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aid 4 afghan workers
Afghan Workers Solidarity Campaign launched
Become part of the campaign and sponsor it today Labour Party of
Pakistan in close association with Afghan Labour Revolutionary
Organization has decided to launch Afghan Workers Solidarity
Campaign. The idea to start this campaign was discussed during the
visit of Alan Macombs of Scottish Socialist Party. The SSP has
already decided to actively support this campaign.
LPP and ALRO are appealing to all the international Progressive, Left
and trade union movement to support this campaign.
The main aim of this campaign is to help the Afghan workers in their
struggle to survive. It will bring material help for the Afghan
workers which will be distributed inside Afghanistan and also in
refugees camp in Pakistan. It will help to strengthen the progressive
organizations of the Afghan workers. It will collect and bring every
day life necessities to the Afghan workers on emergency basis.
The suppression by the religious fundamentalists of all the
democratic and human rights in Afghanistan over the years has left
the organization of the Left forces in absolute weak position. Many
of them are spending their lives underground even in exile. Their
families have been tortured and sentenced to death by the religious
fundamentalist. But the so-called victory of the Imperialist forces
leaves no better situation for the Afghan Left forces. They still
have to make a very difficult life to spread their ideas.
To help the Afghan Left and progressive forces in their struggle to
survive and promote their organizations needs an active international
support. LPP has been active in promoting the Afghan Left for some
years. It has now a plan to produce a monthly paper in Pushto
language to help the Afghan left and progressive forces in promotion
of their ideas and strategy.
LPP has already started collecting cloths, medicine, blankets, shoes
and other every day food items to be distributed among Afghan
refugees camp through the ALRO and other Afghan left groups.
The LPP plan to send its first truck load of these items till 24th of
November.
What you can do?
Sponsor the AWSC formally by paying the initial amount of $300 for
the organizations and $100 FOR THE INDIVIDUALS.
Please help to build this campaign.
1- Collect every day items in your country and send the shipment to:
Education Foundation
40 Abbot Road Lahore, Pakistan
Most of the second hand items like the blankets and cloths are
available cheaply in Pakistan. If you like, send us the money and we
can buy these items for you.
Volunteers
If you have time and money to travel, please come to Pakistan to help
build this campaign. We need volunteers from Abroad to help this
campaign. Please contact us immediately for this.
Please send your donations to following bank account:
Education Foundation Donation
Account number 01 7967128
Standard Charted Grindlays Bank, Gulberg Branch
Main Boulevard, Gulberg Lahore Pakistan
(This is US Dollars account)
Comradely,
Shoaib Bhatti
Organizer, Afghan Workers Solidarity Campaign, (Central Chairman
Labour Party Pakistan)
Email: labourparty@gmx.net
Website: www.labourpakistan.org
Tel: 92 42 6315162, 6301685
Fax" 92 42 6303808
Sponsors so for:
-Scottish Socialist Party, Scotland
-Labour Party Pakistan
-Women Workers Help Line Lahore Pakistan
-Afghan Labour Revolutionary Organization
-All Pakistan Para Madical Staff Federation
-Pakistan Printing and Graphic Workers Union
-All Pakistan Bhatta Mazdoor Federation
-Pakistan Railway Workers Union (democratic group)
-Itehad Workers Union Carpet Industries Pakistan
Note: Education Foundation is registered non-government organization
set up by the supporters of Labour Party of Pakistan in 1993.
