Protest March and Rally Held in Bangladesh under the Banner of “Anti-Imperialist Students and Masses” in Response to the International Week (April 7–12, 2025) Called by the International Committee for the Support of People’s War in India (ICSPWI)

Press Release

Date: April 12, 2025

Protest March and Rally Held in Bangladesh under the Banner of “Anti-Imperialist Students and Masses” in Response to the International Week (April 7–12, 2025) Called by the International Committee for the Support of People’s War in India (ICSPWI)

Today, on April 12 at around 1 PM, under the banner of “Anti-Imperialist Students and Masses,” various students, intellectuals, and young men and women held a protest march and rally against the ongoing Israeli genocide in Palestine backed by the United States, and the massacre of Maoists and indigenous people in the name of the anti-Maoist operation “Operation Kagar” in India.

The rally, conducted by Dhaka University student Bubun, featured speeches from Dhaka University student Tahmid Hossain, Naeem Uddin—convener of the Revolutionary Student-Youth Movement (Dhaka Metropolitan Committee), Jagannath University student Arunav Ashraf, Sajid-ul-Islam—member of the Revolutionary Student-Youth Movement (Dhaka Metropolitan Committee), and BUET student Masyiat Jahin, who recited a Bengali translation of a Palestinian poet’s poem. Leaders of the Revolutionary Student-Youth Movement and various progressive students and supporters were also present.

The march included slogans demanding the establishment of a united, secular, independent Palestine free from imperialism and expansionism, as well as a call to stop “Operation Kagar.” In the rally that followed, the speakers stated that the Israeli genocide in Palestine backed by imperialism and the indigenous massacre carried out by the expansionist Indian state under “Operation Kagar” in Chhattisgarh are interconnected.

The speakers further said that imperialism is the enemy of the world’s people, and in the interest of capturing markets and resources, it imposes unjust wars on them. From the rally, a call was made for unity against the brutal massacres carried out by all imperialist powers—such as the U.S., Russia, China, and the EU—as well as the Indian and Israeli expansionists.

They also emphasized the necessity of a revolutionary program to resist imperialism. The speakers called for revolutionary resistance against the ongoing white terror that seeks to annihilate various ethnic identities across the world, including the national liberation struggles of Palestine, Balochistan, Myanmar, and others.

It was highlighted in the speeches that the Maoists are waging a just people’s war globally with the aim of achieving true democracy for the masses. At the end of the rally, effigies and pictures of Trump, Modi, Netanyahu, Xi Jinping, and Putin were burned along with the flags of Israel and the United States. The rally concluded with a declaration of commitment to bury global imperialism through the united and conscious struggles of the oppressed nations and peoples around the world.

Message Sent by,

Redwan Ahmed,

Co-Convener,

Revolutionary Student-Youth Movement, Dhaka Metropolitan Committee