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Oman’s lesser-known communist separatist guerrilla. Today in 1965, Dhofar’s independence movement took up armed struggle.

Hüseyin Dogru

Jun 09, 2026

The Masses Take Up Arms

It happened on 9 June, in the Wadi al-Kabir. A congress of fighters declared the opening of an armed struggle. It would consume the mountains of Dhofar for more than a decade. The Dhofar Liberation Front had been founded only months earlier. It was an offshoot of George Habash’s pan-Arab Movement of Arab Nationalists. Within a few years it would become one of the most ambitious revolutionary projects the Arabian Peninsula has ever seen. Then it would be erased almost entirely from the region’s official memory.

Feudal Tyranny Under British Patronage

The world the rebels rose against was, by any measure, archaic. Sultan Said bin Taimur ruled Muscat and Oman as a personal fief. Britain had propped him up financially and militarily since 1932. His regime banned schools for most subjects and prohibited paved roads and modern medicine. It policed daily life down to the absurd, forbidding football, sunglasses, and conversations longer than fifteen minutes. Dhofar, where the Sultan chose to reside, was governed not as a province but as private property. Its people, as the archival record shows, had effectively no rights at all.

From National Liberation to Scientific Socialism

The rebellion’s character shifted decisively after 1967. Britain withdrew from Aden, and the National Liberation Front won next door. The result was a Marxist state on Dhofar’s doorstep: the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen. Sanctuary, weapons, and training followed.

The turning point came at the Hamrin Conference of September 1968. There the movement renamed itself the Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman and the Arabian Gulf. It formally adopted Marxism-Leninism and a commitment to women’s liberation. It also embraced a wider vision. Its newspaper Sawt al-Thawra placed Dhofar within a tricontinental struggle spanning Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

it needs to create today a unitary International Communist Forum..against revisionism, neo revisionism and phony 'comunist' and pseudo maoists' pretty bourgeois tendency

 

In the face of all this, the proletarians, the popular masses, the peoples oppressed by imperialism have no other way than to intensify the struggle, develop social and popular upraisings, armed struggles, launching people’ war and movements aimed at overthrowing reactionary governments serving imperialism and the ruling classes.

These movements demonstrate with their strength and their limitations that there is no alternative to the path of Revolution: New Democratic Revolutions, Socialist Revolutions.

The main instrument for making revolution is the revolutionary party. Building and strengthening the communist parties, defending them from the plans of the bourgeoisie to annihilate them ( specially against maoists: Operation Kagar in India, Repression in Philippines,Turkey etc) is today the main task and the key to advancing the proletarian and popular movements in all countries of the world.

Only the construction of the Marxist-Leninist-Maoist Communist Party allows the development of the proletarian and people’s united front and the creation of the people’s and proletarian army necessary for the overthrow of the ruling classes in each country and of the imperialist system on a world scale.

The Marxist-Leninist-Maoist Communist Parties must be formed and developed in the fire of the class struggle strictly linked with the masses, as workers’ vanguard detachments, units capable of leading the proletarian and popular struggle, the political struggle, in the context of the different countries, to develop the class war, the revolutionary war, the people’s war.

Marxist-Leninist-Maoist communist parties capable of analyzing the errors and defeats of the communist movement, of the past as well as those of today; capable of guiding the direct experience of the proletarians, of the masses and the movements of struggle.

The communist parties engaged in the people’s war and all parties and organisations that work for this and for the revolution must play a vanguard role, in a costant struggle against revisionism and ‘leftism’, for building the international communist organization, an unified international organization, under the banner of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism to lead the proletariat and the popular masses in the capitalist, imperialist countries and countries oppressed by imperialism in the revolutionary struggle for socialism.

To this aim, it is necessary to create today a unitary International Communist Forum capable of helping to lead the proletariat in the capitalist and imperialist countries and in the countries oppressed by imperialism in the struggle, mobilizing all the anti-imperialist forces, the national liberation movements and the advanced parts of the movements against war, fascism, reaction and repression, genocides, territorial and environmental devastation.

This is today the necessary stage to advance in the reconstruction of the International Communist Movement and a new Communist International.

The world is faced with the epochal clash between imperialist war and revolution for the liberation of proletarians and peoples.

The teachings and slogans of Lenin and Mao are back really clear

Lenin

‘Transforming the imperialist war into a civil war’

‘Imperialism is the dawn of the world revolution of the proletariat’

‘There is one and only one kind of real internationalism and that is – working unconditionally for the development of the revolutionary movement and revolutionary struggle in one’s own country, supporting (with propaganda, solidarity and material aid) this struggle, this and only this line in every country without exception’

Mao

“History shows that wars are divided into two categories: just wars and unjust wars. All progressive wars are just, and all wars that impede progress are unjust. We communists, oppose all unjust wars that impede progress. We communists not only do not oppose just wars, but we actively participate in them. The First World War is an example of an unjust war: the two sides fought for imperialist interests, and that is why communists all over the world resolutely opposed it. The means of opposing such a war is to do everything possible to prevent it before it breaks out, but once it has broken out, one must oppose the war with war, oppose the unjust war with the just war, whenever possible.”

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From Ang Bayan: Filipinos In US Join Strike Of C&H Sugar Refinery Workers

 July 16, 2026

Filipino community members in Southern California have joined the strike of C&H Sugar Refinery workers in Crockett, Contra Costa County, California. Among them are members of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan SoCal, Migrante San Fernando Valley, Malaya Daly City, Anakbayan LA, Anakbayan Hayward, and the Defend Negros NorCal Coalition.

In addition, allied groups including the International League of Peoples’ Struggle-USA, the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines-USA, and Friends of the Filipino People in Struggle-USA joined the action.

On June 15, more than 100 C&H Sugar workers began their strike to condemn the company’s anti-worker plans. These include eliminating healthcare benefits for retirees, reducing sick leave and overtime pay, removing the seniority system for promotions, and unfair scheduling on weekends. Most of the workers have been with the company for decades, have suffered workplace injuries, and receive unfair wages. The company also subjects workers to extremely hazardous working conditions, with many reporting injuries such as lost fingers, feet, or arms, and bone fractures.

The union is under the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 6.

Turquie : Des communistes emprisonnés dénoncent la répression et appellent à la résistance

 

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Des militants communistes détenus à la prison de Marmara, à Istanbul, ont été arrêtés lors de perquisitions menées le 15 juin dans le cadre d’une offensive des autorités turques contre les forces révolutionnaires et progressistes, à l’approche du sommet de l’OTAN. Dans une lettre publiée depuis leur détention par Bir-Kar (Plateforme pour l’unité des travailleurs et la fraternité entre les peuples), ils accusent le gouvernement de l’AKP de chercher à faire taire les oppositions et de réprimer les mobilisations contre l’impérialisme et l’exploitation.

Le gouvernement d’AKP se prépare au sommet des chefs d’État de l’OTAN, organisation du capital au service de l’agression, de la guerre et des guerres civiles. Alors que les interdictions arbitraires se multiplient, l’un des principaux volets de cette préparation consiste en une nouvelle offensive contre les forces révolutionnaires et progressistes. C’est dans ce cadre que nous avons été arrêté·e·s lors des perquisitions menées à notre domicile le 15 juin, avant d’être placé·e·s en détention. Le gouvernement d’AKP, au service des impérialistes, a poursuivi cette offensive avec une nouvelle vague d’arrestations à Ankara. À chacun de ses pas, le pouvoir du capital réaffirme sa fidelité à ses maîtres impérialistes et proclame qu’il est prêt à exécuter toutes leurs missions. Il s’imagine qu’en s’en prenant aux forces révolutionnaires et progressistes, il pourra les réduire au silence et empêcher toute riposte populaire face à l’exploitation capitaliste ainsi qu’aux guerres et aux agressions impérialistes.

Mais, une fois encore, il se trompe.

Cette terre est une terre de révolution. Elle est celle des grandes résistances et des combats menés contre les guerres et l’agression du capitalisme impérialiste. Ni les massacres perpétrés par le régime, ni les offensives destinées à briser la résistance dans les prisons, aucune autre attaque n’ont jamais réussi à mettre fin à la lutte contre l’impérialisme et l’exploitation sur cette terre. Elles n’y parviendront jamais.

De Mustafa Suphi à Deniz Gezmiş, Mahir Çayan, İbrahim Kaypakkaya, d’Ulucanlar à la Grande Résistance des prisons du 19 décembre, jusqu’à aujourd’hui, le drapeau de la conscience, de la volonté et du combat révolutionnaire n’est jamais tombé. Héritiers d’une tradition forgée dans les périodes les plus difficiles, nous ne laisserons jamais ce drapeau tomber. Nous le porterons de main en main, sur tous les terrains de lutte et dans toutes les positions, jusqu’à ce qu’il flotte sur les bastions de ce pays et du monde.

Le gouvernement, qui ne connaît aucune limite dans sa soumission à l’impérialisme, croit qu’en emprisonnant nos camarades de lutte et nous-mêmes, il pourra faire taire le combat contre l’OTAN et contre l’impérialisme dans ce pays. Mais, une fois encore, il s’est trompé, et il continuera de se tromper.

L’histoire a démontré plusieurs fois que les prisons sont elles aussi un terrain de la lutte de classes. Nous, prisonniers révolutionnaires, poursuivrons le combat derrière les barreaux ; nos camarades, à l’extérieur, continueront à se tenir face aux impérialistes et à leurs serviteurs dans les usines, les quartiers populaires, les places, partout où bat la vie. Notre confiance dans cette lutte est entière et inébranlable.

Camarades, compagnons et compagnes de lutte, vous qui faites face à la guerre impérialiste et à sa machine de guerre, une tâche nous attend : montrer une nouvelle fois aux impérialistes et à leurs collaborateurs locaux qu’ils ne pourront jamais agir à leur guise sur cette terre.

Le moment est venu de nous armer de l’audace de Suphi, de la volonté des Deniz et de la détermination d’Habip.

Le moment est venu de faire grandir les craintes de celles et ceux qui veulent se réunir à Ankara les 7 et 8 juillet pour ajouter de nouvelles offensives aux programmes dirigés contre les travailleur·euse·s et les peuples, et pour préparer de nouvelles guerres et politiques d’agression.

À bas les impérialistes et leurs collaborateurs !

Vive l’unité des travailleur·euse·s et la fraternité des peuples !

Lettres des communistes emprisonnés en Turquie

La ofensiva contra los migrantes es una guerra contra los trabajadores

...y Joan Sebastián no fue una excepción

• Revolución Obrera 
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  El llamado «sueño americano» ha sido, durante mucho tiempo, uno de los objetivos de muchos colombianos, un pueblo migrante por excelencia. En un país con tanta desigualdad, con uno de los salarios más bajos del continente, con un alto porcentaje de desempleo disfrazado de informalidad y  una violencia extrema ejercida por el Estado mediante sus fuerzas represivas, legales e ilegales, así como por grupos armados al servicio del negocio del narcotráfico, la posibilidad de emigrar y alcanzar una forma de vida que, sin ser suntuosa, permita al menos vivir con dignidad, impulsa a miles de personas a buscar la manera de llegar a Estados Unidos.

  Este país imperialista, responsable en buena medida de esa situación por su histórica expoliación y sometimiento de Colombia a sus intereses —con la complacencia y complicidad de las clases dominantes nativas, que siempre han coincidido con esos intereses y se han beneficiado conjuntamente del sacrificio de los trabajadores—, ha permitido, en distintos períodos, el ingreso de mano de obra migrante cuando ello ha resultado conveniente para su economía. Le es rentable aprovechar una fuerza de trabajo más barata y altamente productiva. No es casual que buena parte de la riqueza de ese imperio se haya construido, durante más de 250 años, sobre el trabajo de millones de migrantes.

  Sin embargo, los imperialistas estadounidenses abren o cierran  las puertas a la migración según convenga a sus intereses económicos y electorales. En esta ocasión, el gobierno de Donald Trump convirtió la política antimigratoria en una de sus principales banderas para conquistar el apoyo de una parte de la población trabajadora, incluidos antiguos migrantes que ya habían logrado cierta estabilidad y que llegaron a creer que serían tratados como ciudadanos estadounidenses en igualdad de condiciones.

  Lo verdaderamente dramático es que esta política antimigratoria constituye una declaración de guerra contra el conjunto de la clase obrera. Trump fortaleció el aparato represivo encabezado por el Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) que actúa con un uso desproporcionado de la fuerza contra personas extranjeras, sin importar, en ocasiones, si cuentan con ciudadanía, permiso de trabajo o residencia legal, y, por supuesto, persiguiendo también a quienes no han regularizado su situación migratoria.

  Los hechos ocurridos en diferentes operativos despiertan una profunda indignación. Diversos registros oficiales reportan por lo menos 10 casos en los que agentes del ICE hacen uso letal de la fuerza alegando encontrarse en peligro. Uno de los más recientes es el del joven colombiano Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, quien trabajaba como repartidor de domicilios y en el aseo de una veterinaria. Contaba con permiso de trabajo y número de seguro social, es decir, cumplía con los requisitos mínimos para laborar en Estados Unidos. Sin embargo, ello no impidió que fuera víctima del operativo, porque tenía cara de latino, porque se parecía a otro migrante, tal vez ese sí ilegal, al que iban a matar, pues ni siquiera cámaras están portando esta fuerza especial de asesinos.

India: PCI (Maoísta) llama a luchar contra las corporaciones y el Estado.

En la región de Gadchiroli, en el estado de Maharashtra, India, el Grupo JSW, filial de la Corporación de Desarrollo Industrial de Maharashtra, ha expropiado tierras en 14 aldeas para operaciones mineras. Esta actividad minera provocará el desplazamiento forzoso de decenas de miles de indígenas Adivasi. En respuesta, el Partido Comunista de la India (Maoísta) colocó pancartas y distribuyó folletos en dos lugares de la aldea de Kundam. Los folletos, titulados "Agua, bosques y tierras en peligro", advertían que las empresas saquearán los hogares de los aldeanos, dejándolos sin futuro.

El Estado declaró "Se acabó", pero las pancartas crearon alarma.

Tras la campaña propagandística del PCI (Maoísta), la policía fascista de la región se puso en estado de alerta. A pesar de la propaganda del Estado indio reaccionario, que durante casi un año afirmó que "los maoístas habían sido derrotados" y que "las armas habían enmudecido", la presencia maoísta persiste en muchas zonas. La propaganda maoísta también alarmó a los medios burgueses y feudales de la India. Según informes periodísticos: «Se decía que la influencia de los maoístas había disminuido. Estas pancartas están generando caos».

LOS MAOÍSTAS CONTINÚAN SU LLAMAMIENTO A LA LUCHA.

Los maoístas, mediante folletos y pancartas que ellos mismos elaboraron, hicieron un llamado al pueblo Adivasi a luchar contra las corporaciones y el Estado indio reaccionario para impedir el saqueo de su agua, bosques y tierras. Asimismo, advirtieron enérgicamente a quienes trabajaran en interés de las corporaciones en estos ataques de saqueo.

Tomado, traducido y adaptado al español de Yeni Demokrasi (Nueva Democracia)

CASR STRONGLY CONDEMNS THE TARGETING OF LABOUR RIGHTS ACTIVIST MANJEET BY THE NIA

STOP WITCH-HUNTING AND INTIMIDATION OF ACTIVISTS!

WE DEMAND THE QUASHING OF BOGUS FIR NO. RC-01/2023/NIA/LUCKNOW, WHICH IS BEING USED TO TARGET LABOUR RIGHTS ACTIVISTS, STUDENTS, AND DEMOCRATIC VOICES ACROSS NORTHERN INDIA !

The Campaign Against State Repression (CASR) strongly condemns the issuance of an NIA notice to Manjeet, a labour rights activist associated with the Mazdoor Adhikar Sangathan (MAS) and based in the Kundli industrial area of Sonipat, Haryana, in connection with the Lucknow Conspiracy Case (RC-01/2023/NIA/Lucknow).

The targeting of Manjeet is not an isolated incident but part of a systematic campaign to criminalise labour rights activists, student organisers, advocates, and democratic voices working among workers, peasants, Dalits, Adivasis, and other marginalised communities. The Lucknow Conspiracy Case has increasingly become a tool for intimidation and political persecution rather than a genuine criminal investigation.

The Lucknow Conspiracy Case: A Tool to Crush Democratic Dissent

Over the past several years, the NIA has expanded the scope of this fabricated conspiracy case to target activists across Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, and other northern states. Similar to the Bhima Koregaon case, sweeping allegations of conspiracy and extremist links are being used to justify surveillance, arrests, prolonged investigations, and harassment without transparent or credible evidence.

The earlier arrests of Priyanshu Kashyap, Advocate Ajay Singhal, and documentary filmmaker Vishal Singh in connection with this case demonstrate a clear pattern of using anti-terror laws to suppress democratic movements. The issuance of a notice to Manjeet further exposes the continuing attempt to silence labour organising in the industrial belts of North India.

Systematic Targeting of Labour Rights Activists

Manjeet has been actively associated with the Mazdoor Adhikar Sangathan, organising workers in the Kundli industrial area of Haryana, where thousands of industrial workers continue to struggle for better wages, safe working conditions, and labour rights.