Thursday 11 November 2010
Saturday 16 October 2010
Speech of Mak in the Conferece on a Just Peace for Palestine New Delhi on 22-23.9.10
Speech
Manzurul Ahsan Khan, President Communist Party of Bangladesh .
Conference on a Just Peace for Palestine
New Delhi , India
September 22-23, 2010
History of Palestine is the history of deprivation of a nation’s right to freedom, safe homeland and independent state hood.
It is a history of brutalities, killings, violation of basic human rights, obliteration of thousands of homes, villages and cities, forcible separation, segregation and migration and perpetration of a policy of elimination and extinction of Palestinians as ethnic entity.
I must salute the people of Palestine for their heroic struggle for existence and fundamental rights guaranteed by UN charter and other international treatise.
It is shame on us, living in a civilized world, as we claim, that we failed to stop the inhuman atrocities of Zionism, its colonisation, apartheid and racism.
Not only in Palestine , presently throughout the world, forces of International reaction lead by United States of America continue a war of aggression, covert or overt to occupy and establish, military economic and political hegemony. Right to freedom, democracy, peace and progress is being trampled all over the world on different pretexts. Atrocities continue against nationalities, ethnic and religious minorities in our countries, regions and the world over.
The separation and segregation of Palestinians as vividly described by speakers here is not an exception. Here in the Indian subcontinent the colonial rulers divided and separated nations such as Bangla and Punjab and ultimately partitioned India and Pakistan along religious lines. This resulted in innumerable killings riots and human sufferings leading to one of the largest human migration in human history. India , Pakistan and Bangladesh till today carry the legacy of this divide and rule policy of British colonialists. We support Palestine , because we also want to defend our sovereignty, independence and freedom against encroachments. We should take a principled position in both domestic and international policy. A policy opposed to aggression, repressions and discrimination within our countries and internationally. We in Bangladesh are duty bound to protect the inalienable rights of all the nations and nationalities on this earth. A right secured by the people of Bangladesh after a blood bath during our liberation struggle in 1971.
The global war launched by reaction against peace, freedom, democracy and progress has to be fought globally by people all over the world. Solidarity movement for Palestine is closely linked with this world wide struggle which is an urgent requirement for the protection of rights of peoples and safety of mankind and the earth itself.
Unfortunately many countries once actively supporting Palestinian cause are now almost silent. Many governments do so because they don’t want to displease the Americans. We can’t support Palestine while we build closer ties with USA or Israel . To support the cause of Palestine we must oppose the aggressive policies of USA . The strategy of alliance with USA and Israel also includes the strategy against Palestine , they are integrated.
Despite everything the people’s power is invincible. People all over the world, India , Bangladesh , and even people in USA and Israel itself are becoming more vocal and active in support of the just cause of Palestine .
Let us work to build up active and popular struggle for a just peace for Palestine .
Thank you.
September 23, 2010
New Delhi , India
Sunday 15 August 2010
Information Bulletin
Garment Workers Trade Union Center
Bangladesh
23/2 Topkhana Road (3rd floor),Dhaka 1000,Bangladesh
Cell phone:88 0 1713360647,+1711262375,
(+01195428759 or +01675021819 Joly Talukder, Organising secretary.)
Fax +880 2 95552333
APPEAL TO TRADE UNIONS, WORKERS AND ALL HUMANITARIAN ORGANISATIONS OF THE WORLD
SUPPORT STRUGGLE OF THE GARMENT WORKERS OF BANGLADESH .
More than three million garments workers in Bangladesh are on strike in support of their demand for taka 5000 (US Dollar 70) as monthly basic wage, other frinze benefits, trade union rights according to law and ILO convention, rights and benefits ensured by labour laws, compliance to regulations ensuring work place safety etc. In the face of sporadic movements of workers in various parts of Bangladesh for better wages and living conditions government formed a minimum wage board which on 28th July declared taka 2000 as basic monthly minimum wage + taka 800 as house rent and taka 200 as medical allowance. Gross minimum being taka 3000.
Garment Workers are paid lowest wages in comparison to most of the other workers employed in Bangladesh.It is also the lowest in relation to Garment Workers of other countries including Nepal . Cheap labour and extreme exploitation is the main source of high profit in Garment sector. In the face of spontaneous uprising of millions of Garment workers on 2nd May 2006, the Minimum Wage Board declared taka 1662.50 (US Dollar 25) as gross minimum wage. Such a low wage compelled the garment workers to live in inhuman conditions. Despite prevailing labour laws almost all workers in the garment sector are deprived of trade union rights. Attempts to form trade union were thwarted by severe repression, dismissal, arrest assault by hired hooligans of employers. Thousands of workers loss their life due to non-compliance of workplace safety regulation causing accident, fire and stampede. Such a situation was the reason for the chronic unrest in the sector. The declaration of the new minimum wage on 25th of July could not satisfy most of the workers, Furthermore the wages in the upper grades were not increased proportionately. Nor deed the Wage Board award mention about minimum wages in the sweater, knit, and piece rate workers. Moreover it was announced that the new sturcture will be effective from November 1, which is unusual. The lideclaration caused resentment amongst garment workers . Many trade union leaders rejected the proposal.Workers of Readymade Garment(RMG) in the Tejgaon industrial area in the capital city of Dhaka went on spontaneous strike on 30th of July. Police attacked peaceful demonstration and many workers were injured and arrested. Late at night, house of several trade union leaders were raided by the police and the advisers of Garment Trade Union Center , the biggest trade union in the RMG sector advocate Montu Ghosh was arrested. False cases were filed against leaders of Garment workers including more than 30,000 workers. Large scale repressions, arrest, assault by police and hooligans hired by employers further agitated the workers. On the 31st of July strike and massive demonstrations spread in all the industrial areas in and around the capital city of Dhaka . A press conference organised by 12 trade unions of garment workers called upon the government and employer to stop repression, release trade union leaders, withdraw warrant of arrest and false cases against activist and workers. The press conference addressed by veteran trade union leader Manzurul Ahsan Khan,also adviser of Garment Workers Trade Union Center GWTC called upon the government and employers to initiate bipartite and tripartite negotiation to settle the labour dispute. Unfortunately the government continued arrest and repressions.The government organised a fake tripartite meeting at the office of the Garment Owners Association which failed to reconsider any of the demands of the workers. The so-called tripartite meetings announced that the factories will run from Monday, 2nd of August, The failure of the government and employers to reconsider demands of the workers and brutal repression further infuriated the workers and the strike struggle and demonstrations spread throughout the country. Police fired on peaceful demonstration of workers, injuring hundreds. Hundreds of workers were arrested. Hired hooligans and muscle men are going to slums and workers colonies to find out activist and beat them up..A reign of terror has been unleashed on the workers.Police is not allowing workers to demonstrate on the streets.Political and other mass organisations are not being allowed by to organise any programme to express solidarity to RMG workers.Print media and electronic media are undersecret censorship not to publish any news about the struggle of the workers and brutal violation of trade union ,democratic and human rights.Mantu Ghose has been taken into police custody on remand for nine days..Every one knows that in Bangladesh people are taken on remand for interrogation and torture.Quite often during such times prisoners are killed and stories are concoted saying that they were killed during cross fire or so called encounter.Many were killed this way during the tenure of last governments.The present government was elected about 17 months back.Despite electoral commitment that there will be no more extra judicial killings,more than 100 people were killed in so called cross fire.
The workers continue to fight despite ruthless repressions.
Garments Workers Trade Union Center and 11 other trade unions of Garment workers have called upon international trade unions, trade unions of different countries, all workers of the world, all humanitarian organisations to come forward in support of the demands of striking garment workers of Bangladesh express solidarity, condemn repression and demand release of Montu Ghosh and other leaders of trade union.
Idris Ali K.M Ruhul Amin
President General Secretary
Garment Trade Union Center , Dhaka, Bangladesh
23/2Topkhana Road,3rd Floor,Dhaka Bangladesh.
Cell Phone 00 88 01674999709,00 88 01713360647
What should be the minimums wage for garment Workers in Bangladesh?
More than 30 million Garment workers of Bangladesh are fighting for Tk. 5000 as minimum monthly basic wage. Their demands include trade union rights according to laws and ILO conventions, all rights and other fringe benefits ensured by lobour laws.
Proposed Minimum (Gross) Declared on 29 July 2010 Tk 3000 US 43.00
Presently Tk 1,662.50 Minimum= US $ 24.00 (Gross) is the minimum.
Demand of the worker isTk 5,000 =72 dollars
Recent World Bank Study:
Wage per head per hour in US Dollars.
Turkey-2.44 dollars
Mexico-2.17
China - 1.88
Pakistan-0.56
India-0.51
Srilanka-0.44
Vietnam-0.44(workers are provided, housing, transport, medical services etc.)
Bangladesh-0.10
Garment workers in Bangladesh are paid the lowest wages in comparison to workers of SAARC countries.
World Bank: US $ 2 required per day to be to live above poverty line.
4 persons in a family
2 dollars x 4 persons x 30 days= 240 dollars per month
240 dollars x 70 Tk (per dollar)= Tk 16,800 pet month
Institute of nutritional food science.University of Dhaka:-
On the average a worker needs 3000 calories a day for work.
This costs Tk. 64.50 x 30 days.= Tk 1935:00
For a 4 member family Tk 1,935.00 x 4 = Tk 7,740.00
Add Expenses due to housing, transport, clothes, education= Tk 14, 240
Government employees.
Recently government has more than doubled the salary and benefits for The President, Prime Minister, Ministers and Parliament members.
Pay scale of Government employees has also been declared.
The lowest scale for peons etc. is Tk 4,100/00-with other allowances it is Tk 7000
Garment workers are employed in productive sector, have to undertake hard physical labour and deserve higher wages.
Present Demand
Bangladesh garment workers have demanded tk 5000.00 (72 dollars) as minimum, basic, monthly wage.
In 1969 during Pakistani rule the government announced a national minimum basic monthly wage Tk 155.
During that time one could get more than 5 mounds of rice(staple food) with this money.
Now due to price hike one needs Tk 7,000 to purchase the same amount of rice.
(Quoted by Socialist Workers Front)
According to CPD
In 2001-12 Export earning of Bangladesh Garment Industry was 4,580 million dollars workers were given 221 million dollars that is 5% of total income. Value addition due to labour was 31% of total price.
GWTUC
News & Information’s.
Garments Workers Trade Union Center , Bangladesh
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Government and Employers crack down on workers and Trade Unions continue.
Trade Union leaders and workers are being arrested, false criminal cases are being lodged against thousands, of workers are being beaten up by police and hooligans, thousands of workers are being dismissed.
Rein of terror is compelling workers and their families to leave the industrial areas for safety.
Advocate Mantu Ghose was arrested by DB Police on July 30 past midnight at 1-00. App.6 cases have been filed against him in different police stations of Dhaka and its suburbs. He has been taken under police remand for interrogation. His where about is not known.
False cases were instituted against;
Ruhul Amin.General Secretary.GWTUC.
Tuhin Choudhury.President.Ashulia Regional Committee.GWTUC.
K.M.Mintu, GS Ashulia RC
M.A.Shahin. President Naryanganj RC
Iqbal Hossain GS "
Besides several eminent TU leaders of other TU’s in the garment sector are being haunted by the police and false cases have been filed against them.
Mosharefa Mishu,Manbubur Rahman Ismail,Bahrane Sultan Bahar,Bajlur Rashid Feroze and many other leaders are wanted by the police.
On August 7 Rupa,Parul,Asma,Parvin,Shahnaj Shanu,all young girls working in garment factories of Tejgaon industrial area were arrested by DB police and taken to unknown place for interrogation. Their pictures were supplied by the employers to the police. They were later brought before TV to state what the police wanted them to say under duress.
On August 2 Mamun and Rabea Begum were arrested from the same area...
In the same area Mojibur was also arrested.
In Naryanganj garment workers Abdul Matin,Md.Rabiul,Billal Hossain, Rejaul Karim , Md. Habibur Rahman,Saidul Islam,Md Rasul and ten others were arrested on August 2 past midnight and August 3.Most of them were working in Liberty and Metro Nit factories.
On August 9 more than 60 workers were handed over to the police by the management of Shed Fashions. These workers were working in the factory at the time of arrest.
Criminal cases have been filed against more than 30,000 workers.
Thousands of workers have been dismissed illegally in violation of the labour laws.
Most of the workers were not paid outstanding wages, and other benefits according to law. Many workers were simply not allowed to enter the factory to work.
The trade unions are not allowed to function.
Several Trade Unions have given objection to the draft declaration of the minimum wage board. They have placed their demands with the employers and the Government. The labour law provides that whenever a labour dispute arise the employers and the government should organize bipartite and tripartite meetings for negotiated settlement. But neither the employers nor the Government called any such meetings.
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CPB observes National Mourning
Manzur who presided over the meeting demanded constitution of a National Commission to enquire, identify and prosecute political conspirators inside and outside the country and the role of intelligence agencies and other government authorities in Bangladesh, Pakistan, USA, Israil India and other countries August 1975.
Manzur said it is not enough to pay formal and routine homage to Mujib. We can pay due respect by fighting for the implementations of the ideas and dreams of Bangabandhu. He said the ruling Awami League led by the daughter of Sheikh Mujib is showing vacillations regarding trial of War Criminals. Under the pressure of US, UK, Saudi Arabia and some Miiddle Eastern Countries the govt is now thinking of limiting the arrest or trial within 5 or so and spare the notorious killers, even those who were punished in open peoples tribunal.
Manzur also alleged that the Awami League Government is also on the retreat regarding the restoration of 72 Constitution.
He said 72 constitutions was drafted under the leadership of Mujib and was a result of the liberation war which enshrined the values, ideals and aspiration of the liberation struggle of 1971 and protracted struggle of the people for centuries, for democracy and social progress .The 72 constitutions laid the foundation of a secular, democratic and progressive, pro-poor, pro-people state. The Killers of Mujib and reactionary forces also tried to destroy this basis of Bangladesh and changed the constitutions upside down without any lawful authority.
The recent verdict of the highest court has declared a major amendment of the constitution illegal and void. This automatically restores the basics of 72 Constitution. Communal and anti-independence parties like Jamate Islam are also automatically banned. Unfortunately the Prime Minister herself has said that her government is not going to ban Jamat. Others within and outside the government are saying that under changed circumstances secularism and socialism cannot be part of 4 principles as laid down in the 72 constitutions.
The CPB President said that Awami League is bending under the pressure of rightist and communal forces inside and outside the country. He said such concession to rightist elements could not save her father. Manzur called for firm determination of the government regarding trial of war criminals and restoration of 72 constitutions. The government should act against communal and fundamentalist forces and its vast economic and financial empire and its external linkage.
Manzur said any vacillation and hesitation on the part of the government could prove suicidal. The CPB President Manzurul Ahsan Khan said that the so called Grand Alliance Government has miserably failed during its more than 17 moths of tenure, in solving the crisis due to electricity, gas, water, price rise, traffic congestion etc. Law and order situation is deteriorating. Murder, plunder, corruption, extortion, stealing of cars in the city and cows in the villages, land grabbing, harassment of women compelling them to commit suicide is increasing. Severe repressions continue on about 4 million garment workers deprived of minimum living wage, basic trade union rights and rights and benefits ensured by laws and ILO conventions. Thousands have been arrested, arbitrarily dismissed, assaulted by hired hooligans and police; false criminal cases have been lodged against more than 30 thousand workers. People coming out on the street in desperation against severe load shedding, scarcity of gas, water, price hike etc. are being beaten up by the police.
All these indicate isolation of the government and growing unrest of people.
Manzur warned that anti-people reactionary and communal forces will make use of the present crisis while forces of 1/11 inside and outside the government skillfully develop the crisis to the point when it would be easy to topple the govt., disrupt democratic process and direct Bangladesh on the path chosen by their global bosses.
The meeting was also addressed by Mujahidul Islam Selim General Secretary of the CPB,Morshed Ali,Ahsan Habib Lavlu,A N Rasheda,Shamsuzzaman Selim and others.
Selim called upon party comrades and all progressive and pro liberation forces to build up mass struggle for 1.Immediate arrest and trial of war criminals.2.Restoration of 72 constitution and consequent ban on communal and fundamentalist Jamat and other organisations who participated in the genocide perpetrated by Pakistani occupation forces and opposed liberation struggle.
Tuesday 27 July 2010
Friday 28 May 2010
Garment Union Press Release 21.5.2010
Huge Public Meeting of Garment Workers
Bangladesh Garment Worker to go on nationwide strike if authorities fail to fix Taka 5000 as minimum wage and ensure pro-rata increase by 27th July
Garment Workers Trade
Union Center
GTUC
Leaders of Garment Workers Trade Union Center declared that they will go for united nationwide strike if authorities fail to fix taka 5,000/= about US $ 71 (per month) as minimum wage and ensure pro-rata increase in other wage levels by July 27. The Government has formed a Minimum Wage Board for fixation of wages of garment workers within 27th July.
This was declared at a huge workers meeting at, Muktangon the center of capital city Dhaka , in the afternoon of May 21. Presided over by Idris Ali, President Garment Workers Trade Union Kendra (center) the meeting also demanded realization of 10 point demands including increase in wages, benefits according to law, supply of essential commodities at fare price and rationing system, housing, education, medical treatment, work place safety, real trade union rights,adequate supply of gas and electricity for uninterrupted production.
Addressing the massive meeting Manzurul Ahsan Khan, a veteran Trade Union Leader, adviser to GTUC and President Communist Party of Bangladesh said that about 3 million garment workers 80 percent being young women are the lowest paid workers in Bangladesh . Even in comparison to workers in Vietnam , China and India garment worker salary in Bangladesh is very low. Criticising the present government he said that on the plea of price rise the government has doubled the salaries of Ministers, MP’s and high officials and totally ignored the demands of garment workers who are the most affected due to price rise. The speakers at the meeting terming government shameless demanded that enhanced salary should be postponed until the garment workers are paid increased wages.
Manzur further said that unless employers and govt. ensure unfettered trade union rights and encourage culture of negotiations, bipartite and tripartite settlement, sporadic unrest and wild cat strike can’t be stopped. Suppression of workers movement by dismissal, police repressions and assault of workers by hired hoodlums will further aggravate the situation.
Referring to national and international conspiracy against garment industry Manzur alleged that the govt and employers are trying to victimize genuine trade union activists. Some dubious organizations with huge foreign funding involved in doubtful activities are being spared by authorities due to intervention of foreign powers. He said during last Army backed Caretaker Govt. One leader of such an organization was arrested on definite charges but he had to be released immediately due to pressure from US State Department. Manzur also mentioned that the Prime Minister herself alleged that the Garment Owner was responsible for the tragic incident in Nippon Garment. But later cases were lodged not against the owner but against the leaders of GTUC and some other TU leaders.
The CPB President Manzur alleged the govt. gives tip service to garment industry but has done very little for this rising sector which account for the biggest share in industrial export. The new entrepreneurs of garment industry face obstacles at different steps of import, export and transportation. They also face extortionists and mafia bosses some times backed by ruling party leaders. Production suffers badly due to lack of electricity and gas. He called upon the workers and owners of industries to build up joint struggle against all obstacles on the way to higher production.
Shahidullah Choudhury President BTUK said that all national trade unions and federations have demanded Tk5000/00 as national minimum for all workers.National federation will build united movement for realisation of national minimum.He said if you can build up united movement I am sure you will win. BTUK will be behind you.
The meeting attended by thousands of workers was also addressed Adviser GTUC Advocate Mantu Ghose, General Secretary K.M Ruhul Amin, Joly Talukder, Sadequr Rahman Shamim, Ziaul Kabir Khokan, Tuhin Choudhury, Iqbal Hossain, Aklima Akhter Doly, K. M. Mintu, Nasima Akhter, Sirajul Islam, Ilias Ahmed Nipu, Lutfur RahmanAkash and other Garment workers.
The leaders called upon all the Trade Unions of garment workers with different orientation to unite in the struggle for realizing the common demands. The leaders also said that GTUC slogan in “save the workers, save the industry and save the country. They called upon garment workers to unite and resist hoodlums and mafia bosses who seize every opportunity to create chaos and anarchy and resort to arson looting and plunder in d industrial areas to settle their own scores with different garment owners.
Sd/
Joly Talukder
Office Secretary
GTUCFriday 21 May 2010
Speech by MAK, President CPB on 12.5.10 in Hanoi at the International Conference on "HO CHI MINH'S LEGACY IN THE PRESENT ERA"
“ HO CHI MINH’S LEGACY IN THE PRESENT ERA”
120th Birth Anniversary
2010
Respected Members of the Presidium
Dear Comrades and Friends,
We gather here to pay homage to an outstanding leader of Vietnamese people, a patriot and revolutionary, a man of undaunted courage and determination who lead successfully the national liberation movement and founded the first Worker Peasant State in South Asia, advancing towards socialism.
Comrade Ho Chi Minh was not only the leader of Vietnam he was a true internationalist, who also directly participated in the struggle for peace, freedom, democracy and socialism while he was living in different corners of the world.
Imperialism and its lackeys carried out horrendous crime against humanity in the soils of Vietnam. The US imperialism who boasts of democracy and human rights wanted to bomb Vietnam to Stone Age, killing all life forms and destroying what ever was created by Vietnamese civilization during many centuries.
But Ho Chi Minh declared: we have to win independence even if the Truong Son Mountain burns.
The indomitable courage, enormous sacrifice, protracted and heroic struggle of the people of Vietnam lead by the Communist Party and its inspiring leader Comrade Ho Chi Minh defeated the worlds most powerful and aggressive imperialist power, the USA. Comrade Ho Chi Minh the beloved leader a great patriot and revolutionary, a poet, dreamer and visionary foiled all colonial and imperialist plans and instead laid the foundation of Vietnams advance towards golden age.
As in War so in peace the Socialist Republic of Vietnam rose from ashes to rebuild the country and since then made tremendous progress in agriculture, industry, construction, export etc. achieving growth rate surpassing almost all.
Vietnam is an inspiring example to people all over the world fighting for independence and social progress.
In Bangladesh our people fought a heroic war of independence against colonial type of rule. The occupation forces perpetrated genocide. We took up arms. We organized guerilla warfare. It was the example of Vietnam the valour of its People’s Army which inspired us. When sometimes death and defeat overtook us the perseverance and endurance of your fighters shined before us. We said to ourselves if Vietnam can, so can we!
I was a commander of the Special Guerilla Force organize by the Communist Party of Bangladesh. Like many others in combat, I read General Giap and learnt to apply his tactics in real fight. Ever since our struggle for independence, democracy, peace and socialism, solidarity to Vietnam was the cornerstone of our internationalist tasks. Two of our comrades died in police firing on 1st January 1973 in Dhaka while demonstrating against U.S. bombing in Hanoi.
Vietnam and President Ho Chi Minh symbolizes people’s heroic struggle for a just cause, uncompromising fight against imperialism and hegemony. It symbolizes national liberation and socialism. Vietnam symbolizes Victory. Victory of Vietnam was also the victory of National Liberation Movements, and forces of peace freedom and socialism. It was a shameful defeat for imperialism and international reaction.
But today when we are meeting here imperialism is becoming more aggressive and desperate. We are witnessing the most severe and deep crisis of capitalism in the U.S. and melt down of a global scale. Plunder, war, militarisation, arms trade, gambling, machination of the multinationals, speculations, manipulation of currency, overwhelming chaos, bankruptcy is the order of the day.
The fundamental contradiction of Capitalism is blowing up with catastrophic impact. The bourgeois state is bailing out big money, with public money. But the big money is responsible for this crisis. Public at large and developing countries are suffering. Poverty hunger, joblessness, reduction of social benefits and services etc are haunting common masses every where.
Never before mankind had the potentiality to produce enough to provide food, clothes, shelter education and health for all. Never before mankind developed arms and weapons which can destroy all life forms in earth several times over. Forces of imperialism and hegemony are waging wars against many countries, provoking strife, conflict and arms race with a view to control and plunder resources and wealth of various countries. The United States of America has unleashed war and terror in the name of fighting the fundamentalist and terrorism. They are propagating the theory of limited sovereignty and pre-emptive attack. We are witnessing a process of re-colonisation.
Today mankind again stands at cross roads. On the one hand immense possibility to eradicate the miseries of people, bring abundance and ensure a free society for free men. On the other hand destruction, plunder and degradation of the environment and enslavement of people.
Here again Ho Chi Minh is relevant who said: it is better to sacrifice everything than to live in slavery.
Ho Chi Minh combined national liberation with socialism.Ho Chi Minh was an active leader of International Communist Movement. Today Communists all over the world must close their ranks to face the danger faced by mankind. Communists, progressives, patriots and peace loving forces of the world must unite to build up a global struggle against the global onslaught of imperialism.
The struggle for Freedom, Peace,Progress and Socialism are inseparable. Uncle Ho, your beloved leader, and also our revered leader will continue to shine our path of struggle for the emancipation of mankind.
Wednesday 7 April 2010
Tuesday 16 March 2010
Sunday 21 February 2010
রাখালের কলাম : ঘর পোড়া গরু
আবারও লাশের রাজনীতি শুরু হইয়াছে। লাশ কাহার তাহা লইয়াই প্রশ্ন উঠিয়াছে। আওয়ামী লীগ প্রশ্ন তুলিয়াছে, জিয়াউর রহমানের লাশ বলিয়া যাহা ঢাকায় কবরস্থ করা হইয়াছিল তাহা জিয়ার লাশ ছিল না। ডিএনএ পরীক্ষা করিতে হইবে। বিএনপি পাল্টা বলিয়াছে, টঙ্গিপাড়ায় যে লাশ কবরে আছে তাহা বঙ্গবন্ধুর নহে অন্য কাহারও। এতদিন পরে এইসব বিষয়বস্তু লইয়া তোলপাড়ে দেশ ও জনগণের কী যাইবে বা আসিবে উহা ওই দুই দলের নেতৃবৃন্দই বলিতে পারিবেন। আওয়ামী লীগ বরং বলিতে পারিত যে, জিয়াউর রহমানের হত্যাকান্ডের যে বিচার হইয়াছিল তাহা যথাযথভাবে হয় নাই। বিচার হইয়াছিল সামরিক আদালতে, গোপনে। বেশ কয়েকজন মুক্তিযোদ্ধাকে সেদিন ফাঁসি দেওয়া হইয়াছিল। জেনারেল মঞ্জুরকে সেই দিন উত্তেজিত সৈনিকদের মত (গড়ন) হত্যা করে নাই। তাহাকে ঠান্ডা মাথায় গুলি করিয়া হত্যা করা হইয়াছিল। খালেদা জিয়াও
Monday 8 February 2010
Message of Condolence from CPB to the CC of CPI(Marxist) on the demise of Comrade Jyoti Basu
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Message of Condolence from the Communist Party of Bangladesh to the
Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on the demise of Comrade Jyoti Basu.
On behalf of the Communist Party of Bangladesh, we convey our heartfelt condolence on the demise of Comrade Jyoti Basu an outstanding and legendary leader of Communist movement of India and the sub-continent.
Comrade Basu dedicated his entire life in the peoples struggle against colonialism, imperialism, capitalist exploitation and communalism, for democracy, freedom, peace and progress.
Communist Party of Bangladesh remembers with honour and pride his activities in the same party and in Bangladesh territory particularly his contribution in building trade union movement and Railway Workers Union during British colonial rule. Comrade Jyoti Basu efficiently and successfully led the Communist and Left in the sate of West Bengal in the challenging and complex task of running a government for decades in a bourgeois state system.
As a Marxist-Leninist and a true internationalist Comrade Basu played a significant role in the process of water sharing agreement between Bangladesh and India. He took positive initiative for mutual friendship and cooperation between our two countries. People of Bangladesh will always remember Comrade Jyoti Basu with great respect for the good feelings he had for our country and people.
We give our revolutionary red salute to Comrade Jyoti Basu who will continue to live amongst us in our struggle for peace, freedom and socialism.
We also extend our deep sympathy to his bereaved family, friends, comrades and his beloved party.
Central Committee
Communist Party of Bangladesh
(Manzurul Ahsan Khan) (Mujahidul Islam Selim)
President General Secretary
Sunday 7 February 2010
Monday 25 January 2010
রাখালের কলাম : প্রধানমন্ত্রীর সফর এবং ভারত-বাংলাদেশ সম্পর্ক
বাংলাদেশের প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনা গত ১০ হইতে ১৩ জানুয়ারি ভারত সফর শেষে দেশে ফিরিয়াছেন। এই সফরের সময় বাংলাদেশের সহিত তিনটি বিষয়ে চুক্তি হইয়াছে এবং দুইটি বিষয়ে সমঝোতা স্মারক স্বাক্ষরিত হইয়াছে। ইহা ছাড়াও সফর, চুক্তি, সমঝোতা, পারস্পরিক আলোচনার বিষয়বস্তুর বৃত্তানন্ত সহকারে একটি যৌথ ইশতেহারও প্রকাশিত হইয়াছে।
মহাজোট সরকার ক্ষমতায় আসিবার পর প্রধানমন্ত্রীর ভারত সফর লইয়া অনেক কথাবার্তা হইয়াছে। ভারতের সহিত বাংলাদেশের দীর্ঘদিনের শীতল এবং কখনও কখনও বৈরী সম্পর্ক এবং নানা বিষয়ে বিরোধ উভয় দেশের দায়িত্বশীল নাগরিকদের উদ্বিগড়ব করিয়া তুলিয়াছে। আমরা বন্ধু পাল্টাইতে পারি কিন্তু প্রতিবেশী পাল্টাইবার কোন উপায় নাই। ইচ্ছায় হউক, অনিচ্ছায় হউক আমাদিগকে প্রতিবেশীদের লইয়াই চলিতে হইবে। আজিকার দিনে একা চলা সম্ভব নহে। সবাইকে লইয়াই চলিতে হইবে। প্রতিবেশীর সহিত সম্পর্ক তিক্ত হইলে তাহা কাহারও জন্য মঙ্গলজনক হইতে পারে না। তাহাতে উভয়ের জীবন অতিষ্ঠ হইয়া উঠে, অগ্রগতি নানা ভাবে বাধাগ্রস্ত হয়।
সফর শেষে সরকারী দল আওয়ামী লীগ বলিয়াছে সফর ‘শতভাগ সফল হইয়াছে, বিরোধী দল বিএনপি বলিয়াছে শতভাগ বিফল। ‘শতভাগ’ লইয়া দুই যুদ্ধরত