653 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড শিরোনাম সংবাদপত্র তারিখ Editorial and Shikha* 1 August, 1971 News on Bangladesh New York : No. 5 Movement Editorial UNITED WE STAND... It has been quite a long time since Pakistan army's bloody campaign to stop first the autonomy movement and then the independence movement of the Bengalis in Bangladesh started on March 25, which resulted in the massacre of the Bengali population in general and the intellectuals in particular and the exodus of about seven million terror-stricken people. The conscientious people of the world have cried out in anguish and condemned the mediaeval barbarism of Pakistan Government. But the socalled world powers, big or small, with a few exceptions, have maintained silence over this worst genocide of its king since Hitler’s time. The hue and cry raised by their people failed to reach them penetrating the formidable barrier of power politics. The exceptions are India, U.S.A. and China. India along with the monumental task of taking care of about seven million refugees has publicly supported the cause of the people of Bangladesh, while U. S. is sending military equipments to feed the bloodthirsty military junta of Pakistan despite tremendous pressure from within and outside the government to stop all military aid to Pakistan until a political accommodation is worked out for the Bengalis, China, who has been the most outspoken critic of the aggressors and their running dogs’ has been turned into a running dog herself by taking sides with the Pakistani aggressors. While this goes on, Bangladesh is bleeding and she is bleeding profusely. The lesson is we, the people of Bangladesh, have to fight and liberate our golden Bengal’, with whatever means we have, without even the moral support of these world powers. That means, our Mukti Bahini and our peasants and workers inside occupied Bangladesh are our only saviors. What we need at this crucial point of our history making is a global unity-unity among all political parties and fighting forces. At the same time, we have to induce and instruct the populace inside Bangladesh, and this, we think, should be given serious considerations because the most important factor in guerrilla warfare is the active support of the populace. Only when the entire population of Bangladesh takes up arms will the castle of military junta collapse. The Awami League, undoubtedly, commands the overwhelming mass support in Bangladesh, but the National Awami Parties and other parties, who have pledged their support for the independence struggle, also are influential in some areas. It is imperative that all the parties, regardless of their differences in political and social ideologies, join hands and from a broad liberation front to cope with
- Shikha: বাংলাদেশ লীগ অব আমেরিকা, নিউ ইয়র্ক শাখা কর্তৃক মুদ্রিত ও প্রচারিত।
