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“Corporate Profits Are At Their Highest Level In At Least 85

Years” “Employee Compensation Is At The Lowest Level In 65 Years”

“After-Tax Profits Were Up By 36%” “Total Employee Compensation Was Up By 5%, Or Less Than The 7% Increase In The Working-Age Population Over The

Same Period”

AP Corporate profits are at their .

ns earned $2.1 trillion uring 2013, and paid $419 billion in corporate taxes.

he after-tax profit of $1.7 trillion amounted to 10 percent of gross domestic product lf

9,

efore taxes, corporate profits accounted for 12.5 percent of the total economy,

s, .

he statutory top corporate tax rate in the United States is 35 percent, and

tes are lower.

ny companies.

mounted

hat was down from 42.6 percent in 2012 and was lower than in any year

cluding the cost of employer-paid benefits, like health insurance and pensions, ons, the

tion was $8.9 trillion, or 52.7 percent of G.D.P., down from 3 percent in 2012 and the lowest level since 1948.

RIL 4, 2014 by Floyd Norris, The New York Times Company [Excerpts]

highest level in at least 85 years Employee compensation is at the lowest level in 65 years. The Commerce Department last week estimated that corporatiod Tduring the year, the first full year it has been that high. In 2012, it was 9.7 percent, itsea record. Until 2010, the highest level of after-tax profits ever recorded was 9.1 percent, in 192the first year that the government began calculating the number. Btying the previous record that was set in 1942, when World War II pushed up profits for many companies. But in 1942, most of those profits were taxed away. The effective corporate tax rate was nearly 55 percent, in sharp contrast to last year’s figure of under 20 percent. The trend of higher profits and lower effective taxes has been gaining strength for yearbut really picked up after the Great Recession temporarily depressed profits in 2009 Tcorporations have been vigorously lobbying to reduce that, saying it puts them at a competitive disadvantage against companies based in other countries, where ra But there are myriad tax credits, deductions and preferences available, particularly to multinational companies, and the result is that effective tax rates have fallen for ma The Commerce Department also said total wages and salaries last year ato $7.1 trillion, or 42.5 percent of the entire economy. Tpreviously measured. Inas well as the employer’s share of Social Security and Medicare contributitotal cost of compensa5 One way to look at the current situation is to compare 2013 with 2006, the last full year before the recession began.

Adjusted for inflation, corporate profits were 28 percent higher, before taxes, last year. But taxes were down by 21 percent,so after-tax profits were up by 36 percent. At the same time, total employee compensation was up by 5 percent, or less than the 7 percent increase in the working-age population over the same period.

MILITARY NEWS

“The Head Of The Canadian Army

Member Who Speaks To The News

Their Ability To Talk About Where

“They’re Also Going To Great Lengths To Keep Those Stories From The Public” Ap

riticizing their superior officers or how they are being treated, Canada’s The National

esday.

A senior Canadian military official said the form is meant to prevent mentally and physically wounded troops from writing something on social media that they may

Has Vowed To Punish Any Service

Media Without Permission” “Canadian Troops Felt It Threatened

Their Military And Government Are Falling Short In Treating Wounded

Warriors”

r. 4, 2014 By Jeff Schogol, Staff Writer; Army Times Wounded Canadian troops are required to sign an agreement that prohibits them from cPost newspaper is reporting. The form says that wounded warriors cannot “write anything that might discourage others or make them dissatisfied with their conditions or their employment,” the newspaper reported on Wedn

regret later, but he acknowledged the agreement also limits what they can tellnews media, according to the National Post.

he Canadian military calls the agreement “guidance,” not a restriction, but the head of

he troops themselves have said that they feel intimidated by this and they get a talking

geared toward troops with mental juries, Murray said.

e PTSD and the other hand, they’re singling ut the Joint Personnel Support Unit, which is where troops with PTSD are

— or even who they tag on Facebook,” she aid.

n

ent’s failure to rovide enough support, especially for soldiers with PTSD and other operational stress

p those stories from the public, and that’s very oncerning.”

Tthe Canadian army has vowed to punish any service member who speaks to the news media without permission following a string of leaked information about how budget cuts have harmed readiness, the newspaper reported. “Tto if they don’t sign it,” Joyce Murray, who represents part of Vancouver in the Canadianparliament, told Military Times on Friday. Of particular concern: The restriction on criticism isin “On the one hand, the government is saying we need to reduce the stigma of coming forward with mental injuries likoassigned ... essentially muzzling their social media connections, whether it’s Twitter or Facebook The Ottawa Citizen first reported about the criticism ban in September after Canadiatroops felt it threatened their ability to talk about where their military and government are falling short in treating wounded warriors. “Forces members have raised a lot of serious concerns about the governmpinjuries,” Murray told Military Times. “They’re also going to great lengths to keec

Family Of Veteran Killed By Lodi Police Files Suit:

Match What Little Information Police

“Shergill’s Relatives Said Statements Collected By Their Attorney Don’t

Have Released, Forcing Them To Seek Answers In Court”

“Come On, He Fought For The Country, And That’s What He Gets?”

In this photo taken Thursday, April 3, 2014, with the family of Parminder Singh Shergill behind him, attorney Mark Merin, right, announced the civil suit the family is filing against the city of Lodi, the Lodi Police Department and the officers who shot and killed Shergill during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. Photo: Dan Evans, AP

ated in Operation Desert Storm, had post-traumatic stress ers

,

April 4, 2014 By SCOTT SMITH and TERRY COLLINS, Associated Press FRESNO, Calif. — The family of a Gulf War veteran who was fatally shot by police filed

federal civil rights lawsuit claiming the officers used excessive force. a

he suit was filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Sacramento, and the family’s Tattorney also released statements from 17 people who say they witnessed parts of the Jan. 25 incident involving Lodi police officers and Parminder Singh Shergill outside a

eighbor’s home. n Shergill’s relatives said statements collected by their attorney don’t match what little information police have released, forcing them to seek answers in court.

hergill, 43, who participSdisorder and was exhibiting signs of a flare-up before two officers shot him, court papsay. His sister, Kulbinder Sohota, said Shergill never talked about his wartime experienceand his mental illness manifested several years after he returned home.

Sohota said family members had previously called police to take her brother to a clinichospital when he was having a mental health episode. Police had been helpful befor

or e,

he said.

That makes me very angry.”

al state, relatives said.

in a volley of bullets. Only two witnesses said they saw the

ctual shooting.

meone say, “‘Stop, we want to talk to you,’ and then, ‘Drop the eapon.’”

a curse word.

ward the officers or close the distance between them,”

ntolin said in his account. He said he could not see Shergill’s hands as he turned.

ody, including a 3-inch folding knife with a belt clip, according to the statement.

e. gill but

atched all three move along a sidewalk. The officers had their guns drawn when

d ike someone is arguing with someone else,” and take

bout four steps toward the officers, who fired. Mendez said in the report it was too far

rtment has released a general xplanation saying the two officers had no choice but to kill Shergill after he charged

.

Merin said he believes that the witness statements contradict the police account.

s “Come on, he fought for the country, and that’s what he gets?” Sohota said about the shooting. “ The shooting occurred after Shergill’s worried mother asked police to look for him afterhe abruptly left the house in a bad ment Lodi police have said officers Scott Bratton and Adam Lockie opened fire after Shergill charged them with a knife. Witnesses gave investigators for family attorney Mark Merin varying accounts of eventssurrounding Shergill’s deatha Timothy Antolin, 24, said in his statement that he was on the second floor of his home when he heard sow Antolin said he went to a window and heard Shergill shout, “‘You talking to me?’” followed by As Shergill spoke, he turned to his left, facing the officers, “but not in a threateningmanner, nor did he move toA After the shooting, Antolin saw officers handcuff Shergill and rummage through his clothing. After leaving his house, Antolin said, he saw items strewn about Shergill’s b In his statement, witness Bob Mendez, 56, said he heard a commotion from his garagHe said he couldn’t make out the verbal exchange between the officers and SherwShergill zig-zagged, Mendez said. Mendez described in the report hearing Shergill yell something as he turned left anraised his right hand to eye-level, “lafor him to see if Shergill had anything in his hand. Lodi police have declined to release details of the shooting, citing an ongoing investigation involving multiple agencies. The depaethem with a knife. Police spokesman Lt. Sierra Brucia did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Friday

“They’ve given us no support for their knee-jerk reaction that this was a justified

hooting,” Merin said.

arin said he didn’t file the witness statements in court, but gave them to Lodi

erin said he expedited filing the suit and took the unusual step of making the

’s mother, and other formation that might shed light on why officers shot Shergill.

s Mpolice and the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office. Mwitness statements public to pressure authorities into providing autopsy and toxicology reports, transcripts of 911 calls made from Shergillin “If we’re able to get these statements, you’d expect they could as well,” said Merin, adding that he will seek more answers for the family through litigation.

Military Drone Has Bad Day: Crashes In Pennsylvania;

Apr. 3, 2014 T JONESTOWN, PAnown as a drone, crashed near a central Pennsylvania school and a hotel.

epartment of Military and Veterans Affairs spokeswoman Joan Nissley said no one was .

he Pennsylvania National Guard trains three brigades on the use of 12 drones at Fort

Gets Run Over By A Car he Associated Press

. — Military officials say an unmanned aerial vehicle, commonly k Dinjured when the RQ-7 Shadow drone crashed in Lebanon County around 3:30 p.mThursday and was run over by a civilian vehicle. Nissley said the aircraft crashed during training operations at nearby Fort Indiantown Gap. It came down on Fischer Avenue, between Lickdale Elementary School and a Comfort Inn. The drone weighs 375 pounds and has a 15-foot wingspan. The cause of the crash isunder investigation. TIndiantown Gap.

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FORWARD OBSERVATIONS

“At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed. Oh had I the ability, and could reach the nation’s ear, I would, pour out a fiery stream of

ppose.”

rederick Douglass, 1852

y of it – has had its consequences. In the obscure

biting ridicule, blasting reproach, withering sarcasm, and stern rebuke. “For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. “We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.” “The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they o

F The past year – every single dadepths of society, an imperceptible molecular process has been occurring irreversibly, like the flow of time, a process of accumulating discontent, bitterness, and revolutionary energy. -- Leon Trotsky, “Up To The Ninth Of January”

LUKOIL UKOIL

by Serhiy Viktorovych Zhadan

L

Serhiy Viktorovych Zhadan (Ukrainian: Сергі́й Ві́кторович Жада́н; born 23 August t, essayist, and translator. [Wikipedia]

and 5 million tons of

il. [Wikipedia]

LUKOIL

hen Easter arrives and the sksaying, Easter, Resurrection Day

en the dead start to turn in the ground,

the dirt,

ps

mean, first of all, mid-sized businesses.

on the boundless

eir hearts

nd wipe their stingy tears and runny noses against their

glasses.

nd the hereafter.

e fall into the cold pools of oblivion, .”

n his long journey

1974) is a Ukrainian poet, novelis Lukoil; Russian: Лукойл; stylized as LUKoil) is Russia’s second largest oil company its second largest producer of oil. In 2009, the company produced 97.61o 02/26/2014 AP: Russia’s oil company LUKOIL has stopped oil supplies to the Odessa refinery in Ukraine

************************************************************************* W y becomes kinder but everyone becomes more intense, thbreaking up the cold clay with their elbows. I’ve had to bury friends, I know what it’s like to bury your friends inlike a dog buries a bone, and wait till the sky becomes kinder. There are social groufor whom such rituals are very important, I Everyone has seen the sorrow that envelopes these regional representatives of Russian gas companieswhen they descend cemetery fields, to bury in the ground one more brother shot through the lungs; everyone has heard the loud beat of thwhen they stand near the coffin adolce & gabbana slurping hennessy from disposable “So, Kolya,” they say, “here’s to you aIn the great field of offshore business wlike wild geese in the autumn with buckshot in our livers “So,” they answer, “when we send off our brother o

into the radiant Valhalla of Lukoil im

erns of purgatory?”

itches

ood bitches its,

in the winter is blood in the spring,

nd,

edit won’t reach. eath is the territory of oil,

let it cleanse his sins.

epper.

.

tches.”

ey agree.

rise and come to us from the hereafter.

, on the morning of the third day e conquers death through death, after all, and walks out

so as not to wake them up e takes from one of them

r a nokia

who will accompany hthrough the dark cav “Bitches,” they all say, “bhe’ll need bitches, gexpensive ones, without bad habthey will warm him they will chill hon his left will lie a platinum blond, on his right will lie a platinum bloand he won’t even notice he is dead. Oh, death is a territory where our crD We’ll place his weapons at his feet, and gold, and furs and finely ground pIn his left hand we will place his newest nokia and in his right an indulgence from JerusalemBut the main thing are the bitches, two bitches, the main thing are two platinum bi“Yes, that’s the main thing,” everyone agrees. “The main thing are the bitches,” th“The main-main thing,” adds Kolya from the casket. We’re all sentimental at Easter time. We stand and wait for the dead toYou become more interested in deathwhen you bury friends. On the third day as they flank the doors of the morguehfrom the crematorium, he seesthat they have all fallen asleep exhausted after a three-day drinking spree sprawled out on the grass, in vomit-covered dolce & gabbana. Then quietly hthe charger foand returns to hell to his

blonds.

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Decision Of 6th Qurultay Of The

“On Implementation Of Right To Self-Crimean Tatar People:

Determination By Crimean Tatar People In Their Historical Territory –

Crimea”

“A Real Threat Of Violence Against The Crimean Residents, Whose Positions

Concerning The Status Of Crimea Differed From The Position Of Those

Who Organized And Hold The Referendum”

Self-Determination for Tartars? Не будь ідіотом! Тільки для мертвих.

March 29, 2014: Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People The Qur C, to nations, f the

storical territory – Crimea.

f

ultay of the Crimean Tatar People appealed to U.N., CoE, EU, OSCE, OIparliaments and governments of states calling them to support the right o

Crimean Tatar people to self-determination in their hi

The Decision of the 6th Qurultay of the Crimean Tatar People “On the Implementation othe Right to Self-Determination by the Crimean Tatar People in Their Historical Territory– Crimea”, adopted on March 29, 2014 at the special 2nd session of the national

nvention of the Crimean Tatars said. co

The majority of the delegates of the Qurultay of the 6th convocation supported the mentioned decision. 212 delegates vote for it, 1 – against and 4 – abstained.

e Decision Of The 6th Qurultay Of The Crimean

************************************

“SELF-DETERMINATION IN THEIR HISTORICAL TERRITORY – CRIMEA”

6, 2014, the “All- in Crimea that served a

ARu

ederation and the Republic of Crimea on Admitting to the Russian Federation the

n and

ilt quickly in every entrance and exits in Crimea.

a,

conditions of a real threat of violence against the Crimean residents, whose

an ociety due to lack of time for the preparation and holding of the referendum (only

s on the

Full Text Of ThTatar People:

ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RIGHT OF CRIMEAN TATAR PEOPLE TO

On March 1b

Crimean Referendum” took placeasis to the “Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Crimea on dmitting to the Russian Federation the Republic of Crimea and Establishing within the

ssian Federation New Constituent Entities” that was signed on March 18, 2014. On March 21 the Federal Constitutional Law “On Admitting to the Russian Federation the Republic of Crimea and Establishing within the Russian Federation the New Constituent Entities of the Republic of Crimea and the City of Federal Importance Sevastopol” and Federal Law “On Ratifying the Agreement between the Russian FRepublic of Crimea and Establishing within the Russian Federation New Constituent Entities” was ratified. Since February 27, 2014, all stages relating to the announcement, preparatioholding of “all-Crimean referendum” was accompanied by a legal bacchanaliawhen the troops and military equipment were brought to Crimea en mass and checkpoints were bu The various paramilitary organizations – “Crimean vigilantes” and “self-defense squads” consisting also of the Cossacks, who arrived from the neighborhood regions of Russicaused the special tension and anxiety in the Crimean society during this period. Inpositions concerning the status of Crimea differed from the position of those who organized and hold the referendum, and considering that the questions, suggested at the referendum couldn’t be discussed thoroughly in the Crimes10 days), the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People called every Crimean Tatar andpersons belonging to other nationalities to boycott all stages of preparation and holding of all-Crimean referendum and do not come to the polling stationvoting day. The objective analysis of the voting of March 16, 2014 in the polling stations testifies tothe fact that the overwhelming majority of the Crimean Tatars did not take part in the referendum, following the suggestion of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People.

Many people belonging to other nationalities did not take part in the vote as well.

ollowing from the fact that changing of the status of Crimea was made without the eople

of Crimea;

based on the generally accepted norms of the international documents, guaranteeing

l Rights and International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of December 6, 1966, Declaration on Principles of International Law Concerning Friendly Relations

ople to self-determination (article 3),

) right to maintain and strengthen their distinct political, legal, economic, social and they so choose, in the

olitical, economic, social and cultural life of the State (article 5),

) military activities shall not take place in the territories of indigenous peoples, unless

cedures for the solution of conflicts and disputes with States or other parties (article 40);

r People, dopted by the 2nd Qurultay of the Crimean Tatar People on June 28, 1991;

the relations etween the Crimean Tatars and all ethnic communities, living in Crimea on the basis of

l

heir istorical territory - Crimea

. Order the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People to contact the international organizations

g all the

utonomy in their historical territory – Crimea.

THE QURULTAY OF THE CRIMEAN TATAR PEOPLE:

- fagreement and clearly expressed will of the Crimean Tatar people – indigenous p

- the right to self-determination - – the UN Charter, Resolution № 1514 (XV) of the UN General Assembly of December 14, 1960, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultura1and Cooperation Between States in accordance with the UN Charter, adopted on October 24, 1970 and etc; - based on the UN Declaration “On the Rights of the Indigenous Peoples” of September 13, 2007, in particular: a) right of the indigenous pe b) right of the indigenous people to the autonomy and self-governance (article 4), ccultural institutions, while retaining their right to participate fully, ifp djustified by a relevant public interest or otherwise freely agreed (article 30), e) right to access to and prompt decision through just and fair prore - based on the Declaration on the National Sovereignty of the Crimean Tataa - confirming the strict intention to strengthening and further development of bthe mutual respect, recognition of the human rights and civil rights and interests, equaobservance of the political, economic, cultural, religious and other legal rights,

DECIDES: 1. Announce the beginning of the political and legal procedures to establish (restore) the national-territorial autonomy of the Crimean Tatar people in th

2– the UN, CoE, EU, OSCE, OIC, parliaments and governments of states concerninissues of ensuring the rights of the Crimean Tatar people to the self-determination in form of the national-territorial a

THE QURULTAY OF THE CRIMEAN TATAR PEOPLE ADDRESSES

the UN, CoE, EU, OSCE, OIC, parliaments and governments of states to support the right of the Crimean Tatar people to self-determination in their historical territory –

rimea.

dopted at the 2nd special session of the 6th Qurultay of the Crimean Tatar People

C

A On March 29, 2014 Bakhchisaray, Crimea

ANNIVERSARIES

pril 6, 1712 niversary: Courageous Slaves Rise Up Against

Carl Bun Slavenorth.com &Pbs.org [Excerp

1712, some slaves in New York City rose up in a crude rebellion that could have been r planned.

us slave resistances in American history, and parked a vicious backlash by the authorities.

e and meeting among enslaved persons

as relatively easy, since the New York City’s inhabitants lived in a small area on the

n-born slaves, who decided death was preferable to life in ondage.

A : Honorable An

Their Masters; “Death Was Preferable To Life In

Bondage” in Peace History April 6-12

ts]

Inmuch more deadly, had it been bette As it was, it was among the most serios The stage was set for an uprising. First, the city had a large population of black slaves -- the result of many years of tradwith the West Indies. Secondly, communicationwsouthern tip of Manhattan. Thirdly, living in such a densely populated area also meant that slaves worked in close proximity to free men, a far cry from the situation on the plantations to the south. The revolt was led by Africab

They managed to collect a cache of muskets and other weapons and hide it in an

rchard on the edge of town.

t of April 6, twenty-four of the conspirators gathered, armed themselves, and et fire to a nearby building. They then hid among trees, and when white citizens rushed

x.

he surviving citizens sounded the alarm. Every able-bodied man was pressed into

vors, imagine some sort of ttack on modern New York, with its 8 million people, that would leave casualties

special court convened by the governor made short work of the rebels. Of the twenty-ut

ince the law authorized any degree of punishment in such cases, some unlucky slaves

rs were treated to a round of grisly spectacles as Negroes were burned alive, cked and broken on the wheel, and gibbeted alive in chains.

e judges for inventing he most exemplary punishments that could be possibly thought of.’ “[

April 6; now they were purred into action.

rty years. No nger could more than three black slaves meet. A master could punish his slaves as he

. firearm would receive twenty lashes. Anyone caught gambling

ould be whipped in public.

, but only after posting a bond of 200 (pounds). This oney would be paid to the freed slave if that slave couldn’t support himself or herself.

, New York would see nother uprising.

o On the nighsup to put out the blaze, the slaves opened fire on them, killing five and wounding si Tservice, and appeals were made to governors of surrounding colonies. The militia pinned down the rebels in the woods of northern Manhattan. The leaders of the uprising committed suicide, and the rest, starving, surrendered. The death toll in the 1712 uprising doesn’t seem high, but in a New York countythat, at that time probably numbered some 4,800 whites, it was shocking. In considering the psychological impact on the surviaof 10,000 dead. Aseven slaves brought to trial for complicity in the plot, twenty-one were convicted and pto death. Swere executed with all the refinements of calculated barbarity. New Yorkera In his report of the affair to England, Governor Hunter praised th‘t White New Yorkers had been apprehensive before the revolt of s Strict laws were soon enacted, and more would come, over the next thilosaw fit (even for no reason at all), as long as the slave did not lose his or her life or limbAny slave handling aw Involvement in a conspiracy to kill would result in execution, as would a rape. There was even a law that discouraged masters from freeing a slave: The master could free a slavem These laws would, in the end, prove to be futile. In 1741a

April 6, 1968: Anniversary Of A Murder By Cowards In

Blue

Bobby Hutton

Carl Bunin Peace History April 6-12 Bobby Hutton, the 17-year-old first member of the Black Panther Party was gunned down by officers of the Oakland Police Department.

olice opened fire on a car of Black Panthers returning from a meeting. The Panthers he house with tear gas and

unfire.

rrender.

ice officer shouted, “He’s got a gun.” This prompted further police unfire that left Hutton dead and Panthers co-founder Eldridge Cleaver wounded.

olice later admitted that Hutton was unarmed.

Pescaped their vehicle and ran into a house. Police attacked tg After the building was on fire, the Panthers tried to su Hutton came out of the house with his hands in the air. But a polg P

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CLASS WAR REPORTS

Statement By Interregional Trade Union Of Autoworkers (ITUA) On

“We See In Them Only The Desire Of

The Backs Of Ordinary Working

“The ITUA Regards Ford’s Actions As A Cynical, Shady Game That Contradicts

Planned Massive Layoffs At The Ford Vsevolozhsk Plant

(Leningrad Region, Russia)

Capitalists To Shift The Consequences Of The Crisis Onto

People”

The Principles Of Social Partnership”

April 2, 2014 Statement by Interregional Trade Union of Autoworkers (ITUA) on Planned Massive Layoffs at the Ford Vsevolozhsk Plant (Leningrad Region, Russia) Management at Ford Motor Company JSC (Ford Sollers) has announced they will begin

aking massive layoffs at the Ford Vsevolozhsk plant. m

If these plans are realized, around seven hundred people, meaning every other

anagement decided to confront the trade union and the plant’s workforce with a fait yoffs to

workers.

t

tarily.

king people.

the harm

very single job at the plant and for nothing less than a full year’s salary s compensation for employees who quit voluntarily. The dismissal of each individual

on’t cry -- organize!

hair, Workers Association Interregional Trade Union gion Legislative Assembly

production worker, will lose their jobs. Maccompli. On April 1, management sent out a press release about the planned lathe media, only later bothering to inform Without consulting with the existing trade union organizations at the plant, managemenpresented workers with a so-called voluntary dismissal program, which includes five months’ salary for workers who quit their jobs volun The ITUA regards Ford’s actions as a cynical, shady game that contradicts the principlesof social partnership. We see in them only the desire of capitalists to shift the consequences of the crisis onto the backs of ordinary wor Management has not exhausted all the possibilities for minimizing the social impact of the crisis, for preserving jobs and ensuring workers are fairly compensated forcaused to them. We believe that massive layoffs are not necessary to the company’s success. We will fight for eaworker must be agreed with the trade union. We are ready to back up our demands by all possible means, including strikes and protests, as we did in 2007. D Alexei Etmanov CMember, Leningrad Re

Ukraine: Notes From The February

Revolution; “There Is Neither Revolutionary

Workers Movement Nor A Fascist Movement Intent On Smashing It”

“The Core Of The Movement Has Nothing To Do With Fascism”

ebruary 2014 by Ilya Budraitskis, Internationalviewpoint.org/ [Excerpts] 23 F Ilya, you observe

e have st ks ago in ice state.

n response to crush a militant and ascists played the role of smashing

ng capitalism in places where the democratic state could ermany and Italy.

e movement then?

do

nse to the movement since the

’re active in the “Socialist Movement of Russia” and were in Kiev to the recent protests. What was the reason for your visit?

rong links to the left in Ukraine and I travelled to Kiev two weeWthe wake of anti-demonstration laws that rendered Ukraine a virtual pol Would you say the movement is fascist then? think that’s a simplification … I

What do you mean? Fascism arose in the post-World War One period ievolutionary workers movement across Europe. Fr

the workers movement and saviot. This was the case in both Gn

nd today? A

Today there is neither revolutionary workers movement nor a Fascist movement intent on smashing it. Also, there isn’t a crisis of liberal democracy and mistrust between the capitalist class and the state that would push the former to put their aith in Fascism, at least not yet. f

hat is the nature of thW

At Maiden, there are people fighting from different oppressed groups in society: workers,unemployed, the poor and students. They oppose the state and the elites. The term fascism doesn’t apply because the class composition of the parties is quite distinct. But there are Fascists at Maiden? Clearly. The ideology of the “Right Sector” is fascist. And this group is attempting to establish its hegemony within the movement.

o far, however, it hasn’t worked because the core of the movement has nothing to Swith fascism. What is the real left doing?

he left has had a mixed and ambivalent respoTbeginning. Some maintain that the movement is foreign, far right and argue against participation. Others have participated and attempted to push the political terrain to the left.

Who is it that is arguing for the Ukraine to become part of the EU?

ing of

st political corruption nor for political and social reforms.

market.

ould

Some oligarchs that have control over a few of the oppositional parties are makpromises that it would be good for business. But in the negotiations there was no talkyour average person and the issues they want to see addressed, neither the fight again It was above all about allowing EU interests access to the Ukrainian Even in the east, if there was a vote about a union with Russia, most of the people wvote against it. They also have no faith in the Russian government.

OCCUPATION PALESTINE

Zionists Demolish Palestinian Structures In Salfit, Nablus, As Usual

4/02/2014 Ma’an

The sources sai wash

ear the main entrance of the village of Haris in the Salfit district.

was the third time the car wash had been demolished, the sources added.

ih Suleiman.

ik east of Nablus.

s scorted bulldozers to the village of Khirbet Tana and destroyed the structures, some of

the

0 SALFIT -- Israeli bulldozers on Tuesday destroyed a car wash in the central West Bank, Palestinian security sources told Ma’an.

d bulldozers, escorted by Israeli military vehicles, demolished a car n It The building belonged to Fadi Hasan Sal Separately, Israeli bulldozers demolished three steel agricultural structures in addition to tents in a northern West Bank village near Beit Fur Deputy mayor of Beit Furik Sami Zalmout told Ma’an several Israeli military vehicleewhich served as residences. Israel rarely grants Palestinians permits to build in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. It has demolished at least 27,000 Palestinian homes and structures since occupying West Bank in 1967, according to the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions.

Israel destroyed more than 663 Palestinian properties in the West Bank and Jerusalem in

East 2013, displacing 1,101 people, according to UNOCHA. Around 241

ore people have been displaced just since the beginning of 2014.

st erusalem form a part have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.

m The internationally recognized Palestinian territories of which the West Bank and EaJ

Zionists Demolish Palestinian Structures In Occupied Jerusalem,

As Usual; “Israeli Municipality Officials Then

Issued Salaymah A Demolishing Bill Of 110,000 Shekels ($32,000), Which He Will

Be Unable To Pay”

03/20/2014 JERUSALEM -- Israeli bulldozers demolished a house in the Beit Hanina neighborhood of East Jerusalem early Wednesday, the homeowner’s family said.

ithout prior warning, Israeli military forces surrounded the Beit Hanina property, e home of Badwan Salaymah while he and his family were absent, and

roceeded to tear the house down, Salaymah’s brother said.

of 110,000 shekels 32,000), which he will be unable to pay, Marwan Salaymah said.

Wblockaded thp Israeli municipality officials then issued Salaymah a demolishing bill($

He said the house was built of tin and iron on a plot of 70 square meters. The Jerusalem municipality also demolished two houses owned by Salaymah in May

013, he added.

cluding East erusalem. It has demolished at least 27,000 Palestinian homes and structures since

inst House emolitions.

2 Israel rarely grants Palestinians permits to build in the West Bank, inJoccupying the West Bank in 1967, according to the Israeli Committee AgaD

Occupiers Assassinates Three Palestinians In Jenin

22 March 2014 PNN Jenin -- Israeli occupation forces killed this Saturday morning three Palestinians in the Jenin refugee camp. The Palestine News Network correspondent in Jenin, Rami Daibes, said that a large

raeli force stormed the camp and surrounded a number of houses which led to the izens.

d) and Qasam Mahmoud Jabarin (25 years)

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ismartyrdom of three cit The three martyrs are Hamzah Jamal Abu al-Hija (23 years), Yazan Mohammed Jabareen (23 years ol In addition to the three killed, eight Palestinians were injured in the Israeli attack on thcamp. Three of them were seriously wounded and were arrested by the occupation army afterwards.

Eyewitnesses told the PNN reporter that after the withdrawal of the Israeli army residents of the camp marched came out denouncing the latest Israeli crime.

g to Presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rdainah. Abu Rdainah added

at the Israeli government is responsible for this escalation and calls fot the U.S.

alestinian national factions in Jenin announced mourning and commercial strike for one

The Palestinian Presidency strongly condemns this Israeli escalation and calls for the U.S. administration to act to stop the Israeli aggression that aims to destroy the peaceprocess, accordinthadministration to move quickly to prevent the collapse of everything. Pday, to mourn and denounce the fall of the three martyrs in Jenin refugee camp by the israeli occupation forces.

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