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Anti War India-Pakistan
South Asia Left - 10.06.2002 23:16
On Thursday 13 June, Leftist parties and trade unions of both India and Pakistan have a common day of action against the threat of (maybe nuclear) war
Joint Peace Demonstrations India-Pakistan organised by Left
> By Farooq Tariq
>
> Responding a call from the Left parties of Pakistan, the Communist Party
of
> India (ML) Socialist Unity Center of India, CPIML(Red Flag), CPIML (Unity
> Initiative) have agreed to organise peace demonstrations on 13th June.
> Demonstration across India will be held on the day calling for an
immediate
> end to war like situation, pull back the troops from the borders and an
end
> of imperialist intervention in the region.
>
> At Lahore, there will be a peace demoonstration in front of Lahore Press
> Club. The representatives of four left parties National Workers Party,
> Labour Party Pakistan, Communist Mazdoor Kissan party and Pakistan Peoples
> Party (Shaheed Bhotto) met in Lahore and decided to hold a joint peace
> rally. Already several national trade unions federations have agreed to
> support the peace demo.
>
> A call by Labour Party Pakistan to CPIML for the organisation of the peace
> rallies on the same day was accepted by the leadership and CPIML is now in
> in discussion with other Left forces to organise joint rallies on the same
> day acros India.
>
> It will be for the first time in the history of Pakistan and Indian Left
> parties that there will be rallies on the same day and on the same issue
> across Indian sub continent.
>
> Here is a letter of CPIML leadership to LPP.
>
> To;
> Pakistan Labour Party
> June 9; 2002
>
> Dear Comrade Farooq Tariq
>
> Our party wholeheartedly welcome the timely and bold initiative of
> Pakistan left parties of June 13 joint demonstration for peace. Your four
> slogans expresses the aspirations of the people of both Pakistan and
India.
>
> Positively responding the four parties call our party decided observe
> June 13 as anti- war day organize demonstration across the country on the
> same day on the same slogan, reflecting the single voice of the people
> across the line of control. In the meanwhile we are working to unite other
> left Parties , so far four left parties , Socialist Unity Center of
India,
> CPIML(Red Flag), CPIML (Unity Initiative)] have agreed to join with us in
> the demonstrations. Thus so far four parties has united on June 13 the
> Demonstration for peace. We are pasting two statements below for your
> information.
>
> Kindly keep in touch with,
>
> Comradely Yours,
> P.V.Srinivas
> Incharge, International Relations.
> CPIML (Liberation)
>
> PRESS RELEASE
>
> CPI(ML)´s Reaction on Proposed Deployment of US-UK Troops The reported
> proposal for the deployment of a US-UK 500-strong helicopter-borne special
> force to monitor the LoC is deeply disturbing. It seems the much-trumpeted
> ´success´ of India´s coercive diplomacy can only
> be measured in terms of increasing institutionalization of Bush-Blair
> coalition´s intervention in the subcontinent. The CPI(ML) calls upon all
> peace-loving democratic and patriotic Indians to reject the Bush-Blair
move
> in no uncertain terms.
>
> Both the US and UK are busy fuelling the growing arms race in the
> subcontinent. They are also guilty of aggravating the war-like build-up in
> the region by asking their diplomatic staff and other tourists to return.
>
> The proposed intervention of Anglo-Yankee armed forces and the suggested
> pull-out of normal diplomatic staff and other civilian American and
British
> citizens are two sides of the same coin of growing imperialist
intervention
> in the region.
>
> The present crisis follows largely from India´s refusal to break the
> diplomatic deadlock and resume direct bilateral dialogue with Pakistan.
> With bilateral diplomatic channels being successively closed down and
> war-hysteria between the two countries reaching a crescendo amidst free
> exchange of nuclear warnings, the arrogant rulers of India and Pakistan
> are only inviting greater external interference. Peace-loving people in
> India and Pakistan must therefore exert greater pressure on their rulers
for
> an early resumption of bilateral dialogue with a view to de-escalating
> tension and keeping the imperialist powers at bay.
> Dipankar Bhattacharya
> ______________________________________________
>
> Demonstration for Peace both in India and Pakistan
>
> Dear Comrades,
>
> It has been decided in consultation with the Left in Pakistan to organize
> demonstrations for peace in both India and Pakistan on 13 June. Four Left
> and democratic parties in Pakistan including the National Workers Party,
> Labour Party of Pakistan, Communist Mazdoor Kisan Party and People´s Party
> (Shaheed Bhutto group) are spearheading this campaign in Pakistan. We
should
> also try and involve other Left parties or democratic organisations in
this
> campaign wherever possible. The main slogans of this anti-war campaign are
> as follows:
>
> No More War between India and Pakistan Indians and Pakistanis Need Peace
and
> not War India and Pakistan Must Resume Direct Bilateral Dialogue to Defuse
> Tension Say No to Bush-Blair Imperialist Intervention in the Subcontinent
>
> As part of this Day of Anti-War Action, we should organize peace marches
> and demonstrations including dharnas and similar forms in all state
capitals
> and major centers. It should be widely propagated that this programme is
> being held in both India and Pakistan and that it reflects the genuine
voice
> of the peoples of the two countries.
>
> --Central Committee ,CPI(ML)
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