Pakistan: Marxists dismiss Lal Khan in the historic 38th Congress 2020 of the figth
By The struggle
With the country paralyzed by coronavirus panic, Pakistani Marxists moved forward with historic Congress 2020. On Friday 13 of March, The 38th annual Congress of the Struggle was inaugurated in Lahore, perhaps in the moment of greatest uncertainty.
All Political and logistical preparations for the congress began in 2019. In times of severe censorship on political activity and freedom of expression, was an uphill task to secure all bureaucratic permits, what i know further complicated by the coronavirus epidemic. further, el país atraviesa uno of the worst economic periods in its history. The economy is paralyzed and with skyrocketing inflation, which creates a situation of “stagflation”, making him extremely difficult to pay for travel for comrades who come from all over the corners of the country. Despite the serious objective conditions socioeconomic, more of 1800 comrades, including about a hundred fifty women, attended the Congress, defeating all the odds and making the impossible possible.
If they wrote, published and distributed four draft documents on world perspectives, Pakistan perspective, united front methodology and construction of the revolutionary party, which then circulated throughout the organization to grassroots organizations. After a thorough discussion within of the organization before the Congress, each of these documents was discussed in detail in a specific session in Congress, except methodology united front, since a session of the congress was dedicated to the fight of comrade Lal Khan. In addition to the delegates and international guests, comrades of almost all parts of the country participated in the discussions and shed light on different aspects of the prevailing national and international situation, la economía global, the perspectives, strategy and construction matches. Special editions of Asian Marxist Review published (AMR) and the Urdu magazine of the Struggle “Tabqati Jeddojehad” to commemorate the struggle Comrade Lal Khan's revolutionary.
Congress 2020 was formally inaugurated with loud applause, revolutionary slogans, songs, poetry and music at 11 in the morning of 13 de marzo en Aiwan-e-Iqbal, the largest hall in the city. Qamar Uz Zaman Khan opened and presided over the first “Remembering Lal Khan” session after observing a minute of silence in memory by Lal Khan. Comrade Imran Kamyana then welcomed and introduced the international delegates and guests who attended the meeting from Holland, Türkiye and Argentina.
This meeting history of La Lucha was dedicated to the fight of 40 years of comrade Lal Khan. This Congress was an important milestone in the construction of forces of Marxism revolutionary in Pakistan and beyond. Comrades from many Asian countries, Europe, The United States and Latin America sent messages of solidarity and greetings to Congress. The atmosphere was full of enthusiasm, determination and revolutionary spirit. Among the participants were workers and union activists from almost all production and service sectors. Also present were a large number of students from the main educational institutions of the country and their administered areas.
The first session “Remembering Lal Khan” opened with a video with speeches and images of the Comrade Lal Khan and then Comrade Sadaf Zahra (Lal Khan's widow) if addressed the audience while Qamar Uz Zaman Khan presided over the session. Others comrades, with whom Comrade Lal Khan began the construction of the revolutionary forces in Pakistan, shared their experiences. Those who spoke included Nazar Mengal from Balochistan, Jannat Hussain and Karamat Ali from Karachi, Jay Parkash de Hyderabad, Anwar Panwar de Dadu, Haider Chugtai de Rahimyar Khan, Rauf Lund of Jampur, Omar Rasheed of Faisalabad, Very Bux, Farooq Tariq and Ilyas Khan of Lahore, Farzana Bari de Islamabad, Farooq Khan Kashmir, Gufran Ahad of Pakhtoonkhwa and Rang Elahi of the Center.
After lunch break, The second session on “global perspectives” was chaired by Rashid Sheikh and opened by Hameed Khan. A large number of comrades, including international guests and delegates, they intervened in the discussions. Gökçe Şentürk in La camarada, of the Socialist Workers Party from Türkiye, intervened and spoke about the political scene of the world, especially from the Middle East, and shed light on the workers' movement that is in eruption around the world. Alejandro Bodart, of the International League Socialist and the Argentine MST, spoke about the situation in Latin America and the role of a Marxist International in this era. The sessions were followed by union work committees, of women and youth that continued until the night.
In the second day of the congress, The government issued an emergency proclamation that banned all meetings. Despite tremendous pressure from the government to cancel second day procedures, the comrades remained firmes y siguieron adelante con las sesiones. A minute of silence was observed in memory of Dr. Mubashir Hassan.
with him same enthusiasm and revolutionary spirit of the first day, there was an atmosphere brilliant the 14 March at the Aiwan-e-Iqbal in Lahore. The day started with songs, revolutionary poems and slogans. The second session on “perspectives of Pakistan” was chaired by Hanif Misrani. It was opened by Zafar Ullah and closed by Imran Kamyana. Comrades from different parts of the country participated in the discussion.
The fourth session on “building the revolutionary party” was chaired by Rihana Akhtar while Awais Qarni opened the discussion. After opening, rauf Lund proposed the Central Committee list, after which Changez Malik, Ismat Perveen, Ammar Yasir and Abrar Latif presented brief reports of the committees held the day before. This was followed by the vote of the sessions held and draft documents. The list was then voted on. CC and was approved unanimously. Awais Qarni summarized the Congress with his fiery closing comments, after which the meeting ended with the fists raised and singing the Internationale.
