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- no chr.!
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NEPAL: GENERAL STRIKE!!
Since yesterday(2.5) in all across Nepal a General Strike, called by the CPN(M), is taking place for the next 7 days. The CPN(M) and the liberation forces want to protest with this strike against the so-called (municipality)'election' on coming Wednesday, organized by the ruling regime(of the King).
Yesterday in Kathmandu: General Strike, no public traffic anymore..
According to(bourgeois) Nepalese media, except in some parts of the capital Kathmandu, the public life in the entire country is affected. "Reports from Nepalgunj, Pokhara and Biratnagar, the major towns in the mid-western, western and eastern Nepal respectively, said that the strike has brought the normal life there to a complete standstill.", eKandipur reported yesterday. http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=64679
Agit-prop in Kathmandu against the regime
Meanwhile in the last days many activists of the democratic opposition and progressive journalists were arrested by the repression forces, Nepalese media reported.
Until now there are no independent informations available...
"We should have killed all those who defiled the Prophet Muhammad, but instead we are protesting in peace.", Hamas official Mahmoud al-Zahar in the Italian newspaper Il Giornale.
The Danish embassy in Damascus, Syria
In the yesterday's edition of the German magazine Der Spiegel following article was published (btw, with many things in this article I don't agree!!):
Opinion: Democracy in a Cartoon
The Guardian
Protesters set fire to embassies
IHT/NYT
Armed protest in front of the French Culture Center in Gaza
Last but not least, of course some of the so-called 'left' groups/organizations, such as WSP('Socialist' Workers Party etc.), are supporting the reactionary riots. Even in London they were joining the march against the Danish embassy("Britain, you will pay, 7/7* on its way!"..). Welcome in the 21 century!!
* 7/7 was the date of the bomb attack against the London subway
The Black Angel's Death Song
The myriad choices of his fate
Set themselves out upon a plate
For him to choose
What had he to lose
Not a ghost bloodied country
All covered with sleep
Where the black angel did weep
Not an old city street in the east
Gone to choose
And wandering's brother
Walked on through the night
With his hair in his face
On a long splintered cut from the knife of G.T.
The rally man's patter ran on through the dawn
Until we said so long
To his skull-shrill yell
Shining brightly red-rimmed and
Red-lined with the time
Infused with the choice of the mind
On ice skates scraping chunks
From the bells
Cut mouth bleeding razor's
Forgetting the pain
Antiseptic remains cool goodbye
So you fly
To the cozy brown snow of the east
Gone to choose, choose again
Sacrificials remains make it hard to forget
Where you come from
The stools of your eyes
Serve to realize fame, choose again
And roverman's refrain of the sacrilege recluse
For the loss of a horse
Went the bowels and a tail of a rat
Come again, choose to go
And if Epiphany's terror reduced you to shame
Have your head bobbed and weaved
Choose a side to be on
If the stone glances off
Split didactics in two
Leave the colors of the mouse trails
Don't scream, try between
If you choose, if you choose, try to lose
For the loss of remain come and start
Start the game I che che che che I
Che che ka tak koh
Choose to choose
Choose to choose, choose to go
..THE YEAR OF TOLERANCE(?)
Last year in September the Danish newspaper Jyllands Posten published 12 caricatures about the Islam, or better what the cartoonists are thinking when they be asked about their opinion about the Islam.
Now, since several days nearly the entire Muslim world is exploding. Yesterday in Jakarta Muslim ‚activists‘ stormed the Danish embassy and demanded the "slaughter of the ambassador". The day before thousands of activists in Yeman demonstrated against Denmark and other Scandinavian countries. In the territories of the Palestinian ‚Authorithy‘ armed groups stormed offices of the EU and European organizations and declared European employees as "legitime targets". Also before y’day a German volonteer was kidnapped in Nablus(and shortly later released, because the kidnappers found out that he was not a Dane..).
Since decades every day especially Arab newspapers are full with caricatures against the Jews, the New Christian(no chr.!^^) Crusaders or the bad influence of the Western life style and ‚democracy‘. Even cartoonists in the West are following this way(for example the Brazilian Latuf),
but not even in Tel Aviv someone is caring about it... nobody is threaten in Europe to burn down Arab embassies or to hurt Muslims as "legitime targets"(and also no Israeli was/is targeting the S. Korean publishers of this 'cartoons' by Latuf..).
It seems that the struggle of free speech against religious dictatorship(well, call it "The Clash of the Civilisations"..) is just beginning. BTW: If the "new fighters against self-censorship" would also fight against their self-censorship in the case of the war in Iraq, or about Guantanamo, or secret torture prisons... then the 'democracy' would win a lot! But, actually, I don't believe, not really...
If you have any idea about it, critic(even against my text) or note, just write a memo!!
Well, here some of the caricatures in Jyllands Posten:
More about the last developments about this issue you can read here:
http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,1700733,00.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,,1701518,00.html
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/678527.html
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/03/news/islam.php
...and so on, and so on - just check out the international media!
Hundreds of political activists, journalists arrested during protests
Hundreds of leaders and activists of the seven agitating political parties, human rights workers and journalists were arrested from protest rallies around the country organised to mark last year’s February 1 royal move as ‘black day’ on Wednesday.
In Kathmandu, at least two dozen leaders and activists of the seven-party alliance were rounded up when riot police intervened into their demonstration at New Road, a restricted area, this afternoon.
Hundreds of agitators who gathered at New Road at around 2:00 p.m. waved black flags and chanted slogans against the ‘repressive’ royal regime and demanded immediate restoration of democracy in the country.
The seven parties took out protest rallies from Teku, Kalimati and Basantpur and clashes between the police and the agitators were reported at some places. Security forces also barred the parties from holding a mass gathering at Basantapur.
Sporadic protests continue around New Road areas at the moment, our correspondent on the site said over the phone.
Similarly, hundreds of seven-party protesters were rounded up in Biratnagar, Jhapa, Pokhara, Rajbiraj, Dang, Banke and various other places during the ‘black day’ demonstrations, reports said. There were also reports of scuffles during the protests.
Meanwhile, security men opened blank fire to disperse the agitators in Bhadrapur, Jhapa, this afternoon. Few protesters were also beaten up by the police, reports quoting local leaders of the Nepali Congress said.
Similarly, dozens of journalists and human rights activists were apprehended from protest rallies in Kaski, Ilam, Khotang, Jhapa, Udaypur, Tapjejung Banke and many other places. Demanding press freedom and freedom of expression, journalists staged demonstration in Banke’s Nepalgunj, before a daylong curfew started at 11:00 a.m.
The Federation of Nepalese Journalists (FNJ) is organising a major demonstration in the restricted areas in central Kathmandu from 4:00 p.m. nepalnews.com mk Feb 01 06
Over two dozen protesting journalists arrested, two injured in Kathmandu
Telephones of over 100 leaders cut
Al-Jazeera
Maoists kill 20 in Nepal offensive
IHT/AP
Nepalese king talks of progress as rebels kill at least 20
Senior US Admiral in Nepal
Kantipur Report
Now, at least, we - strongly - should demand
(and fight for) the withdrawal of the
S. Korean troops out off Iraq...
...and we should kick all in their asses who were proclaiming the withdrawal as their 'first priority'(KCTU, DLP...), but did nothing until now - except blabla..!
朝鮮日報 (2.01):
Tokyo’s Iraq Pullout Reopens Debate on Korean Troops |
News that Japan is pulling its troops out of Iraq at the end of May has rekindled debate here over the extension of Korean soldiers’ mandate in the war-torn country. The withdrawal of all major U.S. allies increases the risk that Korea’s Zaytun Unit could become a main target of the Iraqi insurgency.
The 3,200-strong unit is stationed in Irbil, in Kurdish-majority northern Iraq, making Korea’s the third strongest force in the country after the U.S. and the U.K. The Defense Ministry plans to reduce that number by 1,000 by the end of this year, but the Joint Chiefs of Staff say there are no plans for more troop reductions or a complete withdrawal. "The National Assembly has agreed for the division to be stationed there until the end of this year, and no change is expected as of now,” a ministry official said. Staunch U.S. ally Japan, however, is pulling its force out of Iraq by the end of May, the Japanese press reported Tuesday. The UK and Australia also plan a total withdrawal of their forces by then, starting from mid-March. The reports said diplomats and defense officials from the three countries and the U.S. agreed the date during a secret meeting in London on Jan. 23. The Japanese government has been pondering a way out of Iraq since the end of 2005 because it would be difficult for its Self-Defense Force to operate there without the U.K. and Australia providing security for the troops. Japan’s constitution prohibits its military from using force outside the country. Tokyo will hand facilities for its 600 ground forces in the southern town of Samawa to locals and says it will instead contribute more to the country’s reconstruction through Official Development Assistance.
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200601/200601310022.html |
Well, before y'day I wrote that, perhaps, the mainstream media in the 'West' will not report about the developments in Nepal, but just y'day I found following article in the UK magazine The Observer
Nepal under reign of terror as king unleashes army to crush revolt
Maoists and restless politicians threaten his throne. Now the autocrat is turning to torture and murder, reports Ed Douglas from Kathmandu
Sunday January 29, 2006
The Observer
Police spent the next two hours fighting with activists and firing tear gas across temple roofs. Troops stood behind police lines, one or two raising their M16 rifles as the protest intensified. More than 200 people were arrested, among them a Polish tourist caught with protesters escaping down the city's ancient narrow alleyways.
Demonstrations against the king continued this weekend throughout Nepal, ahead of the municipal elections called for 8 February. These have been boycotted by all mainstream parties, which see them as a propaganda stunt and are demanding that the king return power to parliament first. Attacks by Maoist rebels last week, including the assassination of Bijaylal Das, a candidate in Dhanusha district, have further undermined the elections. Only one in three wards has attracted even one candidate.
Yesterday the government gathered candidates into 'safe houses' for their own protection. 'This is a precautionary measure keeping in view the security threats to candidates from the Maoists,' a government official said from Sarlahi district, a rebel stronghold in the east.
Candidates were taken to heavily guarded public buildings near army or police posts after filing their nominations. 'We have provided separate security guards to those who are unwilling to stay in groups,' another official said.
King Gyanendra now has two enemies - the Maoist insurgency, which marks its tenth anniversary on 13 February, and the political parties that have rediscovered their confidence after his coup. Analysts agree the chaos could see the king stripped of his power and even his throne. 'Last year there were many who welcomed the king's move,' said Rajendra Dahal, editor of the newspaper Himal khabarpatrik. 'But now the same people are opposing the king's government. It's a complete turnaround.'
The king's deepening unpopularity is a consequence, Dahal says, of his autocratic style, the country's woeful economic performance and his failure to make any progress in resolving the civil war with the Maoists. The rebels now control much of Nepal beyond the Kathmandu valley and urban centres. Almost 13,000 people have been killed, two-thirds of them by the security forces. Dozens have died in the past week.
The Royal Nepalese Army's influence has mushroomed, with the security forces drawing more government revenues and intimidating opponents. 'Nepalis don't know the reality of the king's relationship with the army,' says Dahal. 'Maybe the king is under the control of the army now.' Nepal's army and police both contribute personnel to UN peacekeeping missions. Both have routinely used illegal detention and murder throughout the 10-year conflict with the Maoists. According to the Nepalese human rights organisation Huron, 599 people have 'disappeared' at the hands of the state, and the whereabouts of only 130 have later been made public.
Bhaikaji Ghimere is one of the lucky ones. He was released from detention a few weeks ago after being held for 22 months without charge. At the time of his detention in 2003, Ghimere was working as a journalist for the left-of-centre fortnightly Samadhisti. That spring, during a ceasefire in the civil war, Ghimere got to know a Maoist activist called Bhim Giri. With Maoist leaders above ground for peace talks in Kathmandu, many Nepalese journalists rushed to improve their knowledge of the rebels. Ghimere's links would cost him dearly.
Soon after the ceasefire collapsed in August 2003, Ghimere says Giri called him to ask for a lift on Ghimere's motorbike. He says he did not want to, but felt under threat from Giri, who was now back in hiding. Just south of the tourist district of Thamel, Ghimere says, two men walked out in front of his motorcycle and blocked his path. Ghimere shouted at them to move. Another dozen men bundled him into a vehicle.
The men, Ghimere later learnt, were soldiers in plain clothes. They handcuffed and blindfolded him and took him into custody. The men were part of the Bhairavnath Battalion, then commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Raju Basnet. Scores of suspects, all arrested and detained without trial, were held at its headquarters in north Kathmandu. A few days before Ghimere's arrest, Basnet's brother, also a colonel in the army, had been shot dead by Maoists outside his home. Ghimere realised that the army believed Bhim Giri was responsible. For two days he was kept blindfolded and handcuffed while the security forces searched his paper's offices. On the third day, the beatings started.
Ghimere was brought before Basnet and told to strip. Ordered to admit that he was a Maoist, Ghimere was hit repeatedly with a lathi, or stick, and a plastic hosepipe. When he denied he was a rebel, Ghimere was rammed headfirst into an oil drum until he almost drowned. 'I kept telling them I was a journalist, not a Maoist. Finally, they asked me for my contacts. I couldn't take any more, but before I could gather my senses to tell them, I passed out.'
This month two Maoist prisoners also held with Ghimere began a hunger strike, appealing to the UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, for an investigation into the alleged deaths. Ghimere says none of the prisoners was given enough to eat, and they were forced to sleep with their hands bound behind their backs. 'Even now,' he says, 'I find myself sleeping with my hands in that position.'
His survival rests on a piece of paper smuggled out of jail by a sympathetic guard with his name and those of his fellow detainees on it and handed to the International Commission for the Red Cross. With pressure growing for his release, early last year Ghimere was continuously moved, enduring a mock execution and having incriminating evidence planted on him to provide 'evidence' of his guilt to the courts. He was released on 25 August last year.
The courts have been unable to bring most human rights cases to trial. Basnet was rewarded for his service with a tour of duty in Burundi as part of the UN's peacekeeping mission. How the army reacts in the next few weeks will be, Rajendra Dahal believes, critical to the nation's future. He detects a growing revulsion among junior officers for the army's oppressive style. 'If the king orders the army to open fire on mass crowds, then maybe they'll do it for the first hour. But after that they will refuse to shoot their own people. Absolute rule here is doomed within months.'
The king can still return to a constitutional monarchy, Dahal says. 'But if he refuses to back down, then he is finished.'
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1697365,00.html
Is NAVER supporting fascist propaganda?
My sense for humor might be a little limeted(at least since last year..),
but what I found here
http://blog.naver.com/yanakan/21436801 (watch the movie, but, please, don't go crazy..)
has, in my opinion, nothing to do with jokes or polit-trash, not really. This is just NS(national 'socialist') propaganda. In my opinion this is just glorifying the the 'Third Reich', the fascist Germany.
The nick name of the operator of this blog: '괴벨스' - Goebbels, the Minister of Propaganda of the 'Third Reich'(1933-45)... I think this is not a mistake... Please remember: under the rule of the German fascists about 50 Million people were killed, Millions were exterminated in concentration camps...
I found it just few hours ago on one of NAVER's main pages:
http://section.blog.naver.com/index.php?type=9&idxEvent=multimedia
('BABY', right now on page 3)
My suggestion: NAVER should delete this blog within few hours(some-one must demand this..). The person who is responsible that this stuff came on one of NAVER's main pages should take the consequences.
I know several people who call themselves 'progressive' and they have NAVER blogs... In my opinion they should think if it is ok to have a NAVER blog(there are many alternatives...^^)!
Wow, do I'm sounding like a Internet Dictator? Do you think that I'm paranoid?
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