Three Left parties of Pakistan to merge,
founding conference on 4th November
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/socialist_pakistan_news/message/25721
its a good move yet needs little care, consistency. from 2003, in
our left liberal magazine awami jamhori forum www.ajfpk.org we r raising
this issue. as par policy we published interviews and articles of left
people who have even contradictory view points. we often faced criticism
from comrades to accommodate different left point of views. yet we
remained struck with the policy and the proof of this is our published
material. in our more than 52 magazines we published interviews of more
than two dozen left prominent leaders and intellectuals only. we also
published many articles too. as u see at our website we always
emphasized on need for a new democratic left party. regarding this
email, i think issue was not state patronage as claimed in email " We
do
not expect to
suddenly emerge as a ˜third™ force in Pakistani politics, because we
do not
enjoy the kind of patronage of state and non-state powers that
right-wing
parties." in India CPI after 1952 in general enjoyed state patronage yet
it failed to become 3rd force. there r some basic issues which we must
accept. in non-democratic structures we often abolish gray areas and so
in the absence of dialogue factionalism prevails. this was one of the
basic issues. if this effort give the space for new thinking it will be
better.
Aamir Riaz
Editor awami jamhori forum ( people's democratic forum)
www.ajfpk.org
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Blog http://punjabpunch.blogspot.com
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From: A. H. Nayyar <nayyar.ah@...>
To: socialist_pakistan_news@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, 19 September 2012, 8:52
Subject: Re: (SPN) Three Left parties of Pakistan to merg, founding conference on 4th November
This would be a great step forward. People may have started working
on political documents, policies, manifestos, etc. If such a policy
document is being made in the area of education and science and
technology, I would like to offer my services to be a part of it.
On 19 September 2012 08:01, Labour Party Pakistan <labour_party@...> wrote:
[Attachment(s) from Labour Party Pakistan included below]
Dear Friends and
Comrades,
Over the past few
months, three Left political parties have been holding meetings to discuss the
possibility of a merger and creation of a new progressive force in Pakistani
politics. Many of us have been striving for left unity for years, even decades.
The challenges that
working people and progressive political forces face both within this country
and in the form of imperialist intrigue cannot be
meaningfully confronted without such unity. In the past, efforts to bring the
left together have both succeeded and failed, and it is in the spirit of
learning from such experiences that this present attempt is being made.
We do not expect to
suddenly emerge as a ‘third’ force in Pakistani politics, because we do not
enjoy the kind of patronage of state and non-state powers that right-wing
parties. Yet we do believe that the people of Pakistan want to see new
alternatives emerging and we expect that a merger of existing left groups will
be a giant step forward in building such an alternative.
It is true that a
majority of the Pakistani population is young, and many of these youth are fed
up with the existing political options at their disposal. We believe that a
left political party can be the face of this young and struggling population,
not on the basis of hollow slogans, but in the form of a workable
anti-imperialist, secular, anti-feudal and democratic Socialist programme.
We want to harness the
countervailing power of the people of Pakistan to take on and displace all
status quo forces.
Baluchistan is burning,
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa continues to be caught in the throes of a war between two
fundamentalisms (imperialist and religious), and our biggest city Karachi is
engulfed in a mini-civil war….the list could go on.
None of our existing
political parties acknowledges or tries to address these divisions. We believe
that only a mass left party can bring Pakistan’s divided nations together by
bringing to the fore the shared interests of working people of all of these nations,
and by accepting the rights of nations of self determination including the
right of cession. We will struggle to affirm Pakistan’s multinational
character, and will try and revive the historic alliances of the left and
progressive ethno-nationalists. This is the most urgent task facing all
progressives and we believe our new party will be at the forefront of this
struggle.
While the merger process
to date has included only our three parties, we are circulating this message to
clarify that we want all those who share our goals to join us. We believe that
the building of a democratic socialist Pakistan is possible only if the means
we employ are inclusive from the outset. We invite you all to be part of his
historic effort.
It is been agreed that a
federal conference consisting of delegates from all three parties will take place on 4th November
2012 in Lahore. An interim body will be
elected for the next six months. A congress of the new party will take place in
the middle of next year to elect all the bodies and to set the political and
organizational priorities.
We would also be happy
to invite those who are not part of the party to take part in the first federal
conference as observer and decide for themselves, if they want to be part of the new
party.
In solidarity,
1- Awami Party Pakistan
2- Labour Party Pakistan
3- Workers Party Pakistan
Please contact for more information and solidarity
Awami Party:(Jamil Umer) alberuni123@...
Labour Party:(Farooq Tariq) labour_party@...
Workers Party:(Assim Sajad Akhtar) amajid@...
Labour Party Pakistan
1/7 Street 7, Mohammed Nagar, Allama Iqbal Road, Lahore, Pakistan
tel: 00 92 42 36315162www.laborpakistan.org
