World Peace Council, EC Meeting Havana,29-30 April 2011

World Peace Council.

EC Meeting. Havana, 29-30 April 2011

Speech: Some Quick Remarks.

Manzurul Ahsan Khan.Bangladesh

29.04.2011 afternoon session

Today the world is being overtaken by state terrorism lead by US imperialists and its lackeys. International laws, practices and values evolved through centuries of human civilization are being trampled under the boots and greed of Corporate Capital.

The US attempt to establish its military hegemony all over the world is directed to compensate for its loss of leading position in the world economy and global crisis of capitalism.

United States is trying to grab control of natural resources the world over, and plunder the world economy in its own interest. It is also trying to gain control of gas and oil in Bangladesh, both offshore and inland, water and mineral resources.

From Afghanistan to countries in South Asia and beyond, USA and its allies and multinationals are trying to control the huge natural resources and military strategic points.

The war, military build up and expanding military-industrial-financial complex being perpetrated by imperialism is depriving humanity from the real possibilities eradicating, hunger ,disease, illiteracy, unemployment and homelessness, for ensuring security, development and improvement of living condition of people and protecting earth from environmental degradation and climate change.

United States is doing everything to provoke war, clashes, tension and arms race in South Asia. The US-India Military Strategic Alliance and Nuclear Deal pose a great threat to security of the countries in the region including India.

The militarization globally, regionally and internally in different countries is giving rise to “hard states”. A huge military establishment is eating up great portions of the national budget. Military and weaponry continues to increase. However the so called security threats never decrease. On the other hand the perceived security threat requires more and more allocations for the military. The military empire thus play a de-facto role in power, threatens and disrupts civilian rule and democracy; encroaching upon fundamental and human rights,

A virtual war is going on to control the water ways in the Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean. Recently US organized several biggest Naval Exercises in the region.

It is high time the countries of South Asia sit together to resolve their disputes in a peaceful manner, renounce war, stop suicidal arms race and unite against US strategy of hegemony in the region.

Today the struggle for peace is not only relevant but it is most urgent to save mankind from catastrophy.Our peace movement should not only unite the anti-imperialist forces but all progressive,democratic,humanist,forces in favor of peace,irrespective of their political orientation.

Bangladesh Peace Council is going to organize Asia Pacific Peace Conferences on 4^th and 5^th June in Dhaka.

The conference will focus on NATO’s war and expansion in South Asia US military strategic move in Bangladesh and the region.

Religious extremism, fundamentalism and its utilization by US and international reaction.

Danger of Nuclear Proliferation in South Asia.

War and Climate issue.

Thanks to MOVPAZ for hosting this meeting and all the hospitality in this great country.

Liberty to Cuban 5,the heroes who are being kept in US prison in violation of all human rights.

Withdraw US bases from Guantanamo

Liberate Guantanamo from US occupation.

Withdraw blockade against Cuba.

Long Live The Great Cuban Revolution.

Long Live Comrade Castro,an outstanding revolutionary and a beloved leader of our times,a relentless fighter for Peace,Freedom,Progress and Socialism.

Speech of Manzur on 2ND International Seminar for the Abolition of the foreign Military Bases May 4 2011, Guantanamo,Cuba

Speech of Manzurul Ahsan Khan, Bangladesh

2ND International Seminar for the Abolition of the foreign Military Bases
May 4 2011, Guantanamo,Cuba

Foreign military bases mostly US are a great threat to peace and security of the world and sovereignty of all nation states. The military bases are being used as an instrument of imperialist hegemony.

Bangladesh fought an armed liberation struggle against the Pakistani rulers in 1971 when Pakistan had US military bases within its territories and was bound by military pacts with
the United States.

The US has no military bases as such in Bangladesh but it has some facilities which are secretly used for military purposes. United States continue pressure on our country for extending military facilities in St, Martins Islands, Monpura, Dulahajra etc.

Imperialist strategic interest focus on Bangladesh due to its proximity with, China Myanmar, Nepal, North Western India and the Bay of Bengal. The oil, gas, water resources and some rare minerals, discovered in Bangladesh attracts multinationals and along with them the imperial military power.

With a view control the entire region the United States is rapidly escalating its Military and Naval presence in theAsia-Pacific region,particularly in the Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean. Recently biggest Naval Exercise took place in the region under the leadership of US and participation of Bangladesh. Frantic competition is going on to control the sea surrounding the region.

The US-India Nuclear deal and Strategic Alliance threatens not only India's independence and security but also jeopardize sovereignty of Bangladesh and the entire region. The US strategy is to control and usurp the energy and other resources of the region and also contain China. China is fast gaining leading position in the world economy. The United States tends to be more desperate while loosing its leading position in the global economy which faces sunamy of continuing crisis intrinsic in the capitalist system.

The US and NATO powers continue to increase the number of bases all over the world, increase their weaponry and combatants. But now they try to use the whole world as their base. They occupy Afghanistan, Iraq, and trying it in Libya. More over in countries like Bangladesh, Pakistan and India the governments offered its land, air and waters to United States and its allies for their use during the war against Afghanistan and Iraq.

Bangladesh has several treaties with the US which was never made public. These agreements, it is reported includes, SOFA, HAANA, Indemnity, and communication technology etc which greatly undermine the sovereignty of Bangladesh. Such agreement sallow US to send troops and arms to Bangladesh any time they like without any hindrance, ensures Immunity to citizens of USA. No citizen Of United States even committing criminal offense or even genocide can be tried in Bangladesh court of
law, or be handed over to international court of Justice.

As a matter of fact there were more than two occasions when US marine forces intruded into Bangladesh territory in the name of so called humanitarian assistance without any prior permission of Bangladesh government. The United States has taken upon itself the role of policing the whole world directly or by proxy. They use their overwhelming military might, their Military and mobile Naval bases, occupied territories, as well as the air, land and water spaces in many countries of the world, to impose their will
and plunder resources.

The global assault of imperialism be it in Guantanamo, Cuba or Libya or Bangladesh, Iraq, Afghanistan or Palestine, must be resisted globally with a broad unity and united action of not only anti imperialist forces but also all forces fighting for peace, freedom, human development and safety of all life forms in our planet.

মুক্তিযুদ্ধ চলছে

মুক্তিযুদ্ধ চলছে

মনজুরুল আহসান খান

১৬ ডিসেম্বর বাঙালি তথা বাংলাদেশের মানুষের জন্য একটি বিজয়ের দিন। গৌরব ও অহঙ্কারের দিন। এই দিন আমরা আমাদের প্রিয় মাতৃভূমিকে দখলদার বাহিনী থেকে পরিপূর্ণভাবে মুক্ত করেছিলাম। সোহরাওয়ার্দী উদ্যানে মার্কিন যুক্তরাষ্ট্র সমর্থিত পাকিস্তানের আধুনিক ও শক্তিশালী সেনা বাহিনী সেদিন বাংলাদেশ-ভারত যৌথ বাহিনীর কাছে আত্মসমর্পণ করতে বাধ্য হয়েছিল।

বাংলাদেশের সংগ্রামকে আমরা শুধু স্বাধীনতা সংগ্রাম বলি না, মুক্তিযুদ্ধও বলি। বঙ্গবন্ধু শেখ মুজিবও ’৭১-এর ৭ই মার্চের ঐতিহাসিক ভাষণে বলেছিলেন, এবারের সংগ্রাম মুক্তির সংগ্রাম-এবারের সংগ্রাম স্বাধীনতার সংগ্রাম।

স্বাধীন বাংলাদেশ, স্বাধীন পূর্ব পাকিস্তান নয়। শুধুমাত্র একটি পতাকা বা নিজস্ব জাতীয় সঙ্গীতের জন্য আমরা দেশ স্বাধীন করিনি। পাকিস্তান যে মতাদর্শ নিয়ে সাম্প্রদায়িক দ্বি-জাতিতত্ত্বের ভিত্তিতে, সাম্রাজ্যবাদ, পুঁজিবাদ, সামন্তবাদ এবং সামরিক স্বৈরশাসনের ধারায় চলেছিল। তার বিরুদ্ধে বাংলাদেশের মানুষের সুদীর্ঘ সংগ্রামের মধ্য দিয়ে বাংলাদেশ স্বাধীনতা অর্জন করেছে। শত বছরের ধারাবাহিকতায় ও বহু গণসংগ্রামে অসংখ্য মানুষে আত্মবলিদানের মধ্যে দিয়ে বাংলাদেশের মানুষের স্বপড়ব, আদর্শ ও লক্ষগুলি ধীরে ধীরে দানা বেঁধে ওঠে।

বাংলাদেশের মুক্তিযুদ্ধে বঙ্গবন্ধু এবং আওয়ামী লীগ নেতৃত্ব দেয় কিন্তু এই শক্তির অনেকের মধ্যেই লক্ষ্য সম্পর্কে স্পষ্ট ধারণা ছিল না। পেটি বুর্জোয়ার মধ্যস্তরের শ্রেণীগত সীমাবদ্ধতা

Jatio Shompod Rokkhae Protirodh Gore Tulun

Phulbarite Lakho Jonotar Shomabesh

Fullbari (7-11-10)

The Phulbari long march

Long March

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