Two Military Battalions Turn Against Honduras Coup Regime

[ckaihatsu]

BREAKING MEWS: [narconews] Giordano: Reports: Two Military Battalions Turn Against Honduras Coup Regime

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We could only hope that the rank & file military of the western
imperialist powers will also split along class lines, come the time.
No wonder they don't want a conscript army -- i.e. they prefer
mercenaries. And gangsters.

All power to the honduran masses.


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Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:28:29 -0500
Subject: [narconews] Giordano: Reports: Two Military Battalions Turn Against Honduras Coup Regime
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June 29, 2009
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Dear Colleague,

Narco News continues to bring you breaking coverage of the coup d'Etat in
Honduras. Al Giordano now translates incoming reports that two of
Honduras' military battalions have turned against the coup regime.

Giordano reports:

"Rafael Alegria, leader of Via Campesina, the country's largest social
organization, one that has successfully blockaded the nation's highways
before to force government concessions, tells Alba TV:

"'The popular resistance is rising up throughout the country. All the
highways in the country are blockaded.... The Fourth Infantry
Battallion... is no longer following the orders of Roberto Micheletti.'

"Angel Alvarado of Honduras' Popular Union Bloc tells Radio Mundial:

"'Two infantry battalions of the Honduran Army have risen up against the
illegitimate government of Roberto Micheletti in Honduras. They are the
Fourth Infantry Battalion in the city of Tela and the Tenth Infantry
Battalion in La Ceiba (the second largest city in Honduras), both located
in the state of Atlántida.'"

Read the full dispatch, along with other breaking news of the coup in
Honduras, online at Narco News:

http://www.narconews.com

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David B. Briones
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[scarletghoul]

Awesome!

[Rusty Shackleford]

i really hope more join them! it would be sad to see these 2 go down without any support
:(

overall this is good news though! thanks!

[Bright Banana Beard]

Populist message, no matter how much it being oppressed, will always come back stronger.

[Communist Theory]

That actually makes them reactionary by definition.
But best of luck to them!

[Intelligitimate]

Hurray! Death to Yankee Imperialism! Death to the compradors!

[ckaihatsu]

Populist message, no matter how much it being oppressed, will always come back stronger.





That actually makes them reactionary by definition.
But best of luck to them!


That's a horribly *dismissive* attitude to take, CT -- just because Honduras happens to be very poor and relatively unindustrialized doesn't mean that we should just summarily write it off. Zelaya's move is in line with a larger trend towards building ALBA for the countries of Central and Latin America.

ALBA is an international movement *against* U.S. political hegemony, one which will consequently have *economic*, and even *industrial*, results in the direction of popular and proletarian interests.

By *no* means should we describe counter-coup efforts and the support of Zelaya as being "reactionary" just because they technically fall short of an immediate continent-wide general strike of the industrial proletariat....


Chris



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Demand U.S. Condemn Honduran Coup and Restore Honduran President Zelaya NOW!

International Action Center <[email protected]> Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 8:49 PM

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I demand that the Barack Obama administration and the U.S. Congress unequivocally condemn the unconstitutional and anti-democratic military coup in Honduras and insist that the military regime and the newly appointed but illegitimate president of Honduras restore President Zelaya to office, free all the imprisoned popular leaders and remove the curfew. I further demand that the U.S. Ambassador to Honduras be recalled immediately until such time as President Zelaya is restored to office.

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Exijo que la administración de Barack Obama y el Congreso de los EEUU condene inequívocamente el golpe militar inconstitucional y antidemocrático en Honduras e insista que el régimen militar y el recién designado pero ilegítimo Presidente de Honduras restituya al Presidente Zelaya a su puesto, libere a todos/as los/as líderes populares encarcelados/as y termine el toque de queda. Exijo además que EEUU remueva inmediatamente a su Embajador en Honduras hasta que se restituya al Presidente Zelaya a su puesto.

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El Centro de Acción Internacional, fundado por el ex Procurador General Ramsey Clark y basado en los Estados Unidos, condena en los términos más fuertes, el criminal golpe de estado a manos de las fuerzas armadas de Honduras contra el Presidente democráticamente electo Manuel Zelaya y su pueblo.

El hecho ocurre en la madrugada de hoy domingo 28 de junio, fecha en la que estaba programada una consulta para que el pueblo decidiera libremente si en las próximas elecciones de noviembre se sometería la pregunta para la convocatoria de una Asamblea Constituyente que diseñara una nueva constitución acorde a las nuevas necesidades del pueblo hondureño.

Esta consulta ha sido una amenaza para la oligarquía y sus socios corporativos quienes tras varios días de amenazas, utilizaron el ejército fuertemente armado para cobardemente invadir la Casa Presidencial en la madrugada y secuestrar al Presidente Zelaya, llevándolo por la fuerza a Costa Rica.

Repudiamos asimismo el secuestro de la Canciller Patricia Rodas y el maltrato a los embajadores de Cuba, Nicaragua y Venezuela cuando acudieron solidariamente para prestar su asistencia a la Canciller.

Unimos nuestras voces a las de la comunidad internacional demandando la inmediata liberación de Rodas y el regreso del Presidente Zelaya a su país para que continúe con sus funciones presidenciales.

Así también nos solidarizamos con el pueblo hondureño en sus justas demandas.

Firmado,

Teresa Gutiérrez y Sara Flounders,
Co-Coordinadoras del Centro de Acción Internacional,
Oficina Nacional

Berta Joubert-Ceci,
Directora, Capítulo de Filadelfia del Centro de Acción Internacional


(ENGLISH)

Sunday, June 28, 2009

The U.S.-based International Action Center, founded by former Attorney General Ramsey Clark, condemns in the strongest terms the Armed Forces of Honduras’ criminal coup d'état against the democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya and the Honduran people.

The incident occurred today, Sunday, June 28 at dawn, on the date when a referendum was scheduled so that the people could freely decide if the question of calling for a Constituent Assembly would be included during the upcoming November elections. This Assembly would draft a new constitution in accordance with the current needs and aspirations of the Honduran people.

Today’s referendum represented a threat to the oligarchy and its corporate partners, who after several days of threats used the heavily armed military to cowardly invade the Presidential Residence and kidnap President Zelaya, taking him to Costa Rica by force.

We also repudiate the kidnapping of Foreign Minister Patricia Rodas and the abuse against the ambassadors of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela when they went in an act of solidarity to assist Rodas.

We join the voices of the international community in demanding the immediate liberation of Rodas and the safe return of President Zelaya to his country so that he continues to carry out his presidential functions.

We in addition want to express our solidarity with the Honduran people’s just demands.


Signed,

Teresa Gutierrez and Sara Flounders,
Co-Coordinator of the International Action Center
National Office

Berta Joubert-Ceci,
Director, Philadelphia Chapter of the International Action Center


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[FreeFocus]

We could only hope that the rank & file military of the western
imperialist powers will also split along class lines, come the time.
No wonder they don't want a conscript army -- i.e. they prefer
mercenaries. And gangsters.

All power to the honduran masses.

Good news in Honduras, but the likelihood of something similar happening in the "rank and file military of the western imperialist powers" is small (and in the case of the US, infinitesimally small), given the sociological, material and political realities that exist.

[Wakizashi the Bolshevik]

This is excellent news! More heroes to the rescue of Honduras! Kill those fascist bastards!

[Dimentio]

I have read in a Swedish newspaper that Obama 1) condemns the coup, 2) demands that Zelaya is put back into power. :confused:

http://www.svd.se/nyheter/utrikes/artikel_3137729.svd

Use google translate.