From: mart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Fw: Nationwide Peaceful Demonstrations against US war intervention in Afghanista Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------------------------- >From India News Network (INN) Nationwide Peaceful Demonstrations against US war intervention in Afghanistan New Delhi, October 12: Thousands of people representing the intelligentsia, youth, students, women leaders and left workers from all hues of life marched to the American Centre near Connaught Place in the center of the capital city of Delhi shouting anti war slogans. The people were protesting and demonstrating against the US War in Afghanistan under the banner of the Left Parties - CPI(M), CPI, RSP and Forward Bloc. Several NGOs and other mass organisations also participated in the colourful march. Banners and placards like "Americans created Bin laden", "No compromise on Indian Sovereignty", "No to Indian bases for US war against Afghanistan" and of course the Youth and the students carried banners saying "We want jobs not war". The mood of the huge procession was to denounce imperialist war as well as terrorism. The procession was peaceful but was stopped short of the USIS Building housing the American Center by the police who were present in large numbers. Speakers said that not only in the Muslim world but also even in the developed nations there have been massive protests against the American intervention in Afghanistan. The world needs peace not war. Terrorism has to be tackled by strategy but not by escalation of war. Addressing the massive gathering, Prakash Karat, CPI(M) Polit Bureau member, strongly condemned the wanton destruction of buildings and the killing of innocent lives by the US air-strikes. He termed the military action as a unilateral move bypassing the United Nations and in defiance to the international law. The US intention was clearly to use the anger of the world at the terrorist acts of Sept. 11th to strengthen its hegemony. The arrival of US ground troops in Pakistan is the first instance of its kind in the sub-continent and has adverse implications for our national security. Karat termed the Taliban and Osama bin Laden as creation of US foreign policy and severely criticized the US notification to the UN regarding the right to militarily intervene in other countries in the future. This move, he said was meant to assert the global US hegemony and is inimical to the interests of national sovereignty. This is also against the progressive and national liberation movements across the world. He also lambasted the servile attitude of the BJP led central government for offering military bases and other facilities to the US. Despite the US turning a blind eye to Pakistan based terrorism in J & K, the Indian government is under the illusion that the US would somehow help India against this terrorism. The shameful and craven pro-US policy of the government is against India's national interest, he said. While condemning the arrests made by the Delhi police of some student activists who were distributing pamphlets against the war a few days back, he charged the BJP for trying to trample democratic rights and fan communal tensions using the US war as a pretext. Prakash further said " The students were charged with sedition and in fact if any one was anti national and was to be charged it was non other then Atal Behari Vajpayee" Com A B Bardhan, general secretary, CPI, gave a spirited talk on how the American war was wanton and against any civil behavior. A prolonged conflict would lead to world economic disaster and should be stopped. Com. Debabrata Biswas, Forward Bloc and Asit Ganguly, RSP along with com Joginder Sharma of the Delhi CPI(M) unit were some of the speakers who also addressed the rally and the reflected the same sentiments against the war, terrorism and the Indian government's response to the situation. The Left Parties in their resolve said that they would raise these issues in a big way among the people in the coming days. Reports are being received that through out the country demonstration were held jointly by the Left Parties against the imperialistic United States of America's war on the people of Afghanistan. P Malhotra _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
