Surviving Christianity: June 2013

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Brutal Police Action Takes Taksim Square By Force

by Steven Argue

Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan has announced an end to tolerance and took Taksim Square by brute police force. Police force included a barrage of rubber bullets, water cannons, and tear gas. Rubber bullets are at times lethal ammunition. Seventy-three lawyers were also rounded-up as part of the crack-down on dissent as well.

Up until now, Erdogan's idea of tolerance has been brutal police repression that has left at least four people dead, seriously injured many others, rounded up people and jailed them for basic free speech including journalists and people who sent announcements on Twitter, included joint attacks of supporters of the ruling AKP (Erdogan's party) with the police attacking protesters, and included the documented torture of 1,000 of the prisoners rounded up since the people began this uprising against Erdogan's brutal and repressive regime.

Protests have held the square for about two weeks, but protesters have fought off police attacks in the past.

In his chilling announcement before the police attack on Taksim Square, Erdogan proclaimed:

"To those who ... are at Taksim and elsewhere taking part in the demonstrations with sincere feelings: I call on you to leave those places and to end these incidents and I send you my love. But for those who want to continue with the incidents I say: 'It's over.' As of now we have no tolerance for them. Not only will we end the actions, we will be at the necks of the provocateurs and terrorists and no one will get away with it."

Of course the true criminal is Erdogan, and the real question will be if he gets away with it.

Down with Erdogan's brutal Capitalist / Islamic Regime!

For the Building of a Revolutionary Proletarian Party to Split the Military, Smash the Capitalist State, And Carry Out a Socialist Proletarian Revolution!

-Steven Argue of the Revolutionary Tendency

The following article I wrote explains much of what has been going on. (the general strike was two days and is over for now, but the rest is current):

Turkey: Workers Begin General Strike as Protests and Government Repression Continue

by Steven Argue

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/06/05/18737997.php

Video of 73 lawyers being rounded-up by Erdigon's police today as part of his announced crackdown on dissent:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=463386340420049

Monday, June 10, 2013

Syria: 15 Year-old Boy Executed by U.S. Backed "Rebels" for Blasphemy

by Steven Argue

According to Aljazeera, Mohammad Kattaa was a young vendor selling coffee in the Shaar neighborhood of the northern city of Aleppo. A customer was trying to get free coffee, to which the boy is said to have responded, "Even if Muhammad comes down, I will not give it as debt." This was overheard by so-called "rebels" who, like many of the U.S. backed "rebels" in Syria today, don't speak the Syrian dialect of Arabic because they are foreign mercenaries recruited from elsewhere in the Middle East. These religious fanatics misunderstood what was said to be blasphemy against their religion, so they kidnapped Kataa, beat him, and then executed Kataa by shooting him. His mother and father were also tracked down, captured, and forced to watch the execution.

The area of this crime will likely be the next targeted for capture by the Syrian Arab Army after their stunning victories that have now taken Qusair. The battle to retake Aleppo is expected within the next couple days, perhaps hours. There are many things wrong with the Syrian government, but the U.S. backed rebels are far worse.

Among those supporting the "rebels" has been the United States, European Union, Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Israel. U.S. aid to them has officially been non-military, as if there is such a thing to a "rebel" army, but the U.S. is expected to decide on openly arming the Free Syria Army this week.

End U.S. Aid to Syrian "Rebels"! End U.S. Economic Sanctions Against Syria!

See my article:

U.S. Backed Genocide of Christians, Alawites, and other Minorities in Syria

by Steven Argue

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/05/30/18737666.php

In the Interest of Full Disclosure

Following the oligarchic doctrine of "full disclosure", the following is the editorial decision on necessary disclosure concerning the authors/editors of this blog:

IT'S NONE OF YOUR F-ING BUSINESS!

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. "
[Extracted from The Constitution of the United States of America (May 2006), The Constitution of the United States of America.]

My advance appologies

If any of the information, such as names and dates regarding my own testimonials, are incorrect I apologize in advance and would be happy to make the corrective edits at your emailed request. Unless you tell me, I'll never know. I tell it as I remember it.

I also post articles of interest with or without my own commentary. Frankly, some of the stories just leave me speechless. They usually reinforce the theme of what I am trying to relay, however. I try my best to give credit to the original authors. If I have posted your work here and you object to my sharing it, simply notify me by email and I will accommodate you by removing your work or any reasonable concession that you may require.

And furthermore, about my general tenor, don't worry. One day, you will be just as screwed over and just as angry as I am. I suppose it will take that to wake the automatons up from their indoctrinated sleep.