The following article discusses the Communist Party of India (Maoist)'s announcement that all exploitative and predatory will be abolished in the areas they have liberated. The article comes from the bourgeois press and is written from a distorted and pro-imperialist perspective, but we are posting it for informational purposes. Special thanks to Jed Brandt for this.

Farmers in West Midnapore district of West Bengal may not have to repay their crop loans. The Maoists have announced a waiver. This is the first time the rebel group has announced such a decision.

“Several peasants who took crop loans over the last two years have suffered losses. So, we have decided that they don’t have to pay back their loans,” said Koteshwar Rao, alias Kishenji, member of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist).

“Moreover, no agricultural cooperative, bank or private money lender will be allowed to charge more than two per cent interest on loans they advance to peasants this year,” he added.

Cooperative and public sector banks usually charge 7 per cent interest on agri loans. Private moneylenders charge much more – between 3 per cent and 5 per cent a  month.

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As general strikes and riots continue throughout the Nepal, the Maobadi have declared 6 autonomous parallel governments throughout the country with more autonomous governments on the way in opposition to the oppression of Nepal's oppressed nationalities. Various U.S.-backed political forces inside the Nepal government have declared this to be an act of war, and are threatening war on the Maobadi and the oppressed nationalities of Nepal. The following article was originally posted on 'nepalnews.com'.

Unified CPN (Maoist) declared two more states on Monday, taking the count of ethnicity and region based autonomous states to six.

Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal declared Sherpa autonomous state amid a special ceremony organized in Solukhombu today afternoon.

Similarly, Maoist politburo member Gopal Kirati inaugurated the temporary head-quarter of Kirant autonomous state in Diktel of Taplejung today, endorsing a declaration for Kirat autonomous states made by the party about a month ago.

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Thanks to SDS at the University of Houston for this flier!

On the International Day of the Migrant, December 18th at 10AM, join us in demanding:

Stop the raids now!

Worldwide more than one hundred million people have left their country of birth to seek work and livelihood in another country. International Migrants Day is a time to mark the struggles and contributions that migrants make to our society. On December 2nd, immigration authorities raided 2 Mambo's restaurants, and have detained 30 immigrant workers. December 18th we will protest the raids and support the rights and dignity of immigrants with a protest at the Houston Processing Center, and immigrant detention prison at 5520 Greens Road.

Endorsed by Student for a Democratic Society, Raza Justive Movement, International Action Center, CRECEN/America Para Tod@s, Doscentavos.net

The following originally appeared live on the Green Party's television show, GreenWatchTV. We have slightly editted it for clarity. Special thanks to the Harris County Green Party for hosting us!

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Thanks to Joey from All Torn Up for sending this to us. Lyrics after the break.

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While this is really funny, isn't there also something to understanding why it is that every new idea that is developed is treated as evil by these people? What an outmoded thinking these people represent.

Thanks to EverythingIsTerrible and Zack for this.

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Reports are coming in about riots in Nepal.

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA (AP)

KATMANDU, Nepal — Hundreds of protesters torched vehicles and vandalized shops in western Nepal on Saturday after three people died in clashes between police and illegal forest settlers, a human rights group said, amid heightened political tensions in the Himalayan nation.

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