Month: October 2021

“This research paper was spurred by analysis by Bob Avakian of major global socio-economic changes and social struggles over the last 50 years influencing shifts in class structure and political-ideological developments, especially the rise of fascism. My particular point of departure is from a section of that broader analysis:

The ruin of much of traditional small-scale farming in the Third World and the dramatic increase of an urban population there (as well as in the U.S. and some other imperialist countries) which in large numbers is unable to find work within the “formal economy”—this has also fostered the growth of an illegal economy and of gangs (and, particularly in Third World countries, cartels) based on this illegal economy, in particular the drug trade but also the trafficking of human beings, especially women and girls viciously victimized in prostitution, the “sex industry,” and literal sexual slavery. [emphasis added]1

This paper examines the dimensions of, and explores key dynamics and historical factors driving, the global growth of prostitution and trafficking of women into prostitution…”

https://revcom.us/en/a/711/raymond-lotta-the-industrialization-of-sexual-exploitation-en.html

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On September 11, 2021, Abimael Guzmán, known widely as Gonzalo, chairman of the Communist Party of Peru, died in an underground prison in a naval base outside of Lima, where he had been kept in solitude for 29 years, deprived of any ability to speak publicly except in limited court proceedings.    

International mainstream media, together with local Peruvian press, were quick to characterize and defame him as a vicious “cultist leader” of a “terrorist” communist movement. This is false, and part of an effort to equate revolutionary struggles against the system with those movements whose goal is to terrorize the people. It is beyond the scope of this article to provide a thorough analysis of the life and role of Gonzalo, or of the leadership he gave to the revolutionary struggle in Peru. However, there is a need to make some clarifying points that orient people towards what is needed now. ..”

https://revcom.us/en/death-abimael-guzman-chairman-gonzalo

On Wed, 22 Sep 2021 20:20:39 +0200 (CEST), “Secretary Of The Army, Get
Off Your Ass” wrote:
“> §903b. Art. 103b. Aiding the enemy

Any person who—

(1) aids, or attempts to aid, the enemy with arms, ammunition,
supplies, money, or other things; or

(2) without proper authority, knowingly harbors or protects or
gives intelligence to, or communicates or corresponds with or
holds
any intercourse with the enemy, either directly or indirectly;
shall
suffer death or such other punishment as a court-martial or
military
commission may direct. This section does not apply to a military
commission established under chapter 47A of this title.”

Ҥ899. Art. 99. Misbehavior before the enemy

Any member of the armed forces who before or in the presence
of the enemy—

(1) runs away;

(2) shamefully abandons, surrenders, or delivers up any
command, unit, place, or military property which it is his duty
to
defend;

(3) through disobedience, neglect, or intentional misconduct
endangers the safety of any such command, unit, place, or
military
property;

(4) casts away his arms or ammunition;

(5) is guilty of cowardly conduct;

(6) quits his place of duty to plunder or pillage;

(7) causes false alarms in any command, unit, or place under
control of the armed forces;

(8) willfully fails to do his utmost to encounter, engage,
capture,
or destroy any enemy troops, combatants, vessels, aircraft, or
any
other thing, which it is his duty so to encounter, engage,
capture, or
destroy; or

(9) does not afford all practicable relief and assistance to any
troops, combatants, vessels, or aircraft of the armed forces
belonging to the United States or their allies when engaged in
battle; shall be punished by death or such other punishment as a
court-martial may direct”

§933. Art. 133. Conduct unbecoming an officer
and a gentleman
Any commissioned officer, cadet, or midshipman who is
convicted of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman shall
be punished as a court-martial may direct.”

Ҥ894. Art. 94. Mutiny or sedition
(a) Any person subject to this chapter who—

(1) with intent to usurp or override lawful military authority,
refuses, in concert with any other person, to obey orders or
otherwise do his duty or creates any violence or disturbance is
guilty of mutiny;

(2) with intent to cause the overthrow or destruction of lawful
civil authority, creates, in concert with any other person,
revolt,
violence, or other disturbance against that authority is guilty
of
sedition;

(3) fails to do his utmost to prevent and suppress a mutiny or
sedition being committed in his presence, or fails to take all
reasonable means to inform his superior commissioned officer or
commanding officer of a mutiny or sedition which he knows or has
reason to believe is taking place, is guilty of a failure to
suppress or
report a mutiny or sedition.

(b) A person who is found guilty of attempted mutiny, mutiny,
sedition, or failure to suppress or report a mutiny or sedition
shall
be punished by death or such other punishment as a court-martial
may direct.”

Our response to all this:
“Sadly Mr. Secretary, we’re best at killing non-combatants and you’re
not much not much on prognostication.
American Crime Case #96: Vietnam, March 16, 1968-The My Lai Massacre
https://revcom.us/en/a/440/american-crime-case-96-the-my-lai-massacre-en.html
Something more current…ok
American Crime Case #94: November 2004-War Crime Fallujah
https://revcom.us/en/a/442/american-crime-case-94-november-2004-war-crime-fallujah-en.html
You remember that war don’t you? It’s the one where you said we’ve
learned from Vietnam and we explained you did not.
There is some satisfaction knowing Milley will retire more comfortably
that you.

redvet
Hawaii OP
Vietnam Veterans Against the War/Anti-imperialist
https://vvawai.org/”