Call of Comrade Charu Mazumdar on behalf of the CPI(M-L)
From Liberation, September-December 1970.
As stooges of world imperialism headed by US imperialism and of Soviet social-imperialism, the Indian government has not only re-introduced the laws that were enacted to maintain British colonial rule but has also adopted all the imperialist tactics of murdering revolutionaries. The British shot to death political prisoners in the Hijli jail in Midnapur. The Nehru government shot and killed political prisoners in Dum Dum and Presidency Jails. In the same way, but in an even more ferocious manner, the puppet Indian government has shot to death imprisoned revolutionaries in Midnapur Jail. The Indian government has adopted the same policy — “Kill all, burn all, destroy all” — that all imperialist powers adopt on the eve of their extinction. No imperialist power has ever been able to stop the onward march of revolution by murdering revolutionaries. Rather, every massacre has kindled the people’s rage and made the struggle even more intense than before. Attempting genocide in Vietnam, US imperialism is being pounded again and again by the blows of the people and is suffering defeat after defeat. The Indian government too has kindled the revolutionary consciousness of the people through such massacres, and revolutionary war will in the near future become widespread and overthrow the Indian government: this is an inexorable law of history.
The people of West Bengal will never forget all these heroes: to carry forward their revolutionary work the people will be ready to sacrifice their all and plunge into the struggle. All these attacks of the enemy break up the narrow bounds of individual selves and bring the people together, the broad masses are inspired with the same revolutionary ideal, and no power on earth can stop that tide of people’s revolution.
Today with the snatching of rifles from the police at Magurjan by the Naxalbari peasants, the People’s Liberation Army has been formed in West Bengal. That is why the agents of imperialism have become still more desperate and ferocious. Avenge this massacre perpetrated by them by spreading people’s war and establishing people’s political power in the countryside. Today, it is the task of the revolutionary workers and youths to unite with these fighters for liberation and to advance towards the establishment of people’s political power in the rural areas by fighting shoulder to shoulder with them and avenging every murder. It is the establishment of people’s political power that should be today’s programme of action against these traitors.
On December 15, a trap was laid by the reactionary government to murder several comrades after releasing them from the Midnapur Central Jail. Our comrades refused to oblige the reactionary authorities and a great battle was fought within the jail walls. About two hundred and fifty comrades now imprisoned there and several hundred ordinary prisoners fought with unprecedented heroism against battalions of armed bandits with pieces of stone, iron railings and rifles seized from the attackers, drove the troops out of the prison, hoisted the Red Flag atop the prison’s central tower and burnt down the ration and other stores within it. The enemy mounted guns from the outside and opened fire. In this almost incredibly heroic fight nine peasant comrades, according to reports received by us, died the death of martyrs and many more were injured. — Ed. Liberation.
The last sentence of the above note has been omitted, for, according to the next issue o/Liberation, this part of the report proved inaccurate.
