Month: February, 2011
Mubarak’s fate is sealed
| February 3, 2011 | 7:44 pm | International | Comments closed

Reflections by Comrade Fidel Castro:

Mubarak’s fate is sealed, not even the support of the United States will be able to save his government. The people of Egypt are an intelligent people with a glorious history who left their mark on civilization. “From the top of these pyramids, 40 centuries of history are looking down upon us,” Bonaparte once said in a moment of exaltation when the revolution brought him to this extraordinary

crossroads of civilizations. Read more here.

The power of ideology
| February 2, 2011 | 8:59 pm | Readings | Comments closed

By Gus Hall

Following is the conclusion statement by Gus Hall to the First Ideological Conference of the Communist Party USA, July 14-16, 1989

Conclusion

“From the beginning we said that ideology is not memorizing formulas. It is a way of thinking, a way of responding, a way of reacting almost reflexively. It is the accumulated rich essence of our theory, philosophy and history, our science of Marxism-Leninism and our experiences in the class struggle.

Our ideology is not stale or lifeless. In the ways of ideology, it reflects and responds to changes in the class struggle.

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News from Morningstar on the Egyptian uprising
| February 1, 2011 | 9:49 pm | International | Comments closed

Here is the link to the Morningstar coverage of the Egyptian uprising http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/news/content/view/full/100467

Houstonians demand democracy now in Egypt!
| February 1, 2011 | 9:39 pm | International | Comments closed

By James F. Harrington

HOUSTON – Today’s protest in front of Houston’s Egyptian Consulate General’s office was scheduled to be held from 2:30pm until 3:30pm. It was a clear sunny afternoon.

When I arrived at around 2:20pm, there were already about twenty protesters outside the Egyptian Council headquarters.

In about ten minutes, this small group increased to about five hundred people.

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