Pakistan: PTUDC camps in solidarity with #Occupy Wall Street

The Pakistan Trade Union Defence Campaign organized camps in Multan and Bahawalpur in solidarity with the #Occupy Wall Street movement. The camps continued throughout the day and were attended by large number of youth, workers, students, political and trade union leaders and women who registered themselves and discussed the crisis of capitalism.

Multan Report from Rawal Asad

The camp was decorated with banners and placards with revolutionary slogans. Leaflets describing the nature of the #Occupy Movement were distributed among the visitors. Debates and discussions were held about the crisis of capitalism and the nature of the revolution in order to replace this system. Workers and Trade union leaders from Pakistan Railways, PTCL, Multan Development Authority, Allied Bank, Professors and Lecturers Association, Punjab Teachers Union and WAPDA attended the camp. Political activists from the Pakistan People’s Party and People’s Student Federation also attended and appreciated the camp. #Occupy Multan The PTUDC team, sympathizers and prominent visitors included Haider Abbas Gardezi, Zafar Abbas Ra’n, Haider Shah, Dilawar Siddique, Nadra Begum, Aasim Khan, Ahsan Khan, Nadeem Pasha, Aslam Ansari, Zulfiqar, Intezar Hussain, Ahmed Danial, Anam, Mahblus, Sumera, Waji Shah, Zeshan Shehzad, Zeshan Butt, Naeem, Ali and Advocate Intikhab Chauhan.

Bahawalpur Report from Shahid Baloch

Capitalism is obsolete. The mass movements that erupted in Latin America in the recent period and that is now erupting in the Arab world, America and Europe reflect this reality. Life was always difficult in “Third World” countries, but living standards are now rapidly falling even in the advanced capitalist countries. The #Occupy Wall Street movement in America is gaining strength and popularity with every passing day. The effects of this movement are being felt within Pakistani society as well. To make a common person more aware of the worldwide Occupy Movement, the PTUDC & BNT (Unemployed Youth Movement) organized a camp at University Chowk Bahawalpur which continued successfully from 10am to 4pm. The camp was visited by at least two thousand people including university and school students, teachers, lawyers, journalists, political activists. The camp was decorated with banners and placards with revolutionary slogans written on them. Leaflets published by the PTUDC and BNT were distributed among the visitors. The Asian Marxist Review, The Struggle and other left-wing magazines and literature were also sold. The atmosphere at the camp was pleasant, energetic and enthusiastic. Visitors appreciated and asked the comrades to continue this kind of activities in the city.