[Reader-list] Malala Yousafzai: "I am convinced Socialism is the only answer" (March 10)

[A. Mani]

Full: http://www.marxist.com/historic-32nd-congress-of-pakistani-imt-1.htm

"The 32nd congress of the Pakistani Marxists opened on Saturday, 9th March
and was well beyond expectations in terms of the number of comrades and
sympathisers attending.... Comrades travelled from far off areas to Lahore
to attend the congress. It was not easy for them, as they have had to bear
many hardships, including massively increased fares of trains and buses...
Comrade Javed Iqbal, a Pakistani comrade from Birmingham in the UK,
intervened to read out a message that had been sent from Malala Yousafzai,
the young sympathiser of the Marxist Tendency famous for her part in the
struggle for the right to education for girls in Pakistan. She [Malala] had
taken part in the national Marxist Summer School in July of last year in
Swat. She was tragically shot in the head in a barbaric attack by
fundamentalists, and made headlines worldwide. She is now thankfully
recovering in the UK.

"The message she sent reads as follows:

'First of all I’d like to thank The Struggle and the IMT [International
Marxist Tendency] for giving me a chance to speak last year at their Summer
Marxist School in Swat [in Pakistan] and also for introducing me to Marxism
and Socialism. I just want to say that in terms of education, as well as
other problems in Pakistan, it is high time that we did something to tackle
them ourselves. It’s important to take the initiative. We cannot wait
around for any one else to come and do it. Why are we waiting for someone
else to come and fix things? Why aren’t we doing it ourselves?

'I would like to send my heartfelt greetings to the congress. I am
convinced Socialism is the only answer and I urge all comrades to take this
struggle to a victorious conclusion. Only this will free us from the chains
of bigotry and exploitation.' "

10 March 2013

Full: http://www.marxist.com/historic-32nd-congress-of-pakistani-imt-1.htm
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