[www-features] Protest of Solidarity Party of Afghanistan

[quill at riseup.net]

Yeah, I think this is an appropriate feature to put up, just after the 10
year anniversary of occupation/war in Afghanistan.

But that's just my two sense.

~quill

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> Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:35:13 -0400
> From: "Amy L. Dalton" <ald at riseup.net>
> Subject: Re: [www-features] Protest of Solidarity Party of Afghanistan
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> Hi all,
>
> I just published this in a newswire piece for them --
> http://www.indymedia.org/en/2011/10/951632.shtml
>
> i didn't realize that the photos get uploaded in this format!
>
> i will email Samad with the link. do folks think we should feature it? i
> guess its a political party and we might not want to feature it for this
> reason. but perhaps there are other stories we could bundle with it on
> 10 year anniversary protests.
>
> here is one that we featured in nyc:
> http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/2011/09/116271.html
>
> best,
> amy
>
>
> On 10/7/11 10:29 AM, Samad Enayat wrote:
>>
>>
>> Yesterday in Kabul Solidarity Party of Afghanistan hold a protest
>> against 10th anniversary of occupation of Afghanistan by USA
>>
>> Find the attached file for Statement and Some pictures. Please publish
>> them in Independent Media Center so peace loving and anti-war activists
>> around the world know that people of Afghanistan also fight against
>> occupation their county and for peace and
>>   democracy.
>>
>> I appreciate your kind response
>>
>>
>>
>> here is a link to the video clip of the protest:
>>
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fVB8mrj0fw
>>
>>
>>
>> In solidarity,
>> Samad Enayat from Kabul
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> Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:01:25 +0300
> From: Petros Evdokas <petros at cyprus-org.net>
> Subject: Re: [www-features] Protest of Solidarity Party of Afghanistan
> To: "Amy L. Dalton" <ald at riseup.net>, www-features at lists.indymedia.org
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> On 10/10/2011 4:35 PM, Amy L. Dalton wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I just published this in a newswire piece for them --
>> http://www.indymedia.org/en/2011/10/951632.shtml
>>
>> i didn't realize that the photos get uploaded in this format!
>>
>> i will email Samad with the link. do folks think we should feature it? i
>> guess its a political party and we might not want to feature it for this
>> reason.
>
> Hello Amy and friends at the features work group,
>
> When it comes to countries and peoples under an armed dictatorship or a
> military occupation government, the usual and common perceptions of
> radicals from the US and western Europe about what constitutes
> "legitimate" struggle outside of the electoral trap, do not hold any
> validity. We can not judge the Solidarity Party of Afghanistan by those
> criteria, nor can we judge the political situation in occupied
> Afghanistan by the criteria that apply in Washington DC.
>
> The Solidarity Party of Afghanistan is not a "party" in the sense that
> the RepubloCrats are a party. Nor does it say anywhere in its literature
> anything that aims to distract people from the real struggle (material,
> physical, objective and direct struggle that includes a peoples war of
> liberation), to mislead them into wasting their time with electoral
> illusions. On the contrary, the party calls for a general insurrection:
> http://www.hambastagi.org/new/english-section/83-the-snouts-of-all-enemies-indigenous-and-foreign-need-to-be-rubbed-in-the-dust-through-a-general-insurrection.html
>
> Please study some of their articles and statements. On the face of it,
> they have some very good positions.
>
> Message of the Solidarity Party of Afghanistan to congress of SEL ? Italy
> http://www.hambastagi.org/new/english-section/21-message-of-the-solidarity-party-of-afghanistan-to-congress-of-sel-italy.html
>
> Resolution of Solidarity Party of Afghanistan
> http://old.hambastagi.org/alamya_e.htm
>
> More:
> http://www.hambastagi.org/new/english-section.html
>
>
> I don't have any way of judging how the Afghani people view this party,
> and whether or not they actually genuinely do what they say. But in the
> context of military occupation, and an armed war of resistance, the
> appellation "party" of this organization should be perceived as
> "political organization". And under that interpretation, I would feel
> fine with us re-publishing their material.
>
> Thanks!
> Petros
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