HAIL THE HISTORIC RALLY AND PROTEST IN PARLIAMENT STREET IN
DELHI TODAY. SOWING THE SEEDS FOR A SPARK TO TURN INTO A PRAIRIE FIRE TO
EXTINGUISH FASCISM. QUALITATIVELY ONE OF THE FINEST EVER PROTESTS IN THE NATION
WHEN FASCISM IS REACHING IT'S CRESCENDO. SUCH A SPIRIT MUST SHIMMER ALL OVER
THE NATION.
Salute historic protest at Parliament street in Delhi
today. Around 2000 people thronged to the venue with the anti-fascist spirit
burning in their hearts. Inspite of such fascist repression the people
displayed heroic defiance .A day that will be remembered for always in the
annals of anti -fascist protest in India. It was a true thorn in the flesh of
the ruling classes. Speakers participated from all rungs if life on a huge
range of issues be it black laws as, Adivasis, Dalits, Muslim minorities, trade
unions, economic crisis etc. What was heartening was the unity of such diverse
trends prevalent. Significantly even a member of Parliament spoke. The rally
proved the potential of the masses to resist the ascendancy of fascism. The
rally speakers represented the voice of the Indian people as a whole. The venue
literally resembled an Ocean. Majority of participation was from Telengana, Andhra
Pradesh and Punjab. Few came from Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra etc. I deeply
appreciated the content of the short speeches which in a most concise manner
summed up the fascist nature of arrest of political prisoners ,suppression of
people's movements and black laws. What is positive is that they vividly
covered every aspect of state repression with most concrete day to day
examples. Arundahati Roy was her usual self and in a poetic style described the
ruthless marginalization of the Adivasis, dalits and Muslims. Very striking
words by professor Manoranjan Mohanty that inspite of facing oppression more
than the emergency of 1975 the preparation of democratic forces compared to
what it was then is negligible. He summed up how Saffron Fascism was more
pernicious than any type before and transcended every walk of life. Sandhya of
Peoples Organization for women narrated how the basic necessities like land, food
and water were denied to the tribals and how every economic policy of the state
was corporate. Lawyer Bhushan elaborated how any democrat resisting repression
was dubbed an urban 'Maoist. Very articulate speech by Kranti Chaitanya on the
oppression of Adivasis and P Raja on how the constitution is literally being
destroyed. Raja,a leader of C.P.I, spoke about aspect of Maoism being
irrelevant and what had to be brought to light was the fascism of Modi and the
anti-poor govt.policies. Kranti Chaitanya spoke about how 97% of people arested
under UPA in Punjab were proved innocent ultimately. Also vivid description by
Laxman of CLC Telengana on how Telengana democratic front activists were most
unlawfully arrested. Parvez of Progressive Front of India described the
oppression the Muslim minorities faced by the ban on the group. Aparna of IFTU
spoke about the repression of podu cultivating farmers and Adivasis in
Telengana region and the workers in coal mines. She also condemned the ban and
arrest of leaders of Mazdoor sanghatana Samiti. The event is an inspiration for
the Al Indian people as a whole and has Lit a spark that can turn into a
prairie fire.
Arguably there were weaknesses like very few
people from the urban working class or toiling peasantry. Also not sufficient
participation from other section of the Revolutionary camp in India like
Class Struggle, Communist League of India and Red Star groups. However the
numbers exceeded the expectation being 1500 instead of expected 100. Considering
the onslaught of the ruling classes on the broad masses it was a considerable
achievement. This trend should continue in major places all over the nation and
integrate more of the basic classes.
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