On 13 February 1996, a whole new chapter in the history of Nepal was begun, when the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) led the masses of the downtrodden in Nepal in daring simultaneous assaults throughout the country. Although the scale of the initial actions was small and the People’s War was begun with only a few weapons, from the outset the goal was mighty—to carry out a new democratic and socialist revolution throughout the country as part of the international proletariat’s historic mission of sweeping imperialism, reaction and indeed all traces of class exploitation from the Earth.

13 February 2006. A World to Win News Service. The boycott and general strike against the Nepal monarchy’s attempt to hold municipal elections 8 February was a big success – so much so that the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) called off the remaining four days of the eight-day bandh to avoid unnecessary hardship to the population. During this period, the People’s Liberation Army inflicted serious losses on the royal army in battles in widely separated regions.

Nous, anarchistes réuniès à Caracas à l'occasion du Forum Social
Alternatif du 23 au 29 janvier 2006 - en provenance d'Allemagne,
d'Anglaterre, d'Argentine, de Bolivie, du Brésil, du Canada, de Colombie,
de Cuba, d'Équateur, d' Espagne, des Etats-Unis, de France, du Mexique, du
Chili, d'Italie, de Russie, d'Uruguay et du Vénézuéla - considérons
important de rendre public une position spécifiquement anarchiste qui
rende compte de notre expérience et de nos échanges.

* Du 23 au 29 janvier 2006, dix organisations sociales et politiques vénézueliennes se sont faite entendre dans le cadre du Forum Social Alternatif (FSA). Petit ou grand, ce qui fût réalisé pendant cette semaine l’a été de manière totalement indépendante et autogérée, utilisant en cela l’expérience accumulée par ces organisations durant des années d’effort dans un contexte vénézuélien tout à fait particulier.

Part 1: From Slavery to Civil War
Revolution #035, February 19, 2006, posted at revcom.us

Black people did not "come to this country seeking a better life." They were kidnapped from their homes in Africa, dragged in chains and loaded onto slave ships--treated not like human beings but like things, commodities to be traded and used to enrich others. Tens of millions of enslaved Africans died before even reaching America, so terrible were the conditions on the slave ships. Those who survived the trip and were then sold to plantation owners were treated like pieces of machinery. Slaveowners commonly referred to the slaves as "talking tools." That is how Black people were treated for the first 250 years of their experience in America.

http://rwor.org/a/035/black-history-month-pt1.htm

The Russian October Revolution of 1917 remains a brilliant inspiration of us It showed that workers could overthrow the capitalist class. Only the isolation and decimation of the Russian working class destroyed their revolutionary vision of 1917. What was set up in Russia in the 1920's and after was not communism but centrally planned state capitalism. There have as yet been no communist societies anywhere in the world.

Nous, anarchistes réuniès à Caracas à l'occasion du Forum Social Alternatif du 23 au 29 janvier 2006 - en provenance d'Allemagne, d'Anglaterre, d'Argentine, de Bolivie, du Brésil, du Canada, de Colombie, de Cuba, d'Équateur, d' Espagne, des Etats-Unis, de France, du Mexique, du Chili, d’Italie, de Russie, d'Uruguay et du Vénézuéla - considérons important de rendre public une position spécifiquement anarchiste qui rende compte de notre expérience et de nos échanges. Dans cet esprit, nous déclarons que :