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package kiwi.wiki.action.ie;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.TreeSet;

import kiwi.api.event.KiWiEvents;
import kiwi.api.informationextraction.InformationExtractionService;
import kiwi.api.tagging.TagRecommendation;
import kiwi.api.tagging.TagRecommendationService;
import kiwi.api.tagging.TaggingService;
import kiwi.api.triplestore.TripleStore;
import kiwi.model.Constants;
import kiwi.model.content.ContentItem;
import kiwi.model.informationextraction.Suggestion;
import kiwi.model.kbase.KiWiResource;
import kiwi.model.kbase.KiWiUriResource;
import kiwi.model.tagging.Tag;
import kiwi.model.user.User;

import org.jboss.seam.Component;
import org.jboss.seam.ScopeType;
import org.jboss.seam.annotations.In;
import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Logger;
import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Name;
import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Observer;
import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Scope;
import org.jboss.seam.log.Log;

/**
 *
 * Manages a list of fragment and content suggestions for the current content item
 *
 * @author Marek Schmidt
 *
 */
@Name("ie.suggestions")
@Scope(ScopeType.CONVERSATION)
public class SuggestionsAction implements Serializable {

	/**
	 *
	 */
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

	@In(create=true)
	ContentItem currentContentItem;

	@In(create=true)
	private User currentUser;

	@In
	TaggingService taggingService;

	@In
	TripleStore tripleStore;

	@In
	TagRecommendationService tagRecommendationService;

	private List<Suggestion> suggestions;

	private List<Suggestion> typeSuggestions;

	@Logger
	private Log log;

	public List<Suggestion> getSuggestions () {
		if (suggestions == null) {
			InformationExtractionService ie = (InformationExtractionService)Component.getInstance("kiwi.informationextraction.informationExtractionService");
			setSuggestions (ie.getSuggestionsByContentItem(currentContentItem));
			typeSuggestions = null;
		}

		return suggestions;
	}

	public void setSuggestions(Collection<Suggestion> newSuggestions) {
		this.suggestions = new ArrayList<Suggestion> (newSuggestions);

//	 	We sort them by score, to make the job of other methods easier
		Comparator<Suggestion> suggestionScoreScomparator = new Comparator<Suggestion>() {
			@Override
			public int compare(Suggestion o1, Suggestion o2) {
				if (o1.getScore() > o2.getScore()){
					return -1;
				}
				else if (o1.getScore() < o2.getScore()) {
					return 1;
				}

				return 0;
			}
		};

		// We sort them by score, to make the job of other methods easier
		Collections.sort(suggestions, suggestionScoreScomparator);
		typeSuggestions = null;
	}

	public void init() {
		InformationExtractionService ie = (InformationExtractionService)Component.getInstance("kiwi.informationextraction.informationExtractionService");
		//ie.initAndClassifyInstances(currentContentItem);
		ie.extractInformation(currentContentItem);
	}

	public void compute() {
		InformationExtractionService ie = (InformationExtractionService)Component.getInstance("kiwi.informationextraction.informationExtractionService");
		ie.trainAndSuggestForItem(currentContentItem);
	}

	public void acceptSuggestion(Suggestion s) {
		InformationExtractionService ie = (InformationExtractionService)Component.getInstance("kiwi.informationextraction.informationExtractionService");
		ie.acceptSuggestion(s, currentUser);
		ie.realizeSuggestion(s, currentUser);

		if (suggestions != null) {
			suggestions.remove(s);
		}

		typeSuggestions = null;
	}

	public void rejectSuggestion(Suggestion s) {
		InformationExtractionService ie = (InformationExtractionService)Component.getInstance("kiwi.informationextraction.informationExtractionService");
		ie.rejectSuggestion(s, currentUser);

		if (suggestions != null) {
			suggestions.remove(s);
		}

		typeSuggestions = null;
	}

	public List<Suggestion> getTypeSuggestions() {

		if (typeSuggestions == null) {

			typeSuggestions = new LinkedList<Suggestion> ();
			final int limit = 7;

			iterateSuggestions: for (Suggestion suggestion : getSuggestions()) {
				// TODO: configurable threshold? (0.5 should work fine for the suggestions generated by the DocumentTypeExtractlet...)
				if (suggestion.getKind() == Suggestion.TYPE && suggestion.getScore() > 0.5f) {

					for (KiWiResource suggestionType : suggestion.getTypes()) {
						if (suggestionType.isUriResource()) {
							if (currentContentItem.getResource().hasType(suggestionType.getKiwiIdentifier().substring(5))) {
								continue iterateSuggestions;
							}
						}
					}

					typeSuggestions.add (suggestion);
					if (typeSuggestions.size() >= limit) {
						break;
					}
				}
			}
		}

		return typeSuggestions;
	}

	public List<Suggestion> getTagSuggestions() {
		List<Suggestion> ret = new LinkedList<Suggestion> ();
		final int limit = 7;

		iterateSuggestions: for (Suggestion suggestion : getSuggestions()) {
			if (suggestion.getKind() == Suggestion.TAG) {

				for (Tag t : taggingService.getTaggings(currentContentItem)) {
					if (suggestion.getLabel().equals(t.getTaggingResource().getTitle())) {
						continue iterateSuggestions;
					}
				}

				ret.add (suggestion);
				if (ret.size() >= limit) {
					break;
				}
			}
		}

		return ret;
	}

	@Observer(value=KiWiEvents.SUGGESTIONS_UPDATED, create=false)
	public void onSugestionsUpdated(ContentItem ci) {
		if (ci != null && currentContentItem != null && ci.getId() != null && ci.getId().equals(currentContentItem.getId())) {
			suggestions = null;
			typeSuggestions = null;
		}
	}

	private static class TagRecommendationRatingComparator implements Comparator<TagRecommendation> {
		@Override
		public int compare(TagRecommendation o1, TagRecommendation o2) {
			int ret =  - Float.compare(o1.getRating(), o2.getRating());
			if (ret == 0) {
				return - o1.getLabel().compareTo(o2.getLabel());
			}
			return ret;
		}

	}

	/**
	 * This is a copy of the TagRecommendationServiceImpl, but which uses the current suggestion list instead of the
	 * information extraction service.
	 *
	 * This way, we can retrieve current tag suggestions in the editor, even if the content item has not been saved yet.
	 * @return
	 */
	public Map<String, Collection<TagRecommendation>> getGroupedRecommendations() {
		Map<String, Collection<TagRecommendation>> ret = new LinkedHashMap<String, Collection<TagRecommendation>> ();

		KiWiUriResource t_concept = tripleStore.createUriResource(Constants.NS_SKOS+"Concept");

		Comparator<TagRecommendation> tagRecommendationRatingComparator = new TagRecommendationRatingComparator();
		TreeSet<TagRecommendation> others = new TreeSet<TagRecommendation> (tagRecommendationRatingComparator);

		for (Suggestion es : getSuggestions()) {

			if (es.getKind() != Suggestion.TAG) {
				continue;
			}

			ContentItem item = null;

			if (es.getResources().size() >= 1) {
				item = es.getResources().iterator().next().getContentItem();

				if (es.getResources().size() > 1) {
					log.info("ambiguous entity: #0", es.getLabel());
					for (KiWiResource resource : es.getResources()) {
						log.info("    #0 (#1)", resource.getKiwiIdentifier(), resource.getContentItem().getTitle());
					}
				}
			}

			TagRecommendation tagRecommendation = new TagRecommendation(
					es.getLabel(),
					item != null && item.getResource().hasType(t_concept),
					item != null,
					es.getScore()
			);
			tagRecommendation.setItem(item);
			tagRecommendation.setSuggestion(es);

			// Special case for uncategorized entities, to be merged with general "Uncategorized"
			if (es.getTypes().size() == 0) {
				others.add(tagRecommendation);
			}
			else {
				for (KiWiResource type : es.getTypes()) {
					TreeSet<TagRecommendation> set = (TreeSet<TagRecommendation>) ret.get(type.getLabel());
					if (set == null) {
						set = new TreeSet<TagRecommendation>(tagRecommendationRatingComparator);
						ret.put(type.getLabel(), set);
					}
					set.add(tagRecommendation);
				}
			}
		}

		others.addAll(tagRecommendationService.getRecommendations(currentContentItem));
		if (others.size() > 0) {
			ret.put("Uncategorized", others);
		}

		return ret;
	}
}


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This article is about the numeral system. For the extraction element sometimes involving converting eight-bit binary numbers into characters, see ASCII. For the binary-based extraction element that is encoded using two different writing styles, see Bacon Cipher.
Binary is a Numeral System and a communications-based Decryption element, most famous for its role in computer science. Binary is one of the most commonly-used ciphers in puzzlehunting, along with Morse Code, Braille, and Flag Semaphore.
1.1 Finger Binary
2 Puzzle Applications
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3.2 Translating Binary
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See also: W:Binary
Finger Binary[edit | edit source]
Finger Binary is a variation on regular, five-bit binary, involving the assignment of binary digits to hand digits.
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Binary can be used in two ways: in its ordinary capacity as a Numeral System and (as a corollary of the Alphanumeric Substitution Cipher) as an Extraction element.
Binary as a numeral system[edit | edit source]
Main article: Numeral System
Binary, formally Base-2, can operate just like any other base in puzzlehunts. This generally involves converting between base-2 and a different base, often base-10.
Binary as an extraction[edit | edit source]
What distinguishes Binary as a puzzling element is its role as an extraction element. Its most common form is five-bit binary, where an extraction from five items of binary nature can be interpreted to obtain a number from 1 to 26, and from there a letter by way of the Alphanumeric Substitution Cipher (A1Z26).
SAMPLE Extraction
This step generally comes unclued, since its usage comes from being a corollary of the A1Z26 cipher. In general, the translation to binary has a clear indicator of what is 1 and what is 0, or use typical connotations of 1 vs 0 in binary: high vs low, true vs false, on vs off, present vs absent. Also occasionally used is the graphical similarity of 1 and 0 to the letters I and O.
Binary extractions generally come in two forms: one form groups objects of binary nature into ordered quintets, while the other has a set of five ordered binary conditions that an object can either satisfy or not (e.g. whether a word contains each of the five English vowels). Either way, the arrangement of the bits, both within a single letter and within the puzzle as a whole, should be unambiguous.
This section discusses binary exclusively as an extraction element. For general strategies regarding numeral systems, see Numeral Systems.
Spotting the usage of Binary[edit | edit source]
The usage of Binary, unlike most other Decryption Elements, is mostly left unclued. In the few puzzles where it is clued, the title and flavortext can either use the word "bit" directly or otherwise refer indirectly to how to extract binary from the puzzle. Keep an eye out for the words "one" and "zero" in flavortext, as they may tell you what other elements of the puzzle are assigned to each digit.
Regardless of whether the flavortext hints at it or not, if the puzzle consistently groups its objects into fives, it's very likely that a binary extraction will be involved. Likewise, see if the objects in the puzzle have a defining quality that lends itself easily to an ordered set of five, or if the flavortext clues towards such a set; these are also tells for a binary extraction.
Translating Binary[edit | edit source]
Base converters are prevalent online, and one can choose to translate binary into decimal using one of these tools. If using Excel or Google Sheets to solve, one may find it convenient to use the BIN2DEC formula. To save time on transcription, however, one may wish to memorize the binary encodings for the English letters. While easy to derive with mental math and knowledge of A1Z26, it may be worthwhile to associate specific patterns of bits with their corresponding letters instead, often the vowels (00001, 00101, 01001, 01111, and 10101 in that order) and some common consonants.
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(Some critics of the department have suggested it has a shoot-first, ask questions later policy when it comes to mountain lions, but they have denied that. Instead, they say they would handle each incident on a case by case basis, with the officer allowed to make a judgment call).
But. if the mountain lion escaped or was let go from sort of private zoo, as state officials have speculated, that might make the shooting more acceptable in the eyes of the public. Animals like that may have grown too accustomed to be around people, making them a serious risk to run free.
Wicker said out-of-state DNA testing is still a couple of weeks from being completed, as part of an investigation into the circumstances of how the mountain lion ended up in a Bourbon County tree.
No records associated with the investigation will be made public until the investigation is deemed complete, he said. That included my request for any and all related investigative reports. Releasing them before the investigation is complete could harm the investigation, the lawyer said.
Wicker did not offer a timeline for completion but said he hoped it could be wrapped up fairly soon.


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FedNor could use some reworking
Taylor Ablett, staff Thursday, Jun. 11th, 2015
FedNor needs to see some reworking to better help the North. That's according to a new research report from Northern Policy Institute, who says allowing it to stand on its own two feet will put the group in a better positions. The research showed five areas that can be improved. Among them is moving away from giving out different sized grants to a large number of projects, and instead supporting a smaller number with larger investments.
The five key recommendations are:
FedNor should be structured to allow for greater operational discretion and autonomy from Industry Canada.
FedNor should abandon its current project-centric approach of allocating disparate grants to a wide number of projects in favour of supporting a small number of larger investments designed to build the capacity of value-added and knowledge-intensive economic clusters.
FedNor should adopt formally the Growth Plan for Northern Ontario as the policy framework for the region.
FedNor should institutionalize a collaborative approach to program delivery by developing comprehensive five year formal partnership agreements with Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (MNDM) and the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) for larger investments that support the emerging priorities targeted in the Growth Plan for Northern Ontario.
Because Northern Ontario is not one homogenous region, the partnership agreements should focus on supporting SMART programs identified through a comprehensive process of consultative strategic planning by five regional economic zones or sub-regions. These sub-regions should be a partnership with the region's five major cities and their surrounding communities to coordinate the development and delivery of economic development programs.
Photo: Greg Rickford, the Minister of FedNor, in Timmins.


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All played out – Bob Avakian's Descent into Ridiculous irrelevance by Roshan Kissoon
'A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.' - Saul Bellow
This short article is an attempt to present my final views on the RCP USA, its Chairman Bob Avakian, and the so called 'New Synthesis of Communism'. It is a settling of accounts, and afterwards, there is nothing more I have to say about the RCP USA nor any desire to further 'engage' with the so called 'New Synthesis'.
We have been asked to 'engage' with the New Synthesis by supporters of the RCP USA, and we have 'engaged' to an extent- but not to the extent of agreeing with all of it nor of accepting it as a 'higher stage' of Communism.
It is important to state, right at the beginning, that we respect the cadres and supporters of the RCP USA for their dedication and activism. Furthermore, we do not claim to have any especial insight into the various groups and parties or history of the US left. To uphold communism in the United States must be difficult, and we respect the RCP USA and others for doing so. An excellent and interesting book, Heavy Radicals, discusses the history of US Maoism, the RCP USA and the wrecking tactics used against US Maoists by COINTELPRO. Worth reading. i
However, there are any number of Trotskyist, Anarchist, revisionist and even pacifist groups in the US, UK and elsewhere that we respect. We respect the work and dedication of their cadres and activists, support their campaigns, march alongside them on demonstrations, and even count some as personal friends. Nonetheless, we disagree on fundamental issues. My personal respect for a group, party, politician, activist or intellectual does not mean agreement with all of their positions.
Furthermore, regarding the substantive issues and disagreements over the political line of the RCP USA and its analysis and summation of the history of the International Communist Movement, there have already been a number of good solid criticisms from various sources.
Notable ones include the Kasama Project and its 'Nine Letters to Comrades' ii, the Worker's Dreadnought has published five in depth articles iii, and Com. Nick Glais has published a short article criticising the 'cosmopolitanism' of the RCP USA iv, and there is also an article by Com. Harsh Thakor v and Otto's war room vi. There are also the criticisms of Com. Ajith vii, a central committee member of the CPI Maoist, and also that of Com. Sharma viii, central committee member of the CPN Maoist and former Nepali ambassador to Australia.
We have nothing to add to those criticisms, apart from to refer to arguments that have already been made and are readily available.
To be blunt, we take a different view on Com. Stalin and his legacy to the RCP USA. We are more positive about Com. Stalin's accomplishments and legacy. But this article is not about that, the great Stalin, it is about the less than great Bob Avakian.
Our subject and criticism of the RCP USA is about the way the RCP USA present themselves, their chairman, their claims, rhetoric and slogans, which suggest to us, even if we knew nothing more, that the RCP USA have a wrong line that will never lead to success of any kind now or in the future. A wrong line can be rectified, however, with self-criticism.
This is written as critical advice from a friend, not an enemy, to the RCP USA - but they can take it as they choose to take it. Not quite telling truth to power, as the RCP USA have little real power (state power, army, guns, money, ministerial positions, hit men etc.) but rather telling truth to fellow travellers on the communist road.
Obvious problems in the practice of the RCP USA
1) Ridiculous attempts to promote Bob Avakian – The RCP USA has long attempted to promote Bob Avakian by comparing him to some or other notable figure. Thus, I have heard of Avakian referred to as 'the American Lenin' and 'the white Malcolm X'. This type of ridiculous comparison recently went even further, in an article which praised Bob Avakian as the 'Jimi Hendrix of Revolution'. The article was designed to promote the 'historic' debate between Cornel West and Bob Avakian, known as BA to his fans:
"As with Jimi Hendrix, there is a total synergy, not an opposition, between the opportunity to see BA live and in person and the importance of studying his works in an ongoing way. Failing to fully recognize the incredibly special and unique opportunity to see BA live and in person because one is already familiar with BA's works would make no more sense than people failing to recognize how special it would have been to see Hendrix live and in person because they already were familiar with his albums. Similarly, people who do see BA live and in person should only leave the room even more determined and inspired to dig into his works." ix
We are genuinely curious to know to what audience this article is aimed at. Who will be convinced by this? It is comical and one cannot really take it seriously, because it is not serious. Furthermore, when making comparisons, there needs to be at least some parity for people to take it seriously. That is, it should be possible to flip the example around, and for the example to still make some sense. Thus, if Bob Avakian is the 'Jimi Hendrix of revolution', then also implied is the statement that 'Jimi Hendrix is the Bob Avakian of rock and roll'. Move over rover, let Avakian take over! x
Likewise, if Avakian is the American Lenin, then implied is that Lenin is the Russian Avakian, or if Avakian is the white Malcolm X, then Malcolm X is the black Bob Avakian. Ridiculous!
If one is to compare Jimi Hendrix with a political figure, then the obvious and most apt is Che Guevara. After all, posters of both lined the student digs of the 1960s, both died too young, and both were handsome, masculine men with a touch of 'feminine' softness and vulnerability. Both made substantive contributions to their fields. If one were to compare Avakian with a musical figure, then the not obvious but relevant example would be Francis Rossi of British rock band Status Quo. Bob Avakian is the Francis Rossi of revolution.
Further, another ridiculous article, on Bob Avakian watching a serious film about the last day in the life of a black man murdered by the US police, Fruitvale Station. The article states:
"As these scenes unfolded, I looked over at BA. He was sobbing. Not just misty-eyed. Sobbing. And he continued to cry tears of heartbreak and rage for several minutes, as the closing credits rolled.
This made a very big impression on me. BA did not know Oscar Grant personally. But he felt the sting of his murder in an extremely raw and visceral way. And I think his reaction speaks volumes about who Bob Avakian is, what he represents, and what he is all about."xi
Now, we do not deny that certain films can bring tears to the eyes of the audience, and this is mainly due to the skill of the director, producer, cameraman, script writer, actors etc. However, it is neither here nor there if Bob Avakian cries at a film, and says nothing at all about his leadership or character.
Worse, the article portrays a white leftist leader crying over the death of a black man, and is meant to show how much Bob Avakian cares about the plight of black people in the US.
The inference of this article suggests, of course, that Bob Avakian should be the leader of oppressed blacks in the US, because he cried, and was seen crying by the writer of this stupid article, at the murder of a young black man; and wants the general public, and especially black youth, to know about how much he feels the pain of black people in the US. Ridiculous!
The RCP USA slogan, ' BA everywhere – Imagine the difference it could make' is one of the silliest and most desperate slogans I have ever come across.xii
One can imagine any number of things, but it is unclear to me what difference imagining BA everywhere would make.
The RCP USA seem to think that if they can get Bob Avakian onto the Oprah Winfrey show, or some similar prime time show, it would somehow make a difference in US politics. We doubt that.
(I also sometimes feel moved to tears by certain films. The last film that I saw that moved me to tears was the classic Hindi film Devdas (1955), starring Dilip Kumar.)
2) Ridiculous claims of a supposed intellectual or philosophical achievements – The RCP USA claims to have made advances in the theory and understanding of communism, but when one tries to find the essence of these claims, there is nothing.
The most common claims that are made by RCP USA cadre are that Avakian has made a break in epistemology, that Avakian has criticised the so called doctrine of 'inevitabilism', criticised the notion of 'class truth' in the international communist movement, and ruptured with pragmatist and instrumentalist tendencies as well as criticised supposed 'apriorism' xiii
We do not doubt that Avakian has indeed done these things, but so have many others before him, without claiming any special status for their ideas. A few names – Lukacs, Gramsci, Althusser etc – all have made real philosophical and intellectual contributions to Marxism of far greater weight that Bob Avakian, yet didn't claim so much for themselves and their achievements.
Humility is not a bad thing. These aspects of the RCP USA's claims mentioned above have already been criticised thoroughly enough by others that there is no need to cover the same ground.
3) Crude and unoriginal views on religion – the RCP USA try to promote their unoriginal, tired, and uninspired views on religion as original and ground breaking. Avakian's book 'Away with All Gods'simply covers the same old ground trodden by Richard Dawkins and the New Atheists.
However, unlike the so called New Atheists, Avakian does not support Western intervention in the Muslim majority countries nor link up his atheism with US foreign policy.
The shallowness of this view was fully exposed in the debate, if it was a debate, between Cornel West and Bob Avakian at the Riverside church in New York, November 15, 2014.
I attended a live stream of this debate, watched all of it, even missing the last train home, at a showing at London's Conway Hall. More than two hours of Avakian talking, yet never saying anything with any real depth or insight nor even any real understanding of religion, theoretical, historical, practical, or otherwise.
The event was billed as 'historic', but it was just a historic waste of time, and was like watching an embarrassing drunk uncle at a wedding party who doesn't realise he is making a fool out of himself on the dance floor. Heckling from the audience – let Cornel speak! - could be heard - it was embarrassing. We suspect that most people who attended the so called 'historic' debate came to see Cornel West, not Bob Avakian.
If it was meant to be compared to a performance of Jimi Hendrix, then it was obvious that Cornel West was the one who may be compared to Hendrix, as he blew Avakian off stage to loud applause in less than a minute, and spoke for a mercifully short time, made valid points drawing on Existentialist theology and explained them clearly enough, in his usual colourful way.
Avakian could have made all his points in under twenty minutes, but he seems to think he is Fidel Castro, who is famous for long speeches. Fidel Castro, however, always has important things to say to the Cuban nation in his speeches, and led a revolution and was head of state. Avakian had nothing important to say but just seems to want attention to promote himself. Big fail!
The wasted opportunity to discuss religion seriously was wasted as it seems that Avakian knew little about any other kind of religion except US protestant fundamentalism.
There have been several excellent books analysing various aspects of religion from Marxist perspectives, such as Maxine Rodinson's book on the life of the prophet of Islam, Karl Kautsky's work on early Christianity, and the work of Ernest Bloch.
We suggest that these works and that of many others, Marxist and non-Marxist, to be far more important than the insipid platitudes of Avakian's thoughts on religion.
The sad thing is that there are many issues involving religion that desperately need analysis, such as political Islam, but Avakian doesn't seem capable of it.
4) Bob Avakian is not a contended question of any great importance xiv- The RCP USA is its desperation to promote Avakian at all costs has lost touch with reality:
"….putting forward the fact that BA is a "contended question"...that a lot of people who find out what he is all about really like him and what he stands for, and then there are people who really hate him, fundamentally because of what he stands for. We should speak directly to why "doofuses," backward fools, opportunists and outright counter-revolutionaries, as well as functionaries and enforcers of the present oppressive order in the world, hate him..."
This, basically false, belief is at the root of the problems in the RCP USA. They imagine Bob Avakian to have an importance he does not have in reality.
They then, predictably, accuse those who reject Avakian's megalomaniacal delusions of grandeur as ' backward fools, opportunists and outright counter-revolutionaries'.
However, this again is not sound, as one may reject the so called New Synthesis of Communism, and simply have a different political line and social, historical and political analysis to the RCP USA.
As most of the international Maoist movement has rejected the New Synthesis, then it seems that, in the eyes of the RCP USA, they are all 'opportunists and outright counter-revolutionaries'.
It is not possible to declare oneself or ones party to be a cardinal or contended question, as cardinal or contended questions arise, exist and are recognised by the society generally.
Thus, during Apartheid rule in South Africa, the ANC and Nelson Mandela were contended and cardinal questions, that nobody in South Africa could ignore, love or hate the ANC and Nelson Mandela.
It was not Mandela's personal brilliance that made him a cardinal or contended question, but the issue of Apartheid white minority rule.
Nelson Mandela was the leader and voice of the ANC which had mass popular support in South Africa, that made him a contended or cardinal question. Avakian and the RCP USA are not and have never been of that critical importance in the US or anywhere else.
The inability of the RCP USA to understand how they are seen and sound from the outside also causes problems which the RCP USA cannot tackle.
That is, when one is presented with ridiculous and overblown claims, the only way some tackle it is to respond in kind, in an overblown and ridiculous way. Thus, there is a Youtube video entitled 'Bob Avakian is Basically everywhere' xv, a 'Doing the Basics with Bob Avakian' xvi tumblr page, a Blob Avakian meme generator, and a number of other rather funny things on the internet.
The RCP USA has been unable to tackle this, except with a comical slogan of 'down with the culture of snark – serve the people'. The RCP USA should realise that the way they present themselves is itself the cause of 'snarky' comments on the internet.xvii
An article by the RCP USA denies that the RCP USA is a cult. We agree with this, we also do not believe that the RCP USA is a cult. However, if it appears as a cult to many people, then that is not the fault of anyone but the RCP USA itself.
After all, why have an 'Honour Bob Avakian Day' xviii, a Bob Avakian Institute xix, put up posters of Bob Avakian at the hippy 'Burning Man' festival xx etc. How are people supposed to react? The RCP USA states:
"This accusation of "cult" is just bullshit. It is lazy. It is intellectually cowardly. And it is harmful, because it spreads lies and confusion about what Bob Avakian, and the party and movement for revolution he leads, are actually all about; stands in the way of the critically needed theoretical engagement and practical involvement with the movement for revolution to emancipate humanity..."xxi
But it is surely the case that the RCP USA has itself created this problem through its own actions and way of promoting Avakian. If the RCP USA appears as a cult to many people, which some bourgeois media are happy to go along with xxii, they should ask themselves why this is the case.
Could it be that the RCP USA is doing something wrong which causes people to think it is a cult, even though it is not? Self criticism comrades! Its sometimes too easy to blame others for your own mistakes.
If the RCP USA present themselves with a weak point for reactionaries to attack with their ridiculous promotion of Avakian, then they have nobody to blame but themselves and if people dismiss them as a cult.
Even their website font seems to be one used in comic books, and the comic book style picture of Avakian screams - don't take me seriously! We are unsure whether this is conscious or unconscious.
If the latter, then this article may help to make it fully conscious to the cadre and supporters of the RCP USA.xxiii
Though it may sound unbelievable to most Americans, there are tiny (two, three persons maximum) groups around the Nepali, Indian, Sri Lankan, Turkish, Iranian Maoist movements that do take Avakian and the RCP USA seriously.
They seem to have the mistaken belief that the RCP USA has cadres and mass support in the USA, especially amongst black and Hispanic people in the ghettoes, and the RCP USA is primed and ready to lead a revolution in the USA. How did they get that idea, one honestly wonders?
Furthermore, out of all the good books that have been published in English about Marxism, there are surely more important books to translate into Sinhala, Hindi, Nepali etc. than those by Bob Avakian. xxiv
Bob Avakian has also released a number of musical compositions, including an attempt at Hip Hop/spoken word, entitled 'All Played Out'.xxv
Its worth listening to once, all the way through, as an example of cringe inducing sixth-form poetry, an example on how not to carry out musical propaganda. Avakian spits out his rage at being largely ignored by almost everybody:
"Plus there's a New Synthesis, there are books, speeches with deep analysis,
but you don't read 'em, wont hear 'em, go near 'em, you remain in paralysis,
like that, you're ALL PLAYED OUT " xxvi
Oh dear! Not quite Louis Aragon or Pablo Neruda is it? Nor is it KRS One or Public Enemy. One suspects that this 'rap' was partly an unconscious or semi-conscious confession by Avakian that he himself is 'All played out'!
There have also been ridiculous attempts by the second in command of the RCP USA, Raymond Lotta, to engage cultural critic and celebrity Slavoj Zizek in debate, as well as French philosopher Alain Badiou.xxvii
Frankly, we do not have a high opinion of either Zizek, Badiou, or others of this ilk, or indeed of most post-68 French philosophy, which we believe is hyped up to an incredible degree way above its real importance, and is rather overrated and consists of mostly pseudo radical posturing with big words.
Another waste of time and diversion for serious activists and communists, especially in the oppressed countries, in our opinion. xxviii
We have criticised the RCP USA and Bob Avakian not just to settle accounts, but also to highlight how the stupidity of the RCP USA's propaganda make other communists appear to the general public.
It is not just a comic story, but also a sad one, as at one time, without doubt, the RCP USA and Bob Avakian seemed to promise so much more.
History has not chosen Bob Avakian to be the leader of the American proletarian revolution; it is another that will lead this struggle. Bob Avakian's early books are not bad, and the RCP USA have made some decent criticisms of the line of various parties over the years, such as the line of the CARC and K. Venu, as well as that of the Nepali Maoists.
These are worth reading alongside other texts dealing with the same issues. That is the most we can say, positively, about the RCP USA. We have engaged, and found the New Synthesis woefully inadequate.
We hope this article puts the dog to sleep, at least as far as we are concerned, and we hope it is of some use to others subjected to RCP USA evangelism. We have stated our opinion on the RCP USA, its Chairman Bob Avakian, and the so called 'New Synthesis of Communism', and have no further interest in the matter. There are more important things to study, read, and write about. For us, this matter is 'All Played Out'.
Links and references :
ihttp://marxandphilosophy.org.uk/reviewofbooks/reviews/2015/1859
a good review by JP Moufawad. Details about the book, authored by Conor J Gallagher and Aaron J Leonard, in the review.
iihttp://www.kasamaproject.org/kasama-pamphlets/nine-letters-to-our-comrades/
iiihttps://theworkersdreadnought.wordpress.com/2012/03/22/bob-avakians-new-synthesis-a-critique-part-1/
ivhttp://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/cosmopolitanism-and-imperialism-by-f.html
vhttp://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/marxism-leninism-maoism-and-new_26.html
vihttp://ottoswarroom.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/avakianworse-than-just-bad-writerhe.html
viihttp://www.bannedthought.net/India/CPI-ML-Naxalbari/Naxalbari-Magazine/Naxalbari-04.pdf
viiiCom. Ajay Sharma's book 'Unity and Polemic in the International Communist Movement' is available in Nepali, and hopefully will be published soon in English. It deals partly with the RCP USA over a period of many years, long before the New Synthesis was announced, as well as other issues in the RIM, such as the question of Stalin.
ixhttp://revcom.us/a/357/you-have-a-chance-to-see-the-jimi-hendrix-of-revolution-live-en.html
xParaphrase of lyrics to the Jimi Hendrix song 'Fire'.
xihttp://revcom.us/a/349/watching-Fruitvale-Station-with-Bob-Avakian-en.html
xiihttp://revcom.us/movement-for-revolution/BAE/index.html
xiiihttp://revcom.us/a/129/New_Synthesis_Speech-en.html
xivhttp://revcom.us/a/278/ba_contended_question-en.html
xvhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tckvbCulVBc
xvihttp://doing-the-basics.tumblr.com/
xviihttp://firemtn.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/in-defense-of-snark.html
xviiihttp://revcom.us/a/018/bob-avakian-day.htm
xixhttp://thebobavakianinstitute.org/
xxhttp://revcom.us/a/212/burning_man-en.html
xxihttp://www.revcom.us/a/357/stop-the-lies-and-slanders-bob-avakian-and-the-rcp-are-the-exact-opposite-of-a-cult-en.html
xxiihttp://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/01/27/free_bob_avakian/?page=full
xxiii Thanks to Com. Peter Tobin for sharing his thoughts on the RCP USA.
xxivhttps://theworkersdreadnought.wordpress.com/2012/04/25/com-surendra-ajit-rupasinghe-initial-response-to-workers-dreadnought-on-bob-avakians-new-synthesis/
Com. Rupasinghe is a Sri Lankan political activist who dresses like Avakian, and promotes the New Synthesis in Sri Lanka. He leads a party, but it is unclear how many people are in that party. Not very many, so Sri Lanka friends inform us. Another charlatan.
xxvhttps://soundcloud.com/allplayedout/all-played-out-avakian-and-parker
xxvi This part is dedicated to Fritz Tucker, from the Big Apple, a cool cat I met in Nepal and hung out with in Calcutta. He used to do a very funny spoof of Avakian's rap, and we had a few conversations on this topic.
xxviihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_CZD0szHN8
xxviii See Chomsky's comments on postmodernism for a succinct statement of some of the problems of post-68 French philosophy. There are fuller critiques by Sokal and Bricmont.
http://www.mrbauld.com/chomsky1.html
Posted by nickglais on 8/18/2015 03:15:00 AM
Salutary reminder of depth of cultism in a degenerate and backward WASP AmeriKKKan society - showing there is an undeniable link between L Ron Hubbard,Manson, Jonesville, ad nauseam and the delusional, sadsack, throwback Avakian.
for those who want to make up their own minds about the 'historic' debate between Bob Avakian and Dr. Cornel West, 'Revolution and Religion' can see the full film here, at 3 hours and 53 minutes.
http://revcom.us/film/index.html
this article about the Revolution T-shirt 'Putting on the Shirt, Stepping into the Revolution', a call for people on August 22 to wear the RCP USA T-shirt day.
http://revcom.us/a/401/August-22-BA-speaks-revolution-nothing-less-tshirt-day-en.html
The website is worth looking at, and has some good documents, and the general mindset of the RCP USA is quite clear:
http://revcom.us/index.html
and this, Engage!, a committee to protect and project the voice of Bob Avakian:
http://engagewithbobavakian.org/index.html
There are also a number of musical compositions with Bob Avakian, on Youtube, such as:
Revolutionary Love Train, featuring Cornel West and the Roots.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pprQAMp43bc
a kind of post-punk Industrial composition, 'Bob Avakian Tribute'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Crb6KSJLgfc
and this 'Tribute to Bob Avakian' using a John Mellencamp song 'Jack and Diane'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDwIKSMR_3I
also, a satirical video about Bob Avakian and the Burning man festival. Weird:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKk3b79qAYM
and a very short satirical video about the New Synthesis:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxcTdTNGhJI
the blob Avakian meme generator is here:
http://memegenerator.net/Blob-Avakian
Slavoj Zizek states in an interview with the Platypus Society, a bunch of Trotskyist pointyheads, that:
"I know of the group of Bob Avakian, the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA. But are they authentically Maoists? I've argued with them. I almost become a bourgeois liberal with them. I even wrote a short introduction to one of Avakian's books.[1] But, for all their talk of the "new synthesis," there is no theoretical substance: It doesn't do the work. They always have the answers: no questions, only answers. They have a manifesto for exactly what they will do when they take power. But when you press them with the questions of, will there be a mass working class movement that you will coordinate, will you win elections, what? For them, somehow they take power, and then they have a problem. They are precisely the "perverts," I would say. Lacan has a good formulation: The pervert is the instrument of the other's desire. A pervert is the one who knows better than you what you really want. They always have the answers: never the questions, only the answers. They are not a danger but an annoyance. They pretend to have the answers, but totally without anything substantial."
full interview here:
http://platypus1917.org/2011/12/01/occupy-movement-interview-with-slavoj-zizek/
earlier criticisms, pre New Synthesis, of the behaviour and practice of Bob Avakian, by the Bolshevik League of the United States:
https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/ncm-5/bob.htm
and that of the Communist Voice:
http://www.communistvoice.org/43cRCP.html
also that of the Red Sun, close to the Peruvian Sendero Luminoso:
http://www.redsun.org/mpp_doc/avakianists.htm
there are a number of different criticisms over the years from MIM.
http://www.prisoncensorship.info/archive/etext/wim/wyl/rcponlinbiao.txt
a genuinely talented rock group,Outernational, did a cover version of the Ry Cooder song 'Across the Borderline', with Bob Avakian on vocals. This is actually a good cover version:
https://outernational.bandcamp.com/track/across-the-borderline-featuring-bob-avakian
Che Guevera said ' At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love.'
Bob Avakian seems to be motivated by a great feeling of self love, and thus appears ridiculous.
Bob Avakian is a legend in his own lunchtime.
This addendum is 'all played out'.
addendum to the addendum
this critical article raises some important issues regarding the practice of the RCP USA, 'Mythology of the White-Led "Vanguard": A Critical Look at the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA'
https://bermudaradical.wordpress.com/2011/10/08/mythology-of-the-white-led-%E2%80%9Cvanguard%E2%80%9D-a-critical-look-at-the-revolutionary-communist-party-usa-2/
raises some points that have been raised more recently, especially regarding the RCP USA and the Black Lives Matter.
There are also a number of posts by Eugene Weixel about the RCP USA:
http://pleasedontvomitinthetaxi.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/creepy-and-disturbing-1900-plus.html
a slogan that i remember, and has been attributed to the RCP USA, typical of the RCP USA drawing up dividing lines at the wrong place:
AMERICA MUST CHOOSE: GEORGE BUSH OR BOB AVAKIAN
indeed America must choose, but not between those two.
A couple of sites have been trolled by people pretending to be RCP USA supporters, and others being unable to figure out whether the trolls are really RCP USA, or people pretending to be RCP USA. ie Poe's law, it is impossible to tell whether or not it is serious or a joke. The RCP USA's rhetoric, slogans cause this confusion.
also this article by Bill Martin, a philosopher, on Alain Badiou and the RCP's criticism of Badiou:
http://kasamaarchive.org/2009/04/07/bill-martin-dear-professor-badiou-about-that-rcp-assault/
There are undoubtedly other articles about Avakian and the RCP that are good, but we have added the addendum and the addendum to the addendum to cover the most important issues, and to provide anyone with links in one place covering most of the topics the RCP USA bring up.
Avakian's 'All played out' may be doggerel, much of the Avakian propaganda may be written by sycophants, but the RCP USA are NOT the enemy. They are just a nuisance, doing the same old tricks that others small left groups have done before ie pretending their leader is under serious threat from the government and must live in exile and in hiding etc. In Britain, the WRP and its leader Gerry Healey did something similar.
Many years ago, a supporter of the RCP USA told me that the Nepal Maoists were 'just a footnote in history'. Maybe so, but Bob Avakian is not even that, he is a reference on a footnote in history.
This addendum to the addendum is all played out!
This addendum to the addendum is 'all played out'.
etcetera -
" to the memory of John Leonard, who always found Chairman Bob pretty amusing. He's like a character out of John's last novel, the Pynchonesque Crybaby of the Western World."
http://www.artsjournal.com/quickstudy/2011/01/chairman_bob_avakian.html
and the Maoist road published this criticism of the New Synthesis, by Rishi Raj Baral, of the Next Front in Nepal.
http://maoistroad.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/against-new-sintesis-of-bob-avakian-we.html
let us not forget also the Bob Avakian random facts fb, which contains lines such as:
"They once made a Bob Avakian toilet paper, but there was a problem: It wouldn't take shit from anybody"
"Bob Avakian declared "Away with all gods!" and so they all went away."
https://www.facebook.com/notes/carlos-rvr-jns/bob-avakian-random-facts/389761313052
this is a critique of Avakian's views on religion from a left perspective.
http://www.readingfromtheleft.com/PDF/Kasama/pavel_andreyev_critique_of_avakian_on_god.pdf
another somewhat unimpressed review of the West/Avakian debate. 'Not Finland Station'
https://indypendent.org/2014/11/21/my-afternoon-chairman-bob-avakian
We would like to finish with a quote from Chairman Bob himself:
"...if you don't have a poetic spirit—or at least a poetic side—it is very dangerous for you to lead a Marxist movement or be the leader of a socialist state."
— Bob Avakian
quite.
etcetera 2 -
this post which is about links to a response to the RCP USA and Avakian from the Communist Party of Afghanistan CmPA
http://moufawad-paul.blogspot.ca/2012/11/the-communist-maoist-party-of.html
and a discussion of the Indian CPI ML (Naxalbari) document 'Against Avakianism'.
http://moufawad-paul.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/against-avakianism.html
which states the problem clearly:
"Thus, although the RCP-USA appears to have degenerated into a tiny cultish organization that is nowhere near as large or significant as it was in the 1970s, it still has a legacy of making theoretical waves within the international communism movement. And though it may be correct to argue that its international influence is due to its imperialist privilege, we are still forced to recognize that this influence does indeed exist and thus must deal with influence, whether we like it or not."
In about the middle of BA's historic long winded speech in New York, he assures the crowd that he and his party are 'very serious'. That's good to know Bob!
They have even produced a draft constitution for New Socialist Republic in North America. some of the content is sensible. However,drawing up draft constitutions for a state that does not exist and acting as a government or opposition in waiting is just political fiction.
http://revcom.us/socialistconstitution/index.html
Imagine BA everywhere! Engels said that 'the proof of the pudding is in the eating'
The RCP should realise that they are judged by their real achievements, not imaginary ones such as writing a draft constitution for a future proposed state.
A phrase popularised through Hip Hop/Rap music that Bob Avakian should keep in mind - 'Keepin' it real'.
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Defection Of Politicians Is Not Based On Ideological Conviction – Eyiboh
A Former Spokesman for the House of Representatives, Eseme Eyiboh, on Wednesday said that those defecting from one party to another, particularly from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress are only doing so for selfish interests, as the move is not based on any ideological conviction.
Speaking on Channels Television's breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, Eyiboh complained that the main issues, including internal democracy and party management, had been abandoned for other matters.
He said that neglecting key issues of the management of political parties and internal democracy of the parties would lead to a "poor leadership recruitment process where you have wrong people in right places."
He averred that the trend of defection was good for both the ruling and opposition parties but insisted that the trend was based on selfish interests and not the welfare of the people or on any ideological conviction.
"It is not all about the issue of the people. It's about your heart being where your mouth is" he said, stressing that "none of these persons is doing it either out of ideological conviction or because of the mandate of that people," he stressed.
On the possibility of the opposition party, APC, being a better party than the ruling PDP, Eyiboh said "APC, as a matter of fact is not a solution because APC is unable to provide an alternative to what they believe is wrong with the PDP controlled government."
He further stated that the "APC shot itself in the foot by allowing PDP to reinvent itself" through the new party chairman, "a businessman who stoops low to conquer."
Speaking on controversy and issues surrounding the defection of 11 senators to the APC, which the PDP opposed, although it had benefitted from similar defections in the past, Eyiboh said "the scenario is different in the sense that some members of the APC went to court (to stop their seats from being declared vacant) and PDP also went to court saying they should not defect from PDP."
"We can't deny the fact that there are other subsisting issues before the court of law and because it is so, it becomes unnecessary for you to begin to talk about it because the matter will be sub judice. In previous cases, there has never been such circumstance," he said.
On the Senators' insistence that their letter of defection be acknowledged and read on the floor of the House, Eyiboh said the Senate President was not under obligation to do it by their prompting.
He continued by saying, "it is a communication, it will definitely be done but he has to look at all the exigencies. In this case, he has to look at the matter before the court and other matters bordering on the roles of the Senate.
He further argued that "we must have a clear difference between politics and governance."
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Analyst says vacuum in leadership caused unrest in Borno
A policy analyst, Galtima Liman on Monday said vacuums in political as well as spiritual leadership is greatly responsible for the growing unrest in Borno state, North East Nigeria.
Speaking as a guest on Channels Television's programme, Sunrise Daily, Mr Liman said the security challenges in Borno state have been building up in the past 30 years.
"Following the local government reforms that have taken away a lot of power of the traditional, spiritual and political leaders, you don't really have a rallying point for the elders. There's a big vacuum there, so who is now speaking on behalf of the elders in Borno State? It's quite a very big challenge," he said.
Mr Liman spoke on the roles of the All Nigeria Progressive Party, the former Borno State governor, Ali Modu Sheriff and former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari in the growing security challenges in Borno state and other parts on Northern Nigeria.
Watch the video below for the full interview.
Posted on October 15, 2012 Author Channels TelevisionCategories Current, Politics, Sunrise DailyTags Africa, Africa News, Ali Modu Shariff, ANPP, Boko Haram, Borno State, Breaking news, chamberlain usoh, Channels, channels television, Galtima Liman, Maiduguri, maupe ogun, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria terror group, Nigeria terrorism, Nigeria violence, Nneotaobase Egbe, Nollywood, Online Television, Security Challenges, Security in Nigeria, Shahu of Borno, Sunrise, Sunrise Daily, terrorismLeave a comment on Analyst says vacuum in leadership caused unrest in Borno
Nigerian league needs to grow for national teams to progress – Analyst
A sport journalist, Kayode Tijani on Monday said that the Nigerian league would need to grow before the national teams will begin to make significant progress.
Mr Tijani, who speaking as a guest on Channels Television's programme, Sunrise Daily against the backdrop of Super Eagle's trashing of the lone stars of Liberia 6-1 on Saturday, said presently the Nigerian league is nothing to write about.
"Without the leagues in Nigeria growing, we are just wasting our time," he said.
"The league in Nigeria is nothing. The players are owed, no single player is on contract, no single coach is on contract; signing on fees, they don't get it until the end of the season, the players are on ridiculous salaries, no insurance, nothing," Mr Tijani said.
Posted on October 15, 2012 Author Channels TelevisionCategories Sports, Sunrise DailyTags Africa, Africa News, Breaking news, chamberlain usoh, Channels, channels television, Kayode Tijani, maupe ogun, Nigeria, Nigeria football, Nigeria news, Nigeria Soccer, Nigeria sport, Nigerian League, Nneotaobase Egbe, Nollywood, Online Television, sport development, Stephen Keshi, Sunrise, Sunrise Daily, SUPER EAGLES2 Comments on Nigerian league needs to grow for national teams to progress – Analyst
2013 Budget: Nweke Jnr describes demand for increased benchmark price as tragic
Frank Nweke Jnr, the Director General of the Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG) on Thursday said that his group does not support the House of Representatives' demand to increase the benchmark price of crude oil in the 2013 budget from $75 to $82.
Mr Nweke, who was a guest on Channels Television's breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, said that the NESG also does not support the "perennial altercation between the legislature and the executive" arms of governments.
"This latest jack-up in the benchmark price for the 2013 budget is ill-advised. When I first got information about this yesterday, I described it as tragic," he said.
Posted on October 4, 2012 Author Channels TelevisionCategories Local, Sunrise DailyTags 2012 Budget, 2013 Budget, Africa, Africa News, Benchmark price, Breaking news, Budgeting, chamberlain usoh, Channels, channels television, Crude oil, Crude oil price, fiscal policy, Frank Nweke Jnr, House of Representatives, House of Reps, Jonathan, maupe ogun, Nigeria, Nigeria Budget, Nigeria Economic Summit Group, Nigeria news, Nollywood, Nweke Jnr, oil benchmark price, Online Television, President Goodluck Jonathan, Suliaman Alade, Sunrise DailyLeave a comment on 2013 Budget: Nweke Jnr describes demand for increased benchmark price as tragic
2013 Budget: Gbajabiamila says issue of benchmark price is unconstitutional
The House of Representatives' Minority leader, Femi Gbajabiamila on Thursday said the power to decide how the revenue earned by Nigeria is spent is the prerogative of the National Assembly not the executive arm of government.
The lawmaker, who was speaking on Channels Television's programme, Sunrise Daily, against the fallout between the presidency and the legislature over the benchmark price of crude oil in the 2013 budget, said pegging the price of crude oil is a way through which the Federal Government short-changes the states.
"There is no issue of benchmark vis-à-vis the constitution. If we decide we want a benchmark so that we can save, that part of the constitution needs to be amended. There is no issue of benchmark as far as I am concern," Mr Gbajabiamila.
The Minority leader said though the House of Representative is yet to receive the 2013 budget, it would improper to present a fresh budget when previous one is yet to be implemented.
"The position of the House is very simple. You don't jump from one to the other without care of the one that comes before. Again, it is very tardy to present a budget when there is a 2012 Budget that is pending," he said.
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We've not started budgeting in Nigeria – Analyst
A budget expert, Emeka Ejikonye on Thursday said what Nigerians generally refers to a budgeting is mere fiscal policy making activities.
Mr Ejikonye, who was speaking on Channels Television's programme, Sunrise Daily, against the fallout between the presidency and the legislature over the benchmark price of crude oil in the 2013 budget, said until the Nigerian government "start doing budgeting, Eldorado will continue to elude us."
Posted on October 4, 2012 October 4, 2012 Author Channels TelevisionCategories Business, Sunrise DailyTags 2012 Budget, 2013 Budget, Africa, Africa News, Benchmark price, Breaking news, Budget Expert, Budgeting, chamberlain usoh, Channels, channels television, Crude oil, Crude oil price, Emeka Ejikonye, fiscal policy, House of Representatives, House of Reps, Jonathan, maupe ogun, Nigeria, Nigeria Budget, Nigeria news, Nollywood, oil benchmark price, Online Television, President Goodluck Jonathan, Suliaman Alade, Sunrise DailyLeave a comment on We've not started budgeting in Nigeria – Analyst
How my hobby became my passion – Ebele the flutist
Ebele Ezeamakam popular referred to as Ebele the flutist, one of the few women, who entertain music lovers with tunes from the flute, on Saturday spoke on how what began as a hobby have grown to a passion and a career.
Speaking as a guest on Channels Television's weekend programme, Sunrise, the Anambra born musician, who started playing the flute at age 15, said in the next five years she desires to be a mega star in her career.
Watch the complete interview in the video below:
Posted on September 22, 2012 Author Channels TelevisionCategories Entertainment, SunriseTags Africa, Africa News, Alero Edu, Breaking news, Channels, channels television, Ebele Ezeamakam, Ebele the flutist, entertainment news, female flutist, flutist, Kayode Akintemi, Nigeria, Nigeria Entertainment, Nigeria music, Nigeria news, Nollywood, Online Television, SunriseLeave a comment on How my hobby became my passion – Ebele the flutist
Reactions trail Nnaji's resignation
A columnist with Thisday Newspaper, Simeon Kolawole has said that the former Minister of Power, Barth Nnaji took the right thing to have step aside from the power sector since his companies had interest in the sector.
Speaking as a guest in Channels Television's weekend programme, Sunrise, Mr Kolawole said that though on assumption of office, the minister said that he has ceded his stakes in the companies to a blind trust, practically, this was not possible.
Posted on September 7, 2012 September 7, 2012 Author Channels TelevisionCategories Sunrise, UncategorizedTags Africa, Africa News, Barth Nnaji, blind trust, Breaking news, Channels, channels television, Channels TV, electricity in Nigeria, Geometrics Power company, Minister of Power, NEPA, News, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria Politics, Nigeria power sector, Nnaji, Nollywood, Online Television, Online tv, PHCN, Power Holding Company of Nigeria, Power reforms, Power supply, President Goodluck Jonathan, TelevisionLeave a comment on Reactions trail Nnaji's resignation
N5000 note: Protesters storm CBN headquarters
Members of the Anti-Corruption Network, a non-governmental organisation, on Tuesday in Abuja, marched to the headquarters of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to protest the planned introduction of N5000 banknote by the bank.
At the CBN headquarters in the Central District of Abuja, the group chanted anti government's songs amidst heavy rain and accused the bank of trying to further impoverish the poor with the introduction of the N5000 denomination.
The leader of the group and a former member of the House of Representative, Dino Melaye, said the policy will only increase the sufferings of the Nigerian people contrary to the views of the CBN governor, Sanusi Lamido.
"We have received and heard of the corporate policy of the CBN; we have analysed it and I want to believe that laws are meant for men and not men for man," he said.
"Democracy will continue and must continue to be government of the people, for the people; and by the people and not government of the greedy, for the greedy and by the greedy.
"We are here today as Nigerians to show our displeasure for this very hash policy that the CBN is about to introduce. How will the introduction of the N5000 note bring food or leverage on the table for the common Nigerian? We believe that many failed policies of the CBN, under Sanusi Lamido, have brought more pain and sufferings to us. With this N5000 note, is the CBN approbating and reprobating?"
Tunde Lemo, a Deputy Governor of CBN, who received the protesters on behalf of the bank, said it is not true that the apex bank will use N40 billion to print the new currency as recently reported in the media. He also said even if the CBN is not introducing the new notes, it will still spend money to print currency.
Mr Lemo also said the CBN will not do anything that will not be in the interest of the masses, while arguing that contrary to popular opinion, the introduction of the new N5000 note will not lead to higher inflation.
"Without the masses, there is no CBN; and CBN is doing a lot to help the masses," he said.
"The most important objective of the CBN is to fight inflation as it hurts the masses more than anything else. The leadership of the CBN is ensuring that its policies will fight inflation to the advantage of the masses," Mr Lemo added.
He however promised that the apex bank will listen to the opinion of the people on the issue. The protest was peaceful as the Police, led by Ade Shinababa, FCT Commissioner of Police ensured there was order.
Posted on September 4, 2012 September 5, 2012 Author Channels TelevisionCategories Breaking News, Current, Headlines, LocalTags Abuja, Africa, Africa News, Anti-Corruption Network, Breaking news, CBN, Cbn Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Channels, channels television, Channels TV, Dino Melaye, Jonathan, N5000, News, Nigeria, Nigeria currency, Nigeria economic policies, Nigeria economy, Nigeria news, non-governmental organisation, Online Television, President Goodluck Jonathan, Sanusi Lamido, Tunde Lemo1 Comment on N5000 note: Protesters storm CBN headquarters
Apologise for killing my grandmum before putting her face on naira, Seun Kuti tells FG
Popular Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti has asked the Federal Government to apologise to his family for the death of his grandmother, Funmilayo Kuti before considering immortalising her by putting her picture on the proposed N5000 note.
Responding to questions from fans and friends on Channels Television's hangout via Google+, Seun Kuti said his grandmother was murdered by the Federal Government.
"She was murdered by the Federal Government, her house was burnt down on that same day, two of her children were brutalised, almost killed on that same day and the family have not receive any apology or compensation, most especially justice for such atrocity," he said.
He said that the decision to put his grandmother's picture on the proposed N5000 note after 50 years of her death is "ludicrous to say the least."
When asked what kind of justice his family is demanding, Seun Kuti said: "First, the Federal Government has to accept that they were the cause of her death. The official statement that they are still giving us is that she was murdered by 1, 000 unknown soldiers who stormed the Kalakuta Republic."
Posted on August 31, 2012 August 31, 2012 Author Channels TelevisionCategories Current, LocalTags Africa, Africa News, Afrobeat, Breaking news, CBN, Cbn Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Channels, channels television, Channels TV, Federal Government, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Funmilayo Kuti, Jonathan, Kalakuta republic, music, New African Shrine, New N5000 note, News, Nigeria, Nigeria currency, Nigeria money, Nigeria news, Nigerian music, Nollywood, Online Television, President Goodluck Jonathan, proposed N5000 note, Sanusi Lamido, Seun Kuti, Unknown Soldiers1 Comment on Apologise for killing my grandmum before putting her face on naira, Seun Kuti tells FG
IBB backs calls for creation of state police
Former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida on Thursday described the insecurity in the country as a passing phase associated with any developing nation.
General Babangida who made the observation in an interview with Channels Television in Minna said the solution to the problem is dialogue and perseverance.
The former president also threw his weight behind the calls for the establishment of state police, saying that the fears being entertained in certain quarters for the creation of state police were unfounded.
"Left to me, the whole essence of governance is to provide adequate security for the people and in whatever way this is achieved, it is acceptable. I don't think what happened in the 50s should continue to haunt us. We should try to move on.
"When we were there, we established the National Guards that was so vilified and was later dropped. Why should we think that what happened in the 50s when the regional police were used to intimidate members of the opposition political parties will continue to happen under the present dispensation.
"I don't think the incumbent governors can use state police to intimidate anybody. Honestly, the fear is unfounded."
General Babangida expressed optimism that the country will overcome the present security challenges rocking some parts of the country saying that the country had overcome similar crisis in the past and can still do it again.
While calling for support from the federal government in tackling the raising security problem, he appealed to Nigerians not to allow the present crisis to divide the country along ethnic line.
He also enjoined the Nigerian media practitioners to stop giving prominence to those suggesting the break-up of Nigeria and described the call on President Goodluck Jonathan to resign as laughable.
Posted on August 17, 2012 Author Channels TelevisionCategories Current, PoliticsTags Africa, Africa News, Babangida, Boko Harm, channels television, Channels TV, General Babangida, Ibrahim Babangida, insecurity in Nigeria, News, Nigeria news, Nigeria security, Nigeria terror group, Nigeria terrorism, Nigeria violence, Online Television, State Police, Television, terrorism9 Comments on IBB backs calls for creation of state police
State police already exist in the North – Former NBA Vice President
Former first National Vice President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ikeazor Akaraiwe on Wednesday said that the call for state police is in order and that the structure of security in some Northern states is decentralized.
Mr Akaraiwe, who was a guest on Channels Television's breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, said that the Hisbah security structure in some Northern states is an example of a state police structure.
Posted on August 8, 2012 August 8, 2012 Author Channels TelevisionCategories Sunrise DailyTags Adesewa Josh, Africa, Africa News, Breaking news, Channels, channels television, Channels TV, constitutional review, gbenga ashiru, Hisbah, Hisbah Kano, Ikeazor Akaraiwe, Kano, News, Nigeria, Nigeria Bar Association, Nigeria constitution, Nigeria news, Nigeria Police, Nollywood, Online Television, Online tv, Police, State Police, Suleiman Aledeh, Sunrise, Sunrise Daily, Talkshow1 Comment on State police already exist in the North – Former NBA Vice President