Proletarian Review 13

Information in English of "Proletarische Rundschau"
Published by KOMAK-ML, Communist Action – Marxist-Leninist (Austria)

Front page: "Peace to the huts – war on the palaces! For Socialist Revolution!" Back page: "We congratulate: 40 years of "Red Flag", central organ of Marxist-Leninist Party of Austria"

No. 13, Dezember 2003 (132 apc)

Dear readers,

A further proof - if it's necessary – has been made for the untenability of the thesis about number 13 as an ill-fated number: Proletarian Review No. 13 . Nice as Communism and instructive as ever it is focused on the red star of Internationalism.

Firstly, there are the imperialists with their world-wide organisations (Imperialist Economic Plannning Commission ..., p.3) that put the economies of the dependent countries through the mill with their Structural Adjustment Programmes (p.7).

But wherever there is suppression there is resistance too. In two articles starting at p. 30 light is thrown on the history of international associations of the workers' movement, and you can read an inventory of current Communist Internationals from p. 27 onwards. Reports on Nepal (p.15), India (p.17), and Venezuela (p. 19) give an insight into the situation of revolutionary processes in these countries.

Our series "Aberrations and Confusions in the Leftist Micro-cosmos" deals with those in the context of relations to the struggle of the oppressed peoples in the dependent countries – starting with an analysis of national chauvinism in imperialist centres of the socalled "Anti-Nationals" (Who is afraid..., p. 21). Another article starting on p. 24 throws light on the positions of the "Only-Anti-Imps". In this context we give much space in issue to the anti-imperialist Brasilian cartoonist Latuff who was badly attacked by stupidly babbling reactionaries last year.

Recently revolutionaries in Austria need not look furtively at other countries in such a jealous manner any longer. (Starting in spring we have had the biggest mass strikes and industrial actions in Austria since the fifties – remark of the translator.) You can read about the industrial actions at VOEST (steel works) and ÖBB (Austrian Federal Railways) on p. 10, an analysis of the strikes at AUA (airlines) is to be found at p. 46.

The visitors of our home-page have known it for months, that followers of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) have let us have their points of view on our Founding Declaration. This as well as our reply can be read starting on p. 37.

our PR editorial collective

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Contents of Issue No. 13, November 2003 - 48 pages

• Letter to the Readers
• Imperialist Economic Planning Commission against the Workers and Peoples 
  (on WTO, IMF, WB)
• Structural Adjustment Programmes – a Weapon against Socialism and Communism
  (by RCP Volta)
• Declarations of KomAk-ml regarding VOEST (Austrian steel works) and ÖBB (Federal Railways)
• Racism instututionalized
• Imprisonment and Release of the Chairman of MLCP Benin, Com. Yansunnu
• Free Mumia Abu Jamal!
• Nepal: Peace negotiations broken down – next step of Peoples War
• Peoples War in India
• Brief International News Items
• Is the Constitution of Venezuela a "paper tiger"?
• Who is afraid of the bad people?
  (on so-called Anti-Nationals)
• With Rage and Powerlessness
  (on so-called Only-Anti-Imperialists )
• Rally News
• On the way towards a Revolutionary Communist International
• Short News Items from Trade Union Movement
• The Internationals (I, II, III)
• "Not alms, but being effective with the proletariat for the proletariat"
  (on International Workers Aid, Red Aid etc.)
• Anti-Imperialist Revolutionary Forum, Nepal on the Founding Declaration of KomAk-ml
• Reply to the letter of the Anti-Imperialist Revolutionary Forum, Nepal
• AUA on strike 
  (Austrian Airlines)
• List of leaflets of KomAk-ml 2003

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(September to November 2003, in German if not otherwise mentioned)

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