ASUK calls total shutdown on Aug 15
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 12 2021:
As in the past years, the Alliance for Socialist Unity, Kangleipak (ASUK), has put a ban on Independence Day celebration and to make the ban a reality, it has imposed a Statewide shut down from 6 am to 5 pm of August 15 across the State.
Urging all the Kangleichas to oppose the alien rule, ASUK in a statement alleged that it is the alien rule which is responsible for all the socio-political problems besetting the people and the place.
The time calls for all to work towards ensuring a new socialist society, it said and added that banning the independence day celebration is one way of resisting the imposed rule.
Giving reasons for the ban call, ASUK said that even as the 75th independence day will be celebrated, it shows that the Kangleichas have been 'subjugated' for almost seven, decades.
The awful fact is that nearly every Kanglei people have become so used to this that they no longer feel obligated to resist this alien rule, it alleged.
ASUK said that the significance of the call to ban the independence day celebration lies in its plea to the people to resuscitate the same spirit of resistance so as to create new beings, more human, powerful and authentic and dismantle the present situation.
"Every societal issue we have today, from cultural hybridization to economic imbalance to moral degradation, is a result of the alien rule in some manner," it further alleged.
Losing the will to oppose the alien rule is nothing more than surrendering, it alleged adding that in some ways this may be seen as abhorrence of freedom.
Such a mentality has been brought about by injecting a false consciousness of objective realities into their psychological structure using violent and soft methods.
The use of army Acts to militarize the State, and large scale proliferation in education beginning from schools, colleges, and universities and mass media are glaring examples, it alleged further.
These Kangleichas, who have betrayed the people by supping with the foe will be given opportunities by the authorities and as a result, they are opulently wealthy and politically powerful, alleged ASUK and added that their control over Manipur would not have been feasible without them.
These people will preach that the alien forces are the saviour and they are the only means towards growth, peace, and prosperity.
As a result, many people no longer consider resisting the alien rule, believing that poverty is their fate rather than the outcome of an unjust political-economy system.
India is a semi-feudal economy marching towards being a fully capitalist State and is economically propelled by a capitalist system in which social classes are incomprehensibly unequal in terms of economic and social standing, alleged the outfit.
As a result, in the post colonial age, "our society has been firmly rooted in capitalist ideals and practices." This is the reason why many landless peasants in the society are multiple times more economically impoverished than a few wealthy powerful individuals in society, added ASUK.
This is why many cannot afford basic health care while a few wealthy individuals in society live luxurious lives.
Many individuals die as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic because they could not afford proper medical care.
As previously said, this is a direct result of the economic system, which determines all other aspects of Kanglei life and contributes to economic disparity, added ASUK.