KRjogja.com
- June 3, 2010
Yogyakarta –
Demonstrators from the People's Challenge Alliance (ARM) held a protest action
at the University of Gajah Mada (UGM) traffic circle in the Central Java city
of Yogyakarta on Thursday June 3 calling for the world's people to unite
against imperialism for the national liberation of Palestine.
Action
coordinator Yuni stated that the Israeli blockade is an effort to weaken the
Palestinian people's struggle. To this day however, international institutions
such as the United Nations and countries such as Indonesia have failed to take
a firm stand to accelerate the peace process in Palestine.
"It
needs to be understood that the conflict that is taking place between Israel
and Palestine is not a religious or racial conflict. Rather it is a conflict of
interests over the control of strategic economic assets by international
imperialists through Israel as its puppet", said Yuni.
According to
the group, the national liberation struggle against imperialism must be
directed towards a class struggle by means of destroying the oppressor class,
so the majority class can take a position of power in order to build economic
prosperity, social justice, political democracy and cultural participation for
the Palestinian people.
"A
united people's movement must lead the fight for power in Palestine along with
building international unity against imperialism. This is because freedom for
Palestine will not come by itself but rather though the efforts of its own
people, namely a movement that is not compromised, opportunist nor a terrorist
movement", they asserted. (Ran)
Notes
Similar
actions were held in Jakarta, Samarinda (East Kalimantan) and Ternate (North
Maluku) on June 5. Solidarity actions for justice and Palestinian freedom were
also organised in four Indonesian cities by the ARM Yogyakarta, the Center for
Student Mobilisation for National Liberation (PEMBEBASAN, formerly LMND-PRD)
Perempuan Mahardhika (Free Women), the Political Committee of the Poor-Peoples
Democratic Party (KPRM-PRD), the Political Union of the Poor (PPRM) and the Indonesian
Labour Movement Union Preparatory Committee (KP-PPBI).
[Translated
by James Balowski.]
