Monday, October 23, 2006

March And Rally For Full Immigrant Rights

Paramendra,

I saw you on TV this weekend - I was at the gym on the treadmill (fulfilling
my once a month guilt-ridden ritual) and I saw you among a crowd of people
at some rally. Did you attend one recently?

Pawan Adhikari @ Citi
Oct 21 March And Rally For Full Immigrant Rights 1
Oct 21 March And Rally For Full Immigrant Rights 2




Pls fwd widely, help flyer in your neighborhood, & come out!!!!
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MARCH & RALLY FOR FULL IMMIGRANT RIGHTS!
We defeated Sensenbrenner last spring, now let's keep fighting for our rights!

*1pm Union Square, March to Times Square!*
*Saturday, October 21st*

Now, rather than hear our demands for real immigration reform, politicians are ramming through more laws to deport more people, take away more rights, and cause more deaths at the border.

BRING PICTURES OF YOUR FAMILY & FRIENDS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES AT THE BORDER,
*BEEN DEPORTED OR DETAINED, OR AFFECTED BY UNJUST LAWS TO PLACE ON A BORDER WALL OF REMEMBRANCE & RESISTANCE.

In their names, we demand:
Full legalization for all!
An end to deportations, detentions, raids, & police collaboration!
Family reunification!
No more laws that will kill more people at the border!
Rights & protection for all workers!

*Flyer attached

*NY UNITED FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS (List in formation):

Ad Hoc Coalition for Justice in the Middle East, American Friends Service Committee, Arab Muslim American Federation, Asian American Legal Defense & Education Fund, Asocacion Tepeyac, Audre Lorde Project, Centro Altagracia de Fe y Justicia, COALITION OF IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES: Accin Comunitaria Aurora, New York Civic Participation Project, Riverside Edgecombe Neighborhood Association, Iglesia San Romero de Las Americas-UCC, Alianza Dominicana, Coalicin por los Derechos del Inmigrante, Asociacin de Egresados de la UASD, Asociacion de Mujeres Progresistas, Centro para el Desarrollo de la Mujer Dominicana, Caucus de Mujeres Dominicanas, Colegio de Periodistas Dominicanos, Congreso Dominicano, la Voz Latina, Servicio de Educacion Basica, Programa de TV Hechos y Gente, Programa la Voz Latina WBAI, Comision Nacional de Derechos Humanos (USA-RD)// Coney Island Avenue Project, Esperanza del Barrio, Families for Freedom, IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES IN ACTION: Adhikaar, CAAAV- Organizing Asian Communities, Centro Hispano Cuzcatlan, Damayan, DRUM- Desis Rising Up & Moving, Forest Hills Community House, Humanist Center of Cultures// International Socialist Organization; Latin American Integration Center; Justice Committee; MAY 1st ALLIANCE: Anakbayan, NY/NJ, Association of Senegalese in America, BAYAN USA Philippine New Patriotic Alliance, CASA Freehold, NJ, Chris Silvera- Pres. National Teamsters Black Caucus, Sec.-Treas. Teamsters Local 808, Comite Latino Local 79, Ecuador Para Todos-Lenin Medina, Freeport Community Worklink Center- Long Island, Guyanese-American Workers United, New York, NY, International Action Center, Justice 4 Immigrants Filipino Coalition, La Pena del Bronx, Million Worker March, New York Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines, NYC Working People's Voice Newspaper, Pachamama NYC, Pakistan USA Freedom Forum, Panama Vicente Alba- LIUNA Local 108, Philippine Forum, Rev Luis Barrios- Iglesia San Romero de las Ameritas, The Workplace Project, Trabajadoras por la Paz, Troops Out Now Coalition// No One Is Illegal (NOISI) Coalition, Mercy Center, Northern Manhattan Immigrant Rights Coalition, NY Committee to Free the Cuban Five, Workers World Party, World Can't Wait.

For more info: http://nyunitedforimmigrantrights.blogspot.com or 917-472-1105

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Monami Maulik
DRUM -Desis Rising Up & Moving
718-205-3036 / info@drumnation.org
www.drumnation.org
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"The neocorporate rulers of the world use military force violence, police, prisons and economic servitude to protect and reinforce the class patriarchal neo-colonial system but they know that force alone is not enough. They fear the human mind and they fear the minds of women above all; Women on the move will change the world..."
- Nawal El Saadawi

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Immigrant Power
May 1 Immigrants Rally: Great American Boycott With Jesse Jackson 3
The First Major Revolution Of The 21st Century Happened In Nepal
Immigration Makes Economy Sense, Democracy, Justice, Family Sense
Hate Speech, Free Speech: Europe Needs To Learn The Difference
Bill Frist's Ancestors Came From The Moon


Immigration Gumballs

This stupid, ugly video above makes the false claim that it is overpopulation that causes poverty. The truth is the other way round. Immigration into the US helps spread wealth creation across the world, helps spread democracy and social reform across the world.

In The News

Rana meets PM Koirala; 'RPP has no view on monarchy' NepalNews “Our party has not decided anything on monarchy, so I’m not in a position to give views unless the party makes a formal decision” ..... RPP chief also preferred silence on ‘democratic republic’
UML may leave the government after Tihar: Gautam He also said the Maoists were ready to lay down their weapons if the NC took a concrete decision to bring an end to the monarchy with a certain proposal. ..... He said the forces which want to give continuity to the monarchy had raised the issue of arms management unnecessarily. He said that the state army was still loyal to the palace though its name had been changed.
Abducted youth still missing; NHRC publicizes names of 15 people abducted by Maoists
Prachanda assures Madi victims of relief package; addresses his military in Chitwan
Government prepares a bill to end the monopoly of NOC private companies would be able to import and sell/distribute petroleum products in the country. It is expected that the entry of private players would help in increasing internal competition, efficiency and the prices would then be fixed on the basis of international market and domestic competition. ..... proposes forming a powerful and autonomous 'Petroleum Board' which will be authorized to monitor and inspect the market. .....


Chandra Prakash Sharma, Paramendra Bhagat: Nepali Convention Worries

Friday, October 20, 2006

Hamro Nepal Constitution


Preamble

Hamro Nepal is the world's first digital democracy organization. It played a key role in Nepal's April Revolution. The organization has five goals.
  1. Set up a democratic republic in Nepal.
  2. Achieve total equality for the DaMaJaMa, Dalit, Madhesi, Janajati, Mahila, and other marginalized groups.
  3. Attain double digit economic growth for Nepal.
  4. Engineer political empowerment of the Nepali diaspora in their immediate countries, which means voting rights in America for the 120,000 Nepalis here.
  5. Help export the April Revolution to all countries that are not yet democracies.
It hopes to work with other digital, semi-digital and non-digital organizations through the ecosystem concept to achieve these goals. Hamro Nepal trains bridge activists to make the best of the ecosystem concept. Bridge activists are the organization's links to people, organizations and events that are offline.

Membership

Anyone, Nepali or not, dedicated to these goals can become a Member. Membership is free. All you have to give is your name and email address. You have to be inducted by an existing member of the organization. The names of all members are publicly displayed on search engine protected webpages that show who brought whom in.

The organization is global.

The organization is structured to empower the individual member to the max.

Active Members

Active members are those who also have their own blogs that likely have text, photos, audio and video, and they link to their pertinent blog entries in the virtual parliament. They likely have their own private mailing lists that help them project their blogs deep into their target audiences.

Officers

There is to be a President and a Vice President directly elected by the members through an open, online over email voting system.

Elections are to be held annually in April.

Tools

Current and future online tools are to be used to enhance effectiveness.

Hamro Nepal
Think Tank
Virtual Parliament

All interested members may participate in the virtual parliament.

Mailing List

The President will have a mailing list that includes the email addresses of all members. The list is to be used sparingly. The goal is to not send out more than one email per month, if that.

Mailing List

Funds

Hamro Nepal works primarily by helping shape the debate through use of freely available online tools. So there is to be no central fund.

But small groups within the organization may raise and spend funds. When they do so, they must share bookkeeping with all those who contributed.


President: Paramendra Bhagat (Binay Shah Interviews Paramendra Bhagat 3)
Vice President: Anil Shahi (Anil Shahi - Google Video)


Democracy Spreading Mechanism
The Demosphere Manifesto

ANA Convention: My Hamro Nepal Speech
Hamro Nepal Has Three Goals
Hamro Nepal Will Not Be Registered
Hamro Nepal: Free Membership
Hamro Nepal: Membership Drive
Hamro Nepal, Latest
Hamro Nepal: Draft Constitution
Hamro Nepal All Set To Be Launched
Organization: Hamro Nepal

Your Many Identities
Internalized Racism Among Nepalis In NYC
The April Revolution Asks For A New Political Party
18 Days Of April Revolution: Victory
Sanjaya Parajuli In Brooklyn
Hamro Nepal, Latest

Immigrant Power
May 1 Immigrants Rally: Great American Boycott With Jesse Jackson 3
The First Major Revolution Of The 21st Century Happened In Nepal
Immigration Makes Economy Sense, Democracy, Justice, Family Sense
Hate Speech, Free Speech: Europe Needs To Learn The Difference
Bill Frist's Ancestors Came From The Moon


Interim Constitution, Revolutionary Parliament (April 8)
Proposed Republican Constitution 2006 (January 1)
Proposed Constitution (December 19)
Proposed Constitution (November 17)
Proposed Constitution (September 3)
Proposed Democratic Republican Constitution (August 12)
Janata Dal Constitution (August 8)
Proposed Constitution (June 18)
Reorganized UN, Proposed Constitution, Methods (May 30)
Proposed Constitution (May 3)
Shortcut To A New Constitution, Shortcut To Peace (April 8)
This Inadequate, Improper, Insufficient 1990 Constitution (April 4)

In The News

Maoist Instruction For Insurrection Drishti
Congress Unification After Interim Parliament
The Don Of Kathmandu Caputured By Maoists
Palace Busy Consulting
Danger Of Maoist Counter Insurrection
Words And Deeds Of The Maoists
The Changed Politics In The Rural Areas
The Maoists Are The Reason The Talks Got Disrupted: Oli

NEPAL: Govt gives green light to 5 TV and 50 FM stations Asia Pacific Media Network, CA
Nepal Govt, Maoist meeting only after Deewali Zee News, India

Failure to set mandate of UN team delaying the team’s work: Martin NepalNews
Cabinet decides to hold summit meeting after Tihar
Mahara along with SPA leaders leave for London
Britain to assist Nepal peace process, not to impose it’s view: Dr. Hall
Court reporting makes judiciary transparent, accountable: experts
Take a strong action against bank defaulters: Gautam
SC overturns government decision to retire General Malla
Bhattarai asks UN to address the problems of poor

Patan Appellate Court summons FNCCI, Chairman Dhakal Kantipur
US optimistic about success of ongoing peace process: Moriarty the US was hopeful that the Maoists would lay down their arms and join mainstream politics. ..... the US proposal to resettle up to 60,000 Bhutanese refugees in the US is a "favourable" option to the Bhutanese refugees. ..... the only wish the United States has behind resettling the refugees is to give the refugees, who have gone through the ordeal for the last 15-16 years, an opportunity to lead a happy and content life.
Maoists force foreign climbers to pay tax
No action against army personnel spurred king to flout HLPC deadline: Mahara
Severe foodgrain deficit looms
Keep peace process focused on HR: OHCHR report
Landowners raze 1,800 squatter huts
Students forcibly ferried to Maoist meet
India wants smooth progress in Nepal's peace process: Mukherjee the government of India is "eager" to see Nepal making rapid progress in the peace process without any obstacles. ...... Mukherjee who went to the Indian capital New Delhi last week, met with Indian Prime Minister Dr Man Mohan Singh, Home Minister Shiv Raj Patil, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee, National Security Advisor MK Narayanan and Foreign Secretary Shiv Shanker Menon and held key consultations with them on Nepal's peace process.
No response from King Gyanendra as HLPC deadline passes
प्रजातान्त्रिकका कार्यकर्ता अपहरित
'सात दल अमेरिकाको दबाबमा' 'राजतन्त्रको रोगबाट प्रमुख दलहरू मुक्त भए भने दिगो शान्तिका दिन तुरुन्तै आउनेछ ।'
दलित गोष्ठी
माओवादी-जनतान्त्रिक भिडन्त राजविराज, कार्तिक १ - माओवादी र जनतान्त्रिक तराई मुक्ति मोर्चाबीच बुधबार सप्तरीको रामपुरामल्हनियास्थित डल्लवामा दोहोरो भिडन्त भएको छ । भिडन्तमा एक माओवादीको मृत्यु भएको छ भने तीन घाइते भएका छन् । .... यसैगरी भिडन्तमा मोर्चाका दुई कार्यकर्ता घाइते भएका छन् । ..... नाम खुल्न नसकेका मृतक माओवादी पहाडी मूलका भएको र आफ्नै कब्जामा रहेको मोर्चाका केन्द्रीय अध्यक्ष्ा ज्वाला सिंहले बताए । सदरमुकाम राजविराजदेखि करिब १२ किमि दक्षिणपूर्वको नेपाल-भारत सीमानजिकै भिडन्त भएको जिल्ला प्रहरीले जनाएको छ । ..... माओवादी स्रोतले भने घटनामा मोर्चाका दुई छापामारको मृत्यु भएको बताएको छ । ..... भिडन्त दिउँसो तीन बजेतिर भएको स्थानीय बासिन्दाले बताए । भिडन्तमा घाइते मोर्चाका ६ कार्यकर्तालाई उनीहरूले डुंगामा राखेर भारततर्फ लगेको स्थानीय बासिन्दाले बताए । घटनास्थल सप्तकोसी किनारमा पर्छ । भारतीय सिमानानजिकै कोसी किनारमा जनतान्त्रिकले सेल्टर लिएर बस्दै आएको थियो । केही समय पहिले जनतान्त्रिकले हत्या गरेका रामपुरमल्हनियाका निर्वतमान गाविस अध्यक्ष बद्री यादवको घरमा मोर्चाले तालाबन्दी गरिदिएपछि उनीहरू त्यही सेल्टर लिएर बस्दै आएको स्रोतले बतायो ।
माओवादीले राजमार्गको ढाट हटाए
राजसंस्था खारेजी माग
माओवादीको गोलीबाट आफ्नै कमान्डरको मृत्यु
लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्रका लागि ध्रुवीकरण हरि रोका संंविधानसभा निर्वाचनपश्चात् सर्वसहमतिद्वारा मुलुकलाई लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्रमा प्रवेश गराउने ..... वर्तमान संसद्को सबैभन्दा ठूलो घटक नेपाली कांग्रेस र त्यसका सभापति एवं प्रधानमन्त्री गिरिजाप्रसाद कोइराला मुलुकलाई यथास्थितिमै राख्न प्रयत्नशील देखिएपछि वार्ताको असफलता अनिवार्य थियो । माओवादीलाई कम्तीमा लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्रमा पुग्नुको विकल्प छैन ......... यथार्थमा हतियार व्यवस्थापन लगभग टुङ्गो लागिसकेको विषय हो । संयुक्त राष्ट्रसंघलाई जुन ५ बुँदे सहमतिपत्र पठाइएको हो र जसरी राष्ट्रसंघ तयारीसाथ उपस्थित भएको छ, त्यो सहमति नै एकमात्र भरपर्दो र सजिलो उपाय हो हतियार व्यवस्थापनका लागि । ........ जहाँसम्म अहिले कति प्रतिशत हतियार लकअप गर्ने प्रश्न छ, लोकतान्त्रिक मोर्चा बनाएर जाने हो भने सय प्रतिशत नै लकअप गर्ने प्रस्ताव माओवादीले बैठकमा प्रस्तुत गरेको व्यहोरा ....... कांग्रेस र एमाले .... उनीहरूमा ठूलो त्रास विद्यमान छ । त्यो हो, संविधानसभापछि स्थापित हुने लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र अत्यन्त समावेशी हुनेछ । ......... आधार क्षेत्रमा विभाजित रहेका तर राज्यमा सम्पूर्ण रूपले समावेशी लोकतन्त्र खोजिरहेका दलित, जनजाति, महिला, मधेसी, कणर्ाली ....... मूल विषयवस्तुलाई छलछाम गरेर वार्ता लम्बाउने, सक्दो तन्काउने र अन्यौलग्रस्त बनाइरहने कार्यमा यी दल लागिपरेका छन् । ....... इतिहासले १६४०, १७८९ र १९१७ लाई ठूला ऐतिहासिक फड्को ठानेका छन् । नेपालको सन्दर्भमा गएको 'अपि्रल' अर्थात् २०६२/६३ को विद्रोह ऐतिहासिक फड्को मार्ने घटना थियो । ....... कांग्रेसलाई भोलि गर्ने प्रतिद्वन्द्विताका कारण आज लोक गणतान्त्रिक मोर्चामा सामेल हुन असम्भव भएको जनाउ तिनका नेताले दिने गरेका छन् । विशेषगरी उसको यो अडान गैरकम्युनिस्ट फोबियाले ग्रसित छ । बाह्र बुँदे समझदारी र आठ बुँदे सम्झौतामा हस्ताक्षर गरिसकेपछि सहमतिबाट पछि हट्नुले उसलाई उग्र दक्षिणपन्थी गठबन्धनका लागि तयार हुन पर्ने बाध्यात्मक परिस्थिति सिर्जना भएको छ । त्यो सोच र बाध्यता त्यत्तिकै आएको होइन, उसले सन् १९९० पछि प्रजातान्त्रिक समाजवादको सैद्धान्तिक प्रस्तावनाबाट समाजवाद झिकेपछि सिर्जना भएको विचलन हो । विगतमा कांग्रेसलगायत अन्य दलमा ठाडो विभाजन भएको थियो । अब सबै राजनीतिक दलमा तेस्रो विभाजन सुरु हुनेछ । लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्रमा प्रवेश गर्ने वा नगर्ने नै त्यसको राजनीतिक विषयवस्तु हुनेछ । ........ कांग्रेस र एमालेभित्र तीव्र बहस चलिरहेको छ । ....... साँच्चै दिगो शान्ति र लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्रका लागि सडकमा फेरि नआउने हो भने मुलुकले कुन दिशा अख्तियार गर्ने हो कसैले भविष्यवाणी गर्न सक्दैन ।
माओवादीद्वारा खाद्यान्नमा कर

Nepal king snubs probe panel royally Times of India, India the commission interrogated hundreds of people, including the two deputies of the king, the past and current army chief, royalist ministers and government officials. .... All of them, while expressing regret for the casualties, refused to accept responsibility for the consequences, saying they were merely carrying out orders from the king, who headed the government as chairman of the council of ministers. ..... a proclamation by parliament after the fall of the royal regime that stripped the royal family of the legal immunity they had enjoyed for over 200 years and said they could be tried in court for crimes. ...... the palace has been behaving in a similar manner over repeated calls by a parliamentary committee to provide full details of the properties and assets owned by the royal family so that they can be brought under the tax net ...... "We gave him a week to reply and we waited for a week," said Harihar Birahi, a member of the commission. "We will now write our report on the basis of the facts we have received, the existing laws and our conscience." ..... Five years ago, the king had given a statement before a panel investigating the mysterious shootout in the palace, in which the then king Birendra and his entire family were wiped out.
Nepal king fails to answer probe on crackdown Reuters
Nepal King snubs commission deadline NDTV.com
Nepal's King snubs deadline by commission probing crackdown Zee News
REFILE-Nepal's Maoist rebel chief makes rare home visit Reuters AlertNet, UK
NEPAL: Child marriage still common in rural southwest Reuters AlertNet, UK
Nepal King ignores probe Commission's deadline Hindustan Times, India
Nepal king snubs probe panel royally Telugu Portal
Nepal king snubs probe panel royally Indian Muslims
Nepal In the Shadows of ‘Peoplocracy’ United We Blog, Nepal
No solution in sight to break Nepal's impasse Asian Tribune consensus eluding them on the future of 238-year-old monarchy, and the issue of arms management. ...... 'The new dates for the talks will have to be announced by the Prime Minister' ....... the Maoists will not be the first to blink. The Maoist camp is putting the blame for the impasse at the door-step of the ruling alliance. ...... statement of Maoist No. 2 Baburam Bhattarai (to AFP) that the peace talks were in 'no danger' of foundering. ..... Koirala, an old-time politician, had cut his teeth at the Darbar. Many still see him as a Palace- man. He has 'grave' reservations on Maoists. So do the King and the US. ....... The Maoists ... arrived three hours late for the talks. ......... Both sides agreed to hold elections by mid 2007 for the Constituent Assembly ...... The Maoists have a 35,000 strong army. The regular army is 90,000 strong but it is the writ of People's Liberation Army, as the Maoist cadres are known, which holds sway over rural Nepal. Disciplining them to fall in line with the imperatives of civilian democratic government is a tough proposition at the best of times. More so in the context of Nepal........ make the Maoist army deposit their arms in UN supervised camps. ...... "We are ready to lock up our weapons provided the SPA agrees to declare Nepal as a Republic in the interim statute or at least gives a written commitment to go for the Republican setup after the constituent assembly elections".
Nepal hits standoff in negotiations over future government Christian Science Monitor
Nepal to face chronic foodgrain deficit Hindu, India
Nepal fails to win berth in UN Security Council Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran

Nepal meets with PM Koirala, talks about summit meeting agenda NepalNews
Arbour tables report on Nepal at UN General Assembly
All issues will be settled by November 16, says DPM Sherchan
Court issues summons to FNCCI president on 'contempt of court' case
Nine people, including three children, abducted from Kuleshwore those abducted were taken towards Sanepa from Kuleshwore in a micro-bus with registration number BA 1 JA 5776. ..... people involved in the incident identified themselves as Maoists and added that they were arresting them on charges of being involved in the trade of illegal drugs. ..... police reached the incident site on time but did not stop the abduction after the "abductors" identified themselves as Maoists and asked police not to intervene. ...... The incident comes amid reports of Maoists cracking down on local goons and drug peddlars as Nepal police has virtually failed to maintain law and order in the capital and elsewhere.
Mahara says 'donation collection' will continue they would continue 'collecting donation' until elections for the constituent assembly are held. ..... since the country has two parallel government at present, donation and taxation from their side was necessary for sustenance of the 'people's government'. He said such activities would continue till a single government is formed. ...... Maoists are ready for more flexibility if the seven parties are ready to restructure the Nepal Army.
ADB projects 4 pc GDP growth for Nepal

Maoists must abandon arms before joining interim government, says an Indian analyst NepalNews Mehta also added that peace process anywhere is a time-consuming affair. He gave examples of Northern Ireland or Sudan or Rwanda where it took years for the peace process to complete. "It has just been six months in Nepal.
Maoist leader invited by NRN to London spokesperson of the Maoists Krishna Bahadur Mahara ..... Mahara is expected to elaborate about Maoists' economic policy and foreign investment during his London stay. ...... Mahara as well as Nepali Congress (NC) general secretary Ram Chandra Poudel, leader of Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) and Speaker Subas Nemwang, NC (Democratic) leader Dr. Minendra Rijal, central member of People's Front Nepal Shashi Shrestha and Janajati leader Dr. Om Gurung ........ The leaders will take part in three programs to be hosted by NRN community in London between October 21-23. The leaders would also visit Germany and Belgium and attend NRN meetings there.
Maoists clash with JTMM cadres, one killed
Peace talks will take decisive turn shortly: Mahara the Maoists will lay down arms only after the seven-party alliance roots for a democratic republican set-up. ..... Maoists ferried school children from over 45 schools of Bharatpur municipality area to show their strength in the programme.
UML general secy. doubts crucial talks before Tihar the UML general secretary said that the peace process is being disrupted by certain quarters. ...... the love of Nepali Congress for the monarchy and the love of Maoists to the arms are hindering the peace talks .......