The international meeting of the ICSPWI on 29-30 of January had made commitments and a plan for the participating Committees, Parties and Organizations supporting the people's war, aimed to give continuity to the large, necessary and crucial for the peoples and the international communist movement, support for the people's war in India led by the PCI (Maoist), after the great International Day of actions of 24th of November 2021.
These tasks have been accomplished.
On 10th of February, an international poster in defense of the People’s War and for the expansion and strengthening of the bodies of people’s power, the Revolutionary People's Committees was issued and propagated in various countries of the world, in three languages (English, Spanish and Italian).
It was decided an International Day of struggle for the 23rd of March, essentially centered on the liberation of political prisoners in India. An international poster had been prepared for this Day, particularly for the countries where committees already exist.
During the preparation of this campaign, two facts of great importance emerged: on the one hand, the invasion of Ukraine by Russia -with the intensification of the contradictions between the Ukrainian masses and the Russian invader and the inter-imperialistic contradictions between the US/NATO/EU and Russian imperialists- which captured the attention and mobilization of proletarians, people’s masses, anti-imperialist and pacifist forces from all over the world, and, on the other hand, the further call by the CPI (Maoist) to extend the Day to a week, from 23rd to 29th of March, in order to strengthen the general anti-imperialist character of the campaign and extend the support to the people's war in the Philippines, on the anniversary of the NPA.
This call was accepted by the Committees and forces supporting the people's war in India.
At the same time, in some countries a hard effort was made to root it in the situation brought by the war.
Moreover, it has to be taken into account that the comrades supporters of the TKP/ML had already promoted an international day for the release of political prisoners from all over the world for the 18th of March and fulfilled the commitment made at the ICSPWI meeting to give great evidence and emphasis to the struggle for the release of political prisoners in India bringing it in all the demonstrations in the different countries organized by the Turkish comrades and particularly in the important demonstration in Brussels.
In other countries, the campaign had two characteristics: on the one hand, actions with posters posted in different cities and places close to the people’s masses, on the other hand it organized rallies and public demonstrations with banners, flags and leaflets of great impact in the respective countries.
In Galicia, the campaign reached various cities and involved various associations, advancing in its extension and building of a reference for the whole Spanish state.
In Colombia: “… the International Committee in Support of the People's War in India has called for actions to be carried out in the world this week, and from Colombia we are here today in this industrial zone of Bogotá bringing this message to the workers”.
In Austria various activities in three federal districts were organized: Posters and leaflets were spread, discussion events were hold and “a rally was held in front of the Indian Embassy in Vienna. It was part of a global campaign to defend and release India's political prisoners… Speakers from Partizan Austria, the Committee to Support the People's War in India, the KomIntern (a progressive unionist initiative) and the International League of People’s Struggle spoke about popular resistance, large-scale strikes and the anti-imperialist and revolutionary struggle, as well as the increasing repression and the situation of political prisoners in India Many passers-by stopped to listen to the speeches”.
In Brazil, a very intense campaign was carried out on the initiative of Cebraspo, demanding the freedom for all political prisoners in India, especially for Dr. GN Saibaba and the revolutionary writer Varavara Rao.
In Germany leaflets were spread in proletarian neighborhoods, mobilizing for the support of the people’s war and the political prisoners in India.
In Italy, two issues were highlighted, the great and extensive mobilization of the Revolutionary Proletarian Feminist Movement, which from 8th to 26th of March realized a slide-show of documentation, counter-information and solidarity with the women political prisoners in India, exposing the crimes by Modi's fascist regime; and the continuity of the organization and struggle of Indian inmigrant workers who, after the great and combative demonstration of January 29, while the ICSPWI meeting was in progress, gathered again in the assembly and demonstrated in the streets, simultaneously with the national strike of March 28-29 in India supported by the CPI (Maoist).
The solidarity with the political prisoners of India also was present and significant during the anti-war demonstrations hold in different cities and at the great demonstration of 25 thousands workers, students, Friday For Future movement held in Florence on March 26, as well as at the national day of struggle of migrants of many nationalities, including Indians and South Asians, held in several Italian cities on 31st of March, particularly at the demonstration in Rome.
In other countries the forces supporting the PW in India used this campaign to discuss internally and make preparations for the formation of new committees at the aim to carry out initiatives at the embassies (Madrid, Tunis, Rome, etc.) or actions towards governments and industries that supply weapons to India.
The ICSWPI considers the campaign for the political prisoners as an emergency that requires further timely initiatives that can be effective and also affect the results and, at the same time, an extended campaign until a new International Day on 13 September.
LAL SALAAM!
ICSPWI
April 2022
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