Mobilization Of Pakistani Workers Begins...

[Spirit of Spartacus]

The demonstration of the Mazdoor Action Committee held yesterday was
an incredible success. Over a thousand people attended the rally
organized against the extention of the working day to 12 hours and
all the newspapers of Pakistan have carried pictures and/or articles
about our demonstration.

Read up on the rally held yesterday...

http://www.pkblogs.com/reddiarypk/2006/07/...onstration.html (http://www.pkblogs.com/reddiarypk/2006/07/mazdoor-action-committee-demonstration.html)

Recently, the government increased the working day for Pakistani workers to 12 hours a day. The wages per hour were DECREASED even further.

We hope our comrades all over the world will support us in the revolutionary movement for the rights of the workers.

Long Live the Revolution!

[Karl Marx's Camel]

Where did the demonstration take place? In Lahore?

[More Fire for the People]

That's pretty fucking awesome. How organized and connected is the Pakistani labour movement?

[Phalanx]

I'm absolutely thrilled to see workers mobilizing. In these terms, your country is lightyears ahead of mine. Keep us updated!

[Spirit of Spartacus]

Where did the demonstration take place? In Lahore?

Yes, it took place in Lahore, which is the second-largest city of Pakistan.



That's pretty fucking awesome. How organized and connected is the Pakistani labour movement?

Well, the Left here has suffered because of military rule. We've had military dictatorships which took repressive action against revolutionaries, including imprisoning, torturing and exiling them.
The Labor Movement in Pakistan today is not as organized and powerful as it could have been, because of our country's authoritarian military dictatorships. But its all changing....

The Mazdoor Action Committee (Mazdoor means Worker), which orgnanized these mass rallies is working closely with our largest Marxist-Leninist revolutionary party, the CMKP.
The Communist Workers and Peasants Party (CMKP), is taking the lead in organizing the revolutionary cadres of the working class. A few years from now we should have a well-organized and coherent revolutionary workers' movement.

I myself am not an official member, but here is their website:

www.cmkp.tk



I'm absolutely thrilled to see workers mobilizing. In these terms, your country is lightyears ahead of mine. Keep us updated!

I'm glad you think so. Yes, our country has suffered greatly from imperialism and capitalism, and we currently have a very un-democratic government. So there is a great deal of potential for a revolutionary movement.

We've produced some brilliant revolutionaries too, and we hope to intensify our efforts for the emancipation of the oppressed classes.

I'll keep you updated on the revolutionary activities here.

Cheers...

Long Live the Revolution!

[bolshevik butcher]

It is fantastic to see furhter agitation in Pakistan. The labour movment seems to be growing in strength and class consiousness growing in Pakistan. In india there was also strikes at the end of last year, so maybe this is a potentially volatile region?

[Karl Marx's Camel]

Yes, it took place in Lahore, which is the second-largest city of Pakistan.

Ah, I see. :)

I wish I was back in Pakistan now.

I've had a vague impression that Lahore is some sort of center for radical groups (heard there is a lot of activity there), or is that just because it is the second largest city?



Please, keep us updated, my friend.

[Entrails Konfetti]

From that report you get the idea that the majority of the workers are calling for revolution. Is the labour movement in Pakistan talking of reforms to dcrease the working hours, or are they talking about going whole hog?

[Spirit of Spartacus]

It is fantastic to see furhter agitation in Pakistan. The labour movment seems to be growing in strength and class consiousness growing in Pakistan. In india there was also strikes at the end of last year, so maybe this is a potentially volatile region?

Indeed it is. This region suffers greatly from the effects of capitalism and imperialism, and there is wrenching poverty. So, yes it is volatile, but we need revolutionary movements to lead the struggle, and now they're coming up.



Ah, I see.

I wish I was back in Pakistan now.

I've had a vague impression that Lahore is some sort of center for radical groups (heard there is a lot of activity there), or is that just because it is the second largest city?



Please, keep us updated, my friend.


You lived in Pakistan at some time? Cool...
What did you do?


Lahore is a centre for radical groups, as is Karachi. They're large urban cities with a higher level of education than other places. So yeah, radical groups can find a foot-hold here...I guess. :)



From that report you get the idea that the majority of the workers are calling for revolution. Is the labour movement in Pakistan talking of reforms to dcrease the working hours, or are they talking about going whole hog?

Well, they're certainly calling for change. As for revolution, well that's still a long way down the road. We need to work to instill a revolutionary class consciousness among the workers and peasants. That will take time.

Currently, the revolutionary labor movements here are working along two fronts. On the one hand, we're working to organize trade unions so that they can fight for better living and working conditions for the workers. We're also working to organize the landless peasants, who form the majority of the rural population.

As for "going the whole hog", if that means a full-scale revolution, well that'll take time. But its coming... ;)




I'll keep you posted on further developments, though...

The number of strikes and stuff will increase now.

Long Live the Revolution!

[Karl Marx's Camel]

You lived in Pakistan at some time? Cool...
What did you do?


It was barely a month after the coup by Musharraf....

I lived with my family for some weeks in a city close to Lahore. Spent a lot of time with the family, traveled around to nearby friends and families, got to know a friend (we kept contact for some years by letter). She was hot. :wub:

We also visited a mosque (very nice architecture) and went to Rawalpindi for a night, I believe, and then for Islamabad.

And of course I played every morning with the kite! :D

I remember using the nut cracker (the family often gathered around the table and we ate nuts) so much, that it broke! :lol:

And of course we went to the bazaars.

Has anything major happened the past six years? Has anything big changed?