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20th February 2011, 22:10
PPYU in Gaza celebrates the Egyptian revolution and calls for Palestinian unity
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The Palestinian Progressive Youth Union, the youth organization of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, held a rally in the Square of the Unknown Soldier on Monday, February 14, 2011, celebrating the Egyptian revolution and the great achievements of the youth and people of Egypt. The youth marchers, joined by cadres of the PFLP, raised the flags of Egypt, Tunisia and Palestine and the banners of the PFLP and PPYU.
Comrade Shireen Abu Aoun, speaking on behalf of the PPYU, said that the initiative and action of the Egyptian youth and Egyptian people have changed Egypt entirely. She said that Egypt cannot remain as it is, Camp David cannot remain as it is, Egypt will not be neutral. Egypt will no longer be the country which starves its people, suppresses its dignity and humanity and imprisons its vanguard, she said. "A new Arab Egypt is the will of its youth."
Comrade Abu Aoun saluted the youth leaders of the Arab revolution in Egypt and Tunisia and saluted the sacrifice of the martyrs in order to achieve the freedom of their people. She emphasized that the tyrannical regimes are quickly falling before the will of the people and the youth, pointing out that the Egyptian people see the greatness of the youth of the revolution as they restore the glory and dignity of Egypt, which suffered for over three decades of tyranny and injustice at the hands of the former regime.
She congratulated the people of Egypt upon their revolutionary victory, and the people of Tunisia who were the spark of Arab revolutions, and said that all oppressed peoples seek to follow the example of the Tunisian and Egyptian revolution.
Comrade Abu Aoun pointed out that the Egyptian people deserve a people's council and a new government elected through free and fair elections, and that Egypt must have a modern constitution that protects freedoms and an end to the Emergency Law, and that the wealth of Egypt should be returned to the people of Egypt, not accumulated to a handful of businessmen who looted the country's treasury.
She confirmed that the Palestinian people are learning the lessons of Egypt and Tunisia, saing that offering mild reforms at a determining moment for the Egyptian people is an attempt to provide a lifeline to the authoritarian regimes uttering their last breaths and serve as a poison syringe to the revolution. The most important lessons learned by the peoples of the revolutions of Egypt and Tunisia is that popular unity is a necessary condition of victory, a unity behind the goals to be achieved.
She said that the standard to evaluate a government is the extent of respect for its people, their rights, freedom and dignity, respect for the Constitution and the law, as well as respect for the freedom of expression and opinion of the opposition and of protestors, and respect for the peaceful transfer of power, and the need to provide a decent living for its people and ensure justice, equal opportunity, and intellectual and political diversity.
She called upon PA President Mahmoud Abbas to respect the people's decision to reject negotiations and "security" agreements with the occupation and demanded that he respect the people's rejection of security coordination with the occupier, stop political arrests against the resistance, and abide by the Palestinian masses' rejection of secret negotiations and hiding the facts avout them.
Comrade Abu Aoun stressed that the PPYU and the PFLP have full confidence that the Egyptian revolution which achieved these first victories will be able to complete its total victory and achieve its full objectives, noting that the Egyptian revolution will change the face of the region as a whole. She pointed out that the new Egypt that has arisen after the revolution will restore Egypt to its leading role in the Arab nation, which has lost Egypt for decades.
In addition, Ahmed Bilal, a young revolutionary Egyptian and a member of the Egyptian Progressive Youth Union sent a message from Egypt, greeting the PPYU and thanking all who participated in solidarity with the Egyptian movement. He said that the Egyptian youth revolution launched on January 25, 2011 against poverty, unemployment and corruption raised calls for change, freedom and social justice. He pointed out that the brutality of the ousted Egyptian regime in its dealings with the Egyptian people led to a desire to obtain all of the Egyptian people's rights, their determination to achieve their freedom through struggle, and to accomplish the slogan, "The people want to overthrow the regime."
He said that the ousted regime tried and failed to suppress the revolution in its infancy, through distorted images, attempting to use all tools of repression and terror, but failed to defeat the will of the Egyptian people. Bilal said that while the heart of the revolution was in Tahrir Square, it burned through every street in Egypt, and every public square filled with thousands until the demonstrations created an Egypt no one had seen before.
He emphasized that the Egyptian youth of the revolution support the Palestinian people's resistance to Zionist occupation. He pointed out that the Egyptian regime tried to spread terror in our people through releasing thugs while withdrawing police from the street, but the revolution formed popular committees to protect our people, divided ourselves into groups to demonstrate and protect the people, saying that the revolutionaries replaced the security forces' terrorizing of the people with real popular protection.
He recalled the cultural aspects of the revolution, noting that Sheikh Imam's voice was heard constantly in the streets of revolutionary Egypt and that every act of repression was met with new art, cartoons and songs. He said that the revolution mocked those who relied on hatred, violence and terror and proved to the whole world that love of the homeland is the most powerful weapon in the face of a repressive force.
Bilal said that the revolution did not win in only to remove the ousted president, but to overthrow the entire system that abandoned the poor and working class of Egypt but enshrined a handful of wealthy businessmen to loot the wealth of our people and our workers. He said that the revolution did not seek to simply change the president but to change the country as a whole.
He emphasized that the revolution is not over yet and that they have formed popular committees to protect the revolution's gains, build popular structures and prosecute corruption, as well as organizing campaigns to clean up areas devastated by the thugs of former president Mubarak.
He said that all should be proud of the role of the comrades in the Union of Progressive Youth in Egypt since the first day, where they have had detained, wounded and martyrs. He saluted the PPYU on behalf of the progressive youth of Egypt, recalling his words during his visit to Gaza, that the road to Jerusalem also comes from Cairo, and that our struggle in Cairo is for Palestine, and that we have regained Cairo and now we can begin our way to Jerusalem. The comrades of freedom and the Egyptian revolution are waiting, he said, and we promise to meet one another in a free Jerusalem.
The youth demonstrators raised banners praising the Egyptian revolution, calling for an end to Palestinian division and Zionist occupation, such as: "The people want to end the occupation," "the people want to end the division," "Congratulations to the Egyptian people," "No to division, yes to unity, no to the suppression of freedoms," and "The will of the people made a revolution and brought down the regimes."
The protestors enthusiastically sang national songs, chanted for the youth of Egypt and Tunisia and expressed their hopes to draw lessons and take action to end the division, achieve people's rights, win the rights of peasants and workers, students and graduates, win the freedom and return of prisoners and refugees, saying "We want to end the division and we want to liberate Palestine from the river to the sea!"
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The Palestinian Progressive Youth Union, the youth organization of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, held a rally in the Square of the Unknown Soldier on Monday, February 14, 2011, celebrating the Egyptian revolution and the great achievements of the youth and people of Egypt. The youth marchers, joined by cadres of the PFLP, raised the flags of Egypt, Tunisia and Palestine and the banners of the PFLP and PPYU.
Comrade Shireen Abu Aoun, speaking on behalf of the PPYU, said that the initiative and action of the Egyptian youth and Egyptian people have changed Egypt entirely. She said that Egypt cannot remain as it is, Camp David cannot remain as it is, Egypt will not be neutral. Egypt will no longer be the country which starves its people, suppresses its dignity and humanity and imprisons its vanguard, she said. "A new Arab Egypt is the will of its youth."
Comrade Abu Aoun saluted the youth leaders of the Arab revolution in Egypt and Tunisia and saluted the sacrifice of the martyrs in order to achieve the freedom of their people. She emphasized that the tyrannical regimes are quickly falling before the will of the people and the youth, pointing out that the Egyptian people see the greatness of the youth of the revolution as they restore the glory and dignity of Egypt, which suffered for over three decades of tyranny and injustice at the hands of the former regime.
She congratulated the people of Egypt upon their revolutionary victory, and the people of Tunisia who were the spark of Arab revolutions, and said that all oppressed peoples seek to follow the example of the Tunisian and Egyptian revolution.
Comrade Abu Aoun pointed out that the Egyptian people deserve a people's council and a new government elected through free and fair elections, and that Egypt must have a modern constitution that protects freedoms and an end to the Emergency Law, and that the wealth of Egypt should be returned to the people of Egypt, not accumulated to a handful of businessmen who looted the country's treasury.
She confirmed that the Palestinian people are learning the lessons of Egypt and Tunisia, saing that offering mild reforms at a determining moment for the Egyptian people is an attempt to provide a lifeline to the authoritarian regimes uttering their last breaths and serve as a poison syringe to the revolution. The most important lessons learned by the peoples of the revolutions of Egypt and Tunisia is that popular unity is a necessary condition of victory, a unity behind the goals to be achieved.
She said that the standard to evaluate a government is the extent of respect for its people, their rights, freedom and dignity, respect for the Constitution and the law, as well as respect for the freedom of expression and opinion of the opposition and of protestors, and respect for the peaceful transfer of power, and the need to provide a decent living for its people and ensure justice, equal opportunity, and intellectual and political diversity.
She called upon PA President Mahmoud Abbas to respect the people's decision to reject negotiations and "security" agreements with the occupation and demanded that he respect the people's rejection of security coordination with the occupier, stop political arrests against the resistance, and abide by the Palestinian masses' rejection of secret negotiations and hiding the facts avout them.
Comrade Abu Aoun stressed that the PPYU and the PFLP have full confidence that the Egyptian revolution which achieved these first victories will be able to complete its total victory and achieve its full objectives, noting that the Egyptian revolution will change the face of the region as a whole. She pointed out that the new Egypt that has arisen after the revolution will restore Egypt to its leading role in the Arab nation, which has lost Egypt for decades.
In addition, Ahmed Bilal, a young revolutionary Egyptian and a member of the Egyptian Progressive Youth Union sent a message from Egypt, greeting the PPYU and thanking all who participated in solidarity with the Egyptian movement. He said that the Egyptian youth revolution launched on January 25, 2011 against poverty, unemployment and corruption raised calls for change, freedom and social justice. He pointed out that the brutality of the ousted Egyptian regime in its dealings with the Egyptian people led to a desire to obtain all of the Egyptian people's rights, their determination to achieve their freedom through struggle, and to accomplish the slogan, "The people want to overthrow the regime."
He said that the ousted regime tried and failed to suppress the revolution in its infancy, through distorted images, attempting to use all tools of repression and terror, but failed to defeat the will of the Egyptian people. Bilal said that while the heart of the revolution was in Tahrir Square, it burned through every street in Egypt, and every public square filled with thousands until the demonstrations created an Egypt no one had seen before.
He emphasized that the Egyptian youth of the revolution support the Palestinian people's resistance to Zionist occupation. He pointed out that the Egyptian regime tried to spread terror in our people through releasing thugs while withdrawing police from the street, but the revolution formed popular committees to protect our people, divided ourselves into groups to demonstrate and protect the people, saying that the revolutionaries replaced the security forces' terrorizing of the people with real popular protection.
He recalled the cultural aspects of the revolution, noting that Sheikh Imam's voice was heard constantly in the streets of revolutionary Egypt and that every act of repression was met with new art, cartoons and songs. He said that the revolution mocked those who relied on hatred, violence and terror and proved to the whole world that love of the homeland is the most powerful weapon in the face of a repressive force.
Bilal said that the revolution did not win in only to remove the ousted president, but to overthrow the entire system that abandoned the poor and working class of Egypt but enshrined a handful of wealthy businessmen to loot the wealth of our people and our workers. He said that the revolution did not seek to simply change the president but to change the country as a whole.
He emphasized that the revolution is not over yet and that they have formed popular committees to protect the revolution's gains, build popular structures and prosecute corruption, as well as organizing campaigns to clean up areas devastated by the thugs of former president Mubarak.
He said that all should be proud of the role of the comrades in the Union of Progressive Youth in Egypt since the first day, where they have had detained, wounded and martyrs. He saluted the PPYU on behalf of the progressive youth of Egypt, recalling his words during his visit to Gaza, that the road to Jerusalem also comes from Cairo, and that our struggle in Cairo is for Palestine, and that we have regained Cairo and now we can begin our way to Jerusalem. The comrades of freedom and the Egyptian revolution are waiting, he said, and we promise to meet one another in a free Jerusalem.
The youth demonstrators raised banners praising the Egyptian revolution, calling for an end to Palestinian division and Zionist occupation, such as: "The people want to end the occupation," "the people want to end the division," "Congratulations to the Egyptian people," "No to division, yes to unity, no to the suppression of freedoms," and "The will of the people made a revolution and brought down the regimes."
The protestors enthusiastically sang national songs, chanted for the youth of Egypt and Tunisia and expressed their hopes to draw lessons and take action to end the division, achieve people's rights, win the rights of peasants and workers, students and graduates, win the freedom and return of prisoners and refugees, saying "We want to end the division and we want to liberate Palestine from the river to the sea!"
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