitos do Povo) organized an event in honor of Chairman Gonzalo. The event was notable for the high attendance of quilombolas (Afro-Brazilians descended from escaped slaves). Attendees sang the Internationale at the beginning of the event. At the table, leaders of the League of Poor … Continue reading Week in Struggle: October 8-14
Germany In Bremen, two banners were documented honoring the 93rd anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of Peru. The slogans were written in Spanish, English, Turkish, and German and read, “Long live the Communist Party of Peru!” and “People’s War until Communism!” Revolutionaries in Magdeburg protested the “Day of German Unity,” a celebration of the dissolution of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and the reunification of East … Continue reading Week in Struggle: October 1-8
Brazil Graffiti with the slogan “Down with the genocidal military government of [President] Bolsonaro!” was documented in Maringa, Paraná. Mexico On September 23, the 56th anniversary of a guerrilla attack on state barracks which is considered the beginning of socialist armed struggle in Mexico, several groups including Current of the People – Red Sun (CP-Sol Rojo, Corriente del Pueblo Sol Rojo) held demonstrations in multiple … Continue reading Week in Struggle: September 24-30
Around the world, numerous statements have been published and actions have been carried out in commemoration of Chairman Gonzalo, who gave his life in defense of the People’s War in Peru and the World Proletarian Revolution on September 11. Read our full, ongoing coverage in the article linked below. Read: Actions to Commemorate Chairman Gonzalo Around the World (Updated) Colombia Revolutionary youth organizations Movement of … Continue reading Week in Struggle: September 17-23
Around the world, numerous statements have been published and actions have been carried out in commemoration of Chairman Gonzalo, who gave his life in defense of the People’s War in Peru and the World Proletarian Revolution on September 11. Read our full, ongoing coverage in the article linked below. Read: Actions to Commemorate Chairman Gonzalo around the World (Updated) Brazil Graffiti in defiance of Brazil’s Independence … Continue reading Week in Struggle: September 10-16
India On September 2, alleged members of the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) killed a police informant in Odish. The police informant had been encouraging young people in the area to also become police informers. Posters were left behind warning others to not cooperate with the old Indian state. On the same day, an improvised explosive device injured a Central Reserve Police Force member, the … Continue reading Week in Struggle: September 3-9
Brazil Graffiti signed by revolutionary youth organization Red Unity – Revolutionary Youth League (Unidade Vermelha – Liga da Juventude Revolucionária) in support of the League of Poor Peasants (LCP, Liga dos Camponeses Pobres) was documented in Porto Alegre. The LCP lead the poor peasantry in their struggle for land as part of the agrarian revolution. The graffiti reads “Death to the latifundio [large landlords]! Long … Continue reading Week in Struggle: August 27-September 2
India The Communist Party of India (Maoist) [CPI (Maoist)] erected a monument as part of their annual Martyr’s Week, which is commemorated from July 28 through August 3. Martyr’s Week honors fallen militants and began after police murdered one of the founders of the party, Charu Majumdar, on July 28, 1972. More than 2,000 people gathered at this monument, celebrating the struggle to free the … Continue reading Week in Struggle: August 20-26
Brazil Revolutionary organizations across Brazil marked 26 years of peasant resistance in Corumbiara, Rondônia on August 9 with large events. Peasants in Corumbiara have waged struggle for years against the large landlords, who have mercilessly stolen land and terrorized the peasants though assassinations and military attacks. The militancy of the Battle of Santa Elina in 1995, in which 600 peasant families heroically fought back against … Continue reading Week in Struggle: August 13-19
