MortarBoardCULong CU Postings to Whatsapp, 2 May 2017 Click the links to connect to full text Pro And Anti-Zuma Clashes Silence Rally Show Of Unity A planned show of unity by COSATU came a cropper after part of the crowd took up a chant demanding the president's resignation. Others danced and sang in his support. The ANC president was set to address the main rally at Bloemfontein in Free State province alongside COSATU president Sdumo Dlamini and Communist general secretary Blade Nzimande. But none of the three leaders of the national liberation alliance, seated side by side, spoke. - http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-28d3-South-Africa-Pro-and-anti-Zuma-cla shes-silence-rally-show-of-unity#.WQf9UhN9600 Cuba Leads The Way With Declaration Of Left-Wing Solidarity Raul Castro led his final May Day march as president in Havana yesterday, dedicated to late leader Fidel. Crowds gathered from 2am in the capital's huge Jose Marti Revolution Square for the annual celebrations. Some 1,690 international guests from 89 countries, 349 trade unions and 14 Cuba solidarity organisations attended. Cuban Workers Federation secretary-general Ulises Gilarte gave the keynote speech, laying into the imperialist offensive against leftwing governments across Latin America, especially Venezuela. - http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-0258-Cuba-leads-the-way-with-declaratio n-of-left-wing-solidarity#.WQf9zBN9600 - James Tweedie May Call To Resist US-Backed Bids To Wreck Government Venezuelan communists issued a May Day call to resist US-backed coup plotters, and for working-class power, yesterday. Supporters of both the United Socialist Party (PSUV) government and the Democratic Unity Roundtable (Mud) opposition coalition planned marches, the latter to the Supreme Justice Tribunal and the National Electoral Council to repeat the demand for an early presidential election. A month of anti-government violence incited by the Mud has left 29 people dead and more than 500 injured. - http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-4fda-Venezuela-May-call-to-resist-US-ba cked-bids-to-wreck-government#.WQf93xN9600 - James Tweedie Class's Struggle Of National Significance The Iraqi Communist Party hailed the workers' struggles on May Day under harsh conditions with Isis terror wracking the country. "The struggle of the Iraqi working class has acquired a national and class significance, despite the conditions," it said. The party said it supported current efforts to unify the trade union movement and "end the state of division in its ranks." - http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-c026-Iraq-Classs-struggle-of-national-s ignificance#.WQf-DhN9600 Trade Unions Praise Workers In Wartime Syrian workers marked May Day vowing to keep the wheels of industry turning despite six years of Western-backed war. Syrian General Federation of Trade Unions chairman Jamal al-Qaderi hailed working-class efforts to survive the economic war and the sanctions imposed by Western states, as well as the devastation caused to factories and infrastructure by terrorist attacks. - http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-8dea-Syria-Trade-unions-praise-workers- in-wartime#.WQf-FxN9600 Most CU topical postings are now made to Whatsapp via the Whatsapp-style link with a caption. The above is a collection of the latest postings. Items that have already been sent by e-mail through this channel are not included. __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of detection engine 15348 (20170502) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/yclsa-eom-forum/000c01d2c354%2414e53300%243eaf9900%24%40com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
