MortarBoardCULong CU Postings to Whatsapp, 23-24 June 2017 Click the links to connect to full text ANC saddened by the passing of Comrade Kay Moonsamy The ANC is saddened by the passing of Comrade Kesval "Kay" Moonsamy, a stalwart of the Congress movement, a worker leader and trade unionist who joined the Communist Party of South Africa and the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) when he was 18. Comrade Kay said, "We feel that the majority in our country are the Africans. If they're not liberated, then I don't think the others will be liberated. So we believe that the main content of our revolution is the liberation of the African people, and the Indian Congress worked for that." - http://www.anc.org.za/content/anc-saddened-passing-comrade-kay-moonsamy "Conscience" Vote Smacks of Revised Floor Crossing Is the call for MPs not to be dictated by party mandate when voting not a revised floor-crossing system? Are the current MP's not in parliament as per political party list therefore deriving their mandates from their political parties? It is my submission that abandoning party mandate when voting in parliament as an MP is a temporary floor crossing which was campaigned against by UDM and others. - http://anctoday.org.za/conscience-vote-smacks-revised-floor-crossing/ - Sediko Rakolote The latest escalation in Syria - what is really going on? When an object is treated as an "air target" a narrow energy beam is directed at the target which can now be tracked and engaged. At this point the pilot is in a very uncomfortable position: he knows that he is being tracked, but he has no way of knowing if a missile has already been launched against him, or not. "Treating like a target" is tantamount to somebody putting a gun to your head and letting you guess if/when he will pull the trigger. - https://thesaker.is/the-latest-escalation-in-syria-what-is-really-going-on/ The Saudi-Qatar Spat - An Offer To Be Refused The Saudi ruler issued an ultimatum to Qatar that was written to be rejected. The "terrorism" accusation was never the real issue. Nor is closure of Al-Jazeera the sole issue. What the Saudis demand is subjugation. Their ultimatum ends on July 3. If the Saudis want war they should launch it right away. Doha is sure that the U.S. will not allow that. Ten-thousand U.S. troops are stationed in Qatar. Turkish troops have arrived to protect the sheikdom. - http://www.moonofalabama.org/2017/06/saudi-qatar-spat-an-offer-to-be-refused -.html Taliban Vows to Continue Fighting Until NATO is Out The Taliban vowed yesterday that there would be no peace in Afghanistan until the NATO occupation ends. Taliban leader Maulvi Haibatullah Akhunzadah said "The occupation is the main obstacle in the way of peace," and that his movement's goal was "complete independence of the country." He warned that Pentagon plans to deploy some 4,000 extra troops would not grant victory to Washington and the government of President Ashraf Ghani, who Mr Akhunzadah called a US "stooge." - https://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-c264-Taliban-vows-to-continue-fighting -until-Nato-is-out#.WU3onI597IU Assad's Forces Advance On Deir Ezzor Syrian government troops entered the eastern desert province of Deir Ezzor yesterday in a lightning advance along the Iraqi border. Troops backed by paramilitary allies struck east from their positions encircling the US and British-occupied at-Tanf border post. President Bashar al-Assad's army is now advancing on three fronts to lift the Isis siege of Deir Ezzor city. https://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-90b4-Assads-forces-advance-on-Deir-Ezz or#.WU3oso597IU Iran Shows Missiles Amid Israel Tension Iran showed off its new ballistic missiles yesterday after the Israeli defence minister accused the Syrian government of letting Tehran and Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah use its territory to launch attacks on Israel. The missiles used to hit Isis targets in eastern Syria this week - with permission from the governments of Syria and Iraq, whose airspace they crossed - were on display at the annual al-Quds (Jerusalem) day parade against Zionism. - https://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-dddc-Iran-shows-missiles-amid-Israel-t ension#.WU3o6Y597IU Al Jazeera's Closure Demanded By States Blockading Qatar Arab nations blockading Qatar have issued a list of 13 demands which includes the closure of the Al Jazeera television channel, the Gulf emirate said yesterday. Qatar's government confirmed it had received the list. The demands which come with a 10-day ultimatum for compliance, are the conditions for lifting the blockade by Saudi Arabia and other countries. Doha must shut down other media networks. It must cut all diplomatic ties with Saudi Arabia's rival Iran and instead, enforce US sanctions on Iran. - https://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-b757-Al-Jazeeras-closure-demanded-by-s tates-blockading-Qatar#.WU3oh4597IU 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. London, 26 June 1959: Founding of the Anti-Apartheid Movement --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- -- 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. 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