Erection of a parmanent shoheed bedi at rana plaza, savar
Comrades
On 24th of April, 2013, Rana Plaza crumbled to a huge pile of wreckage
that resulted in the most atrocious labor killing in the history of
Bangladesh garment industry. Even after the building was announced to be
under serious threat on the previous day, the owners of the garments
tortured ,threatened the workers that they will be sacked from their
job, also off their due salaries and thus forced them to work.After the
collapse the civilians rescued most of the bodies from beneath the
ruins. On 29th of April civilians were ousted from the rescue program
and heavy machines were employed on purpose. The state absconded dead
bodies this time.According to the govt statistics 1130 corpses were
rescued and 2438 were rescued alive.But the locals and the labor who
used to work there presented a fact absolutely different. They disclosed
the number is much bigger.To protest against this brutal mass murder
and to uphold these workers as martyr,to create a stand as the symbol of
unity for the entire working class a martyr monument with the
name-‘Protest and Resist’ was erected on the 100th day of the massacre
on 2nd of August,2013 by Shoheed Bedi Nirman Commiittee. Six cultural
and student organizations Lamppost, Chatro gonomoncho, Propod,Gonomuktir
Ganer Dol, Marxbader Prothom Path, Propod, and Dobanol took initiatives
to build up this monument. Individual members later joined were Prof.
M. Nurunnobi, President, Gonoshongskriti Porishod, Left intellectual
Mohsin Shostropani, and other cultural identities to established this
first ever sacrificial Shoeed Bedi for garment industry workers.The
committee, affected and bereaved families, common people bestowed
wreathes and bunches of flower before a minute of silence to give salute
to proletariats all over the world.
There was a street discussion program conducted by Shawkat of Chatro
Gonomoncho. Discussants were Shumon Maitro, organizor of Dabanol, Shathi
Akter of Biplobi Sromik Committee, Shantonu Shumon of Chatro
Gonomoncho, father of a martyr and Prince Ahammad, Editor of
Lamppost, Advocate Zahed Karim, president, Gonomuktir Ganer Dol. The
concluding discussant was Ashish Corraya,Co-ordinator of the Shoheed
Bedi Nirman Committee and also Gen. Secy. of Gonomuktir Ganer Dol.
Discussants emphasized on the issue that it will be BGMEA and BKMEA who
will compensate the families of killed or lost with at least BDT 20 lac
each, the injured with BDT 10 lac each, and the handicapped with at
least BDT 15 lac each along with a complete rehabilitation process.
Every factory must have the right to have a free trade union. The
minimum remuneration of the workers to be at least BDT 15000 each;
withdrawal of industrial police, all the laws and regulations that goes
against the interest of workers; exemplary, immediate punishment for
all of them-the owners and their allies who have contributed to such
mass murders in the past are the major points which came into focus.
Discussants emphasized that the workers are involved in a ceaseless
struggle in their daily lives against the state that serves the interest
of the profit extracting owner class. That is why they are recognized
as martyrs. To erect this Shoheed Bedi a mass fund was raised from among
the labor-student-professionals through street mass cultural program
and distribution of leaflet.
The govt is playing a conspiracy to make it appear as a mere accident or
even an act of god in a quick passage of history and keep a grave
"memorial" monument only. Crushing down all the exploitation-mechanism
of the owner class will accelerate the fight that will establish a new
democratic state that will serve the interest of the
labor-peasants-working class with the ultimate goal of communism.
After this a mass cultural program started with a chorus of
“International” (Jago Jago Jago Shorbohara) followed by another song
“Amare Tala bodhoyo Rekhe” (Keeping us locked……….)., Beyainee Gaan(Song
against disorderly Law & Order), and Din esheche Aeiber (The Day
Has come). At the end a protest rally moved covering the area of savar
bus stand and was concluded at the point of the Shoheed Bedi.
Red Salute
Ashish Corraya
Co-ordinator
Shoheed Bedi Nirman Committee 
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