[Onthebarricades] PAKISTAN: Unrest between leftist and Islamist protesters on anti-repression march

[Andy]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Vidrohi 
To: cmkp_pk at yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 5:12 PM
Subject: [cmkp] CMKP combats religious fundamentalists at the Lawyers' Protest; July 5, 2007


Dear Comrades, 

The Communist Mazdoor Kisssan Party Lahore Party participated 
in the lawyers protest on Thursday (today; July 5, 2007). At 
the outset of the protest, delineation between the various 
parties could be clearly seen regarding the recent Lal Masjid 
issue. The religious parties, represented
primarily by the JUI of Qazi Hussein Ahmed, was sloganeering in
favor of the `Martyrs' of the Lal Masjid, there was a clear
impression that the religious parties were attempting to convert
this protest into one regarding the lal masjid, and completely
ignoring the lawyers, and to dominate the entire function which was
evident by their larger than ever mobilization of religious cadres.

The CMKP began successfully sloganeering against the religious
parties and the lal masjid, which was evident in the popularity of
the slogans "Mullah ko de ragra" and `Yeh Mulleh kya hain?
Dehshadgard, Lal Masjid kya hain? Dehshadgard"

This evoked the ire of the cadres of the religious parties who then
proceeded to manhandle CMKP cadres, but the sloganeering continued
and the religious bigots were fought off.

As the march continued, the polarization between the different
political tendencies was sharpened, with the PPP contingent, the
Lawyers, the labor party, the leadership of the lawyers and all
other representatives of secular leftist groups revolving around the
CMKP contingent, which was the only one actively sloganeering
against the Mullahs.

At the end of the march, in customary fashion, the Mullahs had a
truck equipped with huge speakers, from which their leaders
addressed their cadres, and proceeded to deliver their speeches.
They began by asking the people to pray for the `martyrs' at lal
masjid. The CMKP immediately began raising slogans against them. It
goes to the credit of the CMKP that despite their small numbers,
they attracted such a large following, that the speeches of the
mullahs were drowned out. Witnessing this, the PPP contingent too
began following the lead of the CMKP in making it impossible for the
mullahs to make their views heard. CMKP cadres began chanting
slogans and pointing directly to the leadership of the mullahs, "Yeh
Mulleh kya hain? Dehshadgard" seeing this state of affairs, the
mullah cadres were completely silent, and their leaders had sullen
looks upon their faces, their eyes never leaving the throbbing,
noisy CMKP contingent. Attempts were made to manhandle the cmkp
cadres at this juncture, but by then, the cmkp had attracted such a
large following that they quickly abandoned this course of action.

In the end, the lawyers expressed satisfaction and gratitude that
the CMKP had prevented the mullahs from hijacking the rally and
converting it into a pro-lal masjid fiasco.

With Communist greetings,
Ahmed Khan



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