By Mike Talavera On July 23, Maoist theoretician Comrade Ajith, also known as Konnath Muralidharan, was released on bail from the high-security Yerawada Central Jail in Maharashtra. He has been in prison for four years, for his alleged association with the Communist Party of India (Maoist) which has led the People’s Liberation Guerilla Army (PLGA) in a Protracted People’s War against the old Indian state. … Continue reading INDIA: Comrade Ajith is Free!
Editorial by the Incendiary Board In Nantes, France on July 22, Communist militant, labor activist, anti-fascist, and Yellow Vest, Comrade Théo was arrested at work and placed in six months of confinement for protesting reactionary labor laws. Comrade Théo is among the best children of the proletariat, he lives a life that is dedicated to arduous struggle and serves the people wholeheartedly, just as Mao … Continue reading FRANCE: Support the Hunger Strike of Political Prisoner Comrade Théo!
By Mike Talavera Dr. Banu Büyükavcı, Dr. Sinan Aydın, and Sami Solmaz, three political prisoners who had been let out of prison after being arrested in an April 2015 raid for alleged affiliation with the Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist-Leninist (TKP/ML), were arrested again by German authorities on June 25 at one of the regular hearings that was conditional to their release. The three were part … Continue reading GERMANY: Three Turkish Revolutionaries Arrested Post-Release, Put in Solitary Confinement
By Mike Talavera On June 27, a German court sentenced Turkish revolutionary Erdal Gökoğlu to five years in prison for alleged association with the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front (in Turkish, Devrimci Halk Kurtuluş Partisi-Cephesi or DHKP-C). Although the prosecutor in the case was asking for a three-and-a-half-year sentence, the judge exceeded this request for no reason other than political repression. For many years, Gökoğlu has participated in actions … Continue reading GERMANY: Turkish Revolutionary Sentenced to Five Years in Prison
By Ed Dalton Revolutionaries and Maoists in Germany took to the streets on June 19, internationally known as the Day of Heroism to honor and struggle for the political prisoners and prisoners of war in India. The specific focus of the campaign was to draw support for the Maoist leader Ajith and revolutionary democratic prisoner professor G.N. Saibaba. A protest was held in front of … Continue reading GERMANY: Day of Heroism Commemorated in Large Show of Support for India’s Political Prisoners
The following article is a translation of two stories from our comrades at La Cause Du Peuple. On April 10, two Yellow Vest comrades from the Clermont region were taken into custody because they had participated in a Yellow Vests demonstration on February 23. After 48 hours, the comrades refused immediate trial (“comparution immédiat” is a French legal practice where those in custody for simple, … Continue reading FRANCE: Solidarity Actions Ramp Up for Yellow Vest Political Prisoners
By Emilio Gonzalez On February 6, the German courts sentenced Turkish revolutionary Musa Aşoğlu to six years and nine months in prison, based on his alleged leadership role in the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front (or DHKP-C). Police had originally arrested Aşoğlu in Hamburg on December 2, 2016 in a late-night house raid, and in the two years since his capture there has been an uproar … Continue reading GERMANY: Musa Aşoğlu Sentenced to Prison Amid Protests
