Sea of red flags in Calcutta
"Massive." That's the word used to describe the anti-war
demonstration in Calcutta on Feb. 2.
The West Bengal State Committee of the Socialist Unity
Center of India organized the protest against the "war
mongering of U.S. imperialism and its present arrogant war
threat on Iraq with British imperialism, its virtually lone
lackey."
Thousands from all walks of life made up the sea of marchers
waving red flags and garlands.
SUCI reports that rally goers adopted a resolution
denouncing Washington for its war moves and attempts to carry
out "regime change" in Iraq. The goal of U.S. imperialism and
its corporate powers, it stressed, is to establish unchallenged
control over Iraq's vast oil reserve and to revamp its sagging
militarized economy "by way of stock clearance of arms and
ammunitions through warfare."
The resolution demanded that Presi dent George W. Bush be
put on trial as a war criminal and denounced the White House
for reportedly putting its stamp of approval on the use of
nuclear weapons against Iraq.
The resolution expressed solidarity with mushrooming
anti-war--some anti-imperialist--movements around the world. It
concluded by condemning the Indian government for "cozying up
to the U.S. rulers and called upon the Indian people to be true
to their glorious tradition of anti-imperialist struggle."
--Leslie Feinberg
Reprinted from the Feb. 13, 2003, issue of
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