Dispatches

The American Communist Party (ACP) unequivocally condemns the illegal abduction, torture, and fabricated charges leveled against Booker Ngesa Omole, General Secretary of the Communist Party Marxist-Kenya (CPM-K). This egregious act constitutes a grave violation of human rights and a blatant assault on international solidarity. On February 24th, Comrade Omole was kidnapped and terrorized by plainclothes agents of the state who neither identified themselves nor conducted a legal arrest. In the process, they fractured his arm and are currently denying Omole access to lawyers or family, a tactic synonymous with dictatorial regimes. These acts of barbarism demonstrate the depths of the Kenyan government’s campaign to suppress anti-imperialist voices and criminalize dissent. Comrade Omole has been transferred to Kitengela Remand Prison, a detention facility well known for its brutality. The court, acting with open hostility, has denied him both cash bail and urgent medical care. This is not justice; it is political persecution. As reported by the CPM-K, Comrade Omole was thrown into a filthy cell. An unknown man was sent to defecate in the corner, with poorly cooked food dumped beside the waste. Comrade Omole was then forced to clean the human filth. This is not detention; it is torture. The Kenyan state has concocted a series of ludicrous charges against Cde. Omole. These include: • Links to a "drug cartel": This preposterous claim is pure political theater. Cde. Omole’s only connection to Venezuela is his solidarity with Nicolás Maduro. Internationalism is not narcotics. Anti-imperialism is not a crime. • Allegations of assault: These are a deliberate distortion of the truth. Plainclothes operatives grabbed Cde. Omole, without identifying themselves, displayed no badges or warrants. Any altercation that arose from this illegal abduction was not resistance to the law. Kidnappers cannot masquerade as police and cry victim. • Firearm Possession: Cde. Omole is a licensed, legal firearm owner. At the time of his arrest, he was unarmed. Police later searched his rented apartment, and the firearm was voluntarily handed over, along with the license. This is not a crime; it is harassment and a fabrication dressed as law. The Kenyan state’s accusations - alleging that Cde. Omole attempted to kill the police, assaulted the police, and has connections with Nicolás Maduro in a supposed US drug cartel - all stem from his organizing a demonstration at the US Embassy demanding Maduro’s release, which is a grotesque slander. This is a transparent attempt to criminalize dissent and political struggle. After abduction, torture, and illegal confinement, Comrade Omole is now being brought before the courts under heavy police control. They deny access to his supporters and isolate him, attempting to break his spirit and intimidate the movement. The American Communist Party demands the immediate and unconditional release of Booker Ngesa Omole. The attacks on Cde. Omole are part of an escalating campaign of repression against communists, socialists and anti-imperialists worldwide. This persecution reveals a pattern in which accountability yields to political power, a pattern witnessed throughout the world. We will continue to fight for his freedom and expose the injustices perpetrated against him. We call upon all progressive forces worldwide to join us in demanding an end to the political persecution of Booker Ngesa Omole.

The American Communist Party condemns the reactionary attack by the “Constitutional Tribunal (TK)” in Poland against Poland’s working people. This illegitimate tribunal has declared the Communist Party of Poland (K) illegal. This is not just an attack on the KPP, but rather an attack on all socialists, communists, trade unionists, and anti-fascists in Poland today. The Polish ruling class, which made this bestial ruling, is composed of EU technocrats and American stooges. The Polish bourgeoisie fear the people of Poland and the legacy of socialism. With the collapse of the Banderite Kiev regime, the weakening of NATO and the EU, the Polish elite are determined to wipe out any real opposition to their rule. The policies of the Polish ruling class, such as austerity and armed backing of Banderites in Ukraine, have hollowed out the Polish economy, led to mass emigration, and presently endanger Poland with a nonsensical, hostile foreign policy towards the Russian Federation. The Polish people have not benefited from the thirty years of bourgeois rule in Poland. The TK attack on the KPP is a direct attack on the working class of Poland and the memory of all Poles who fought against the scourge of Nazism. By equating Nazism and Communism, the Polish regime is in denial of historical truth. Communism defeated fascism on the battlefields of World War II. Poland contributed to this victory with the anti-fascist resistance of the People’s Guard, Jewish Fighting Organization, Polish First and Second Armies, the Polish Workers Party, and the Union of Polish Patriots. Polish troops alongside their Soviet counterparts liberated Berlin in 1945. To equate Communism with Nazism is a disgrace to the memory of those Poles who fought against Nazi Occupation and who defeated fascism in 1945. Hands off the KPP! Long Live the Polish Working Class! International Solidarity!