CPI(M) Rally in solidarity with Palestine
By Global News Service
Thousands participated in demonstrations across South Asia as part of international calls for mobilization to mark a year of Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, express solidarity with the Palestinian people, and demand an immediate ceasefire.
Addressing a rally in India’s capital New Delhi, Prakash Karat, the national coordinator of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), demanded an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and for Israel to be held accountable for committing genocide and war crimes.
Left parties in India including CPI (M), the Communist Party of India (CPI), and the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, had given a nationwide call for protest in solidarity with Palestine and against the Indian government’s pro-Israeli policies on October 7. Protests were held in several Indian states including Tamil Nadu, Jammu and Kashmir, and West Bengal.
Several rallies were organized at Sharea Faisal and Teen Talwar in Karachi, Pakistan, on October 6 and 7. The protest calls were given by several political parties as well as progressive and left movements such as the Aurat March and Progressive Students Collective.
The rally at Sharea Faisal was attended by different political parties in Pakistan including Jamaat-e-Islami and Pakistan People’s Party. The speakers in the rally condemned Israel’s genocide of Palestinians, calling its indiscriminate attacks on civilians criminal.
Speakers highlighted how there is a competition among the presidential candidates in the U.S. to show who supports the Israelis more. This makes it clear that Israel’s war in Gaza has full American support, they claimed.
from the Peoples Dispatch / Globetrotter News Service
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