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Awami Workers Party Manifesto, 2ND EDITION Translated from Orginal Urdu Awami Workers Party MANIFESTO English translation Awami Workers Party Manifesto, 2ND EDITION Translated from orginal Urdu © 2017 Awami Workers Party. Awami Workers Party Secretariat Opposite Ta !inema "arhi Shah# $ahore %&000 Pakistan awamiworkersparty.org ONTENTS ! INT"OD# TION$ O#NT"%&WIDE 'A ()"O#ND........2 2 O'*E TI+E ONDITIONS AND O#" PA"T%,S IDEO-O)I A- 'ASIS.....................................................!! 2.1 !lass str#ct#re an' to'ay's str#ggle.........................11 2.2 The 'i))erent )orms o) imperialism..............................1* 2.* The political #se o) religion in Pakistan an' its social an' political implications............................................1+ 2.& The ,#estion o) e,#ality among nations....................1- 2.% Patriarchy an' the ,#estion o) women(s li.eration an' e,#ality......................................................................20 . T/E 'ASI )#IDIN) P"IN IP-ES OF O#" PA"T%.....20 0 INTE"IM P"O)"AM........................................................21 &.1 Political program........................................................27 &.2 Economic program....................................................*0 &.* Social program...........................................................*& AWAMI WORKERS PARTY MANIFESTO P"EFA E The Awami Workers Party /AWP0 is a progressive2 'emocratic an' sec#lar party representing working people. 3ts aim is to en' all )orms o) exploitation an' to esta.lish the r#le o) the working class over the state. The Awami Workers Party came into existence thro#gh the merger o) three political parties. The merging parties were the $a.o#r Party Pakistan2 the Awami Party Pakistan an' the Workers Party Pakistan. The AWP(s merger congress took place on 5ovem.er 112 2012 at Aiwan6e63,.al in $ahore in which a 'ra)t mani)esto was presente'. This 'ra)t mani)esto was revise' a)ter taking into consi'eration the suggestions o) the merger congress 'elegates2 the national #nits an' o) the )irst women(s 'elegates convention /7arch 22 201&0. A)ter .eing approve' .y the )e'eral committee2 the revise' 'ra)t mani)esto was approve' at the party's )irst )e'eral congress hel' in 3slama.a' on 2762- Septem.er2 201&. At the secon' )e'eral party congress hel' at 8arachi on 1%61+ Octo.er 201+2 the )ollowing mani)esto was approve' with amen'ments. 1 INTRODUCTION: COUNTRY-WIDE !ACK"ROUND ! INT"OD# TION$ O#NT"%&WIDE 'A ()"O#ND 1.1 Seven 'eca'es a)ter it was )o#n'e'2 the Pakistani state is su. ect to serio#s economic2 social an' i'eological contra'ictions. The legacies o) 9ritish r#le have kept working people trappe' in the cl#tches o) imperialist powers, an extractive state apparat#s an' propertie' classes. With changes in imperialist alignments an' the glo.al capitalist economy a)ter the en' o) the !ol' War2 Pakistan(s internal pro.lems have grown ever more ac#te. Every new r#ler has vowe' to 'o away with an o.solete system o) oppression an' exploitation2 yet po1erty2 intolerance an' violence contin#e to intensi)y. To'ay2 class exploitation in vario#s )orms is contin#o#sly increasing. The level o) 'iscontentment )elt .y the nations that live insi'e Pakistan is at its peak '#e to 'eca'es o) oppression. The contin#ation o) the worst patriarchal tra'itions has ma'e the lives o) women an' girls misera.le while a.#ses in the name o) religion have 'evastate' the )o#n'ations o) society. The political parties o) lan'e'2 )inancial an' rentier elites have no 'esire to challenge stat#s ,#o2 while the co#ntry's most power)#l instit#tion2 the Army2 has .ecome increasingly 'ominant with the help o) its )oreign masters. There are no imminent signs that the la.o#ring )armers, workers, mi''le6class pro)essionals, women2 religio#s minorities an' oppresse' nationalities will .e a.le to )ree themselves )rom this system. # AWAMI WORKERS PARTY MANIFESTO 1.2 The )#n'amental ca#se o) this ever 'eteriorating sit#ation is the o#t'ate' social an' economic str#ct#res that 'raw )rom o#r colonial heritage. On the one han' are the remnants o) tri.alism an' )e#'alism an' on the other is the worst )orm o) capitalism which2 in the shape o) glo.alisation2 has .een commo'i)ying everything in society in recent 'eca'es. The theorists o) glo.alisation assert that :)ree; markets an' li.eral 'emocracy will p#t poor co#ntries on the path to prosperity. <owever this :en' o) history” 'eception has now .een expose' in the )orm o) imperialist co#ntries an' the glo.al )inancial crisis which .egan in 200- in 'evelope' co#ntries themselves. All over the worl'2 markets are .eing :)ree';2 yet the people contin#e to .e trappe' in sq#alor an' oppression. =espite the en' o) !ol' War2 .reakup o) the Soviet .loc2 capitalist co#ntries, an' in partic#lar the >nite' States, have not 'is.an'e' 5ATO2 re'#ce' their weapons or limite' their n#clear reserves, or sh#t'own their military .ases aro#n' the worl'. On the contrary2 they have ma'e intensi)ie' e))orts to r#thlessly exploit nat#ral reso#rces while esta.lishing new military .ases aro#n' the worl'. 1.* The #niversal an' asto#n'ing scienti)ic an' technological a'vances o) the secon' hal) o) the 20th cent#ry are2 on the one han'2 the great wealth o) h#man civilization2 an' on the other2 have )acilitate' h#ge gains )or capitalism in the )orm o) pro'#ctive capacity2 exploitative power2 an' military an' coercive )orce. These are the )o#n'ation o) the neo6 imperialist pro ect o) glo.alisation. <owever2 the market an' pro)it o) this new capitalist system2 al.eit .ase' on technology2 science an' 'estr#ctive weapons, has not .een $ INTRODUCTION: COUNTRY-WIDE !ACK"ROUND a.le to resolve its internal contra'ictions an' is to'ay in the grip o) a never6en'ing )inancial an' economic crisis. 1.& Thro#gho#t the worl'2 incl#'ing in the 'evelope' worl'2 this sit#ation has given rise to a new movement which on the one han' is oppose' to the anti6people policies o) the economic an' )inancial weapons o) glo.alisation – the Worl' 9ank, the Asian =evelopment 9ank, the 37A an' the WTO – an' on the other han' is oppose' to the expansionism an' #n #st war o) occ#pation )ronte' .y the >nite' States an' its allies, partic#larly in A)ghanistan an' 3ra,. 3n short2 capital contin#es to strengthen its hol' in the name o) war in some places an' in the name o) :'evelopment; in others. 3t is imperative to challenge all these )orms o) capitalist r#le2 an' in this context it is essential to learn )rom the socialist experiments o) the 20th cent#ry: that material 'evelopment an' the ac,#isition o) mo'ern technology alone 'oes not a#tomatically lea' to the emergence o) a new h#manist social conscio#sness. 1.% The Septem.er 2001 attacks on the >nite' States precipitate' a new phase o) American aggression. The :war against terror; has .ecome a new weapon )or imperialist powers an' their client states to esta.lish their supremacy over the worl'. Pakistani governments, in partic#lar the Pakistani Army2 have since the creation o) the co#ntry .een con'#its )or American interests an' its regional strategies, an' they express pri'e in this. Aor a long time2 Pakistani sec#rity agencies – with American .acking – promote' conservative religio#s elements an' their )#n'amentalist % AWAMI WORKERS PARTY MANIFESTO views an' e4tremist am.itions in Pakistan an' A)ghanistan. >ntil a )ew years ago2 : iha'; an' : iha'i; were )avo#rite terms o) not #st Pakistani r#lers2 .#t also o) the >S me'ia an' government o))icials. <owever2 a)ter the 2001 >S an' 5ATO military attack on A)ghanistan2 this narrative change' an' the wor' : iha'; was replace' with :)#n'amentalism;2 :e4tremism;2 :terrorism; an' :War on Terror;. 1.+ Over the past 1% years in Pakistan an' the worl' at large2 state instit#tions, an' especially the military esta.lishment2 have concentrate' tremen'o#s power in the name o) the :War on Terror;. 9y passing a constit#tional amen'ment in Jan#ary 201%2 the Pakistani parliament ma'e possi.le the esta.lishment o) military co#rts, a)ter which the power o) the military esta.lishment .ecame #nlimite'. Even i) action is taken against right6wing extremist gro#ps, these co#rts an' laws are ensnaring working people an' ethnic6national activists str#ggling )or their rights, an' in'ications suggest that the state oppression o) pop#lar movements co#l' increase in coming years2 #n'er the pretext o) )ighting terrorism. 1.7 3mperialist 'omination an' attacks, the War on Terror an' military operations have 'evastate' the lives o) people in this region. The military operations in 9alochistan2 8arachi2 8hyber Pakht#nkhwa an' AATA2 an' terrorist attacks across the co#ntry2 have ma'e every'ay li)e #n.eara.le )or working people – an' especially women an' chil'ren. 8ill an' '#mp operations allege'ly carrie' o#t .y state agencies have .ecome commonplace. Schools an' hospitals are .eing & INTRODUCTION: COUNTRY-WIDE !ACK"ROUND sh#t 'own with alarming reg#larity. Aorce' 'isplacements are )#rther 'eteriorating con'itions )or people. At this time2 the n#m.er o) )orci.ly 'isplace' people )rom AATA alone living in camps is one million. This war an' con)lict2 militarism2 an' the in)l#x o) weapons has on the one han' )#rther intensi)ie' patriarchy2 class oppression an' ethnic6 national 'iscrimination2 an' on the other han'2 relegate' real ,#estions a.o#t people(s )ree'om to the political margins.
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