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                                                 State terror at Nandigram!

It is mourning time now. Please wear black badge for the next 1 week, and hand out same to others. 

Join rally on 14 November, 2007 from College Square, Kolkata at 1 PM. Please protest. 

Do not fear to openly criticize the inhuman atocities being meted out in Nandigram for the last 10 months. Condemn the role of the state in allowing the mass killing & rape of unarmed villagers in Nandigram. 

Condemn the role of the State in brutally beating up & arresting Poets, Singers, Actors and Artists who were unarmed & voicing their protest through songs in Kolkata on 11 November, 2007. 

It is remarkable that there was NO ADMINISTRATION & THE POLICE WERE ABSENT OR MUTE SPECTATORS on 9 & 10 November when the CPI(M) cadres carried out mass killing in a preplanned, calculated move to take ‘occupation’ of Nandigram. 

It is remarkable that on 11 November in Kolkata, POLICE & ADMINISTRATION WERE OVERACTIVE IN BEATING AND ARRESTING UNARMED PROTESTORS- 100 of them who did not even step inside ‘NANDAN’, and were singing to voice their disgust. THEY WERE EMINENT CREATIVE PERSONALITIES- like Aparna Sen, Gautam Ghosh, Shankha Ghosh, Shaoli Mitra, Rituparno Ghosh, Subhaprasanna, Joy Goswami, Anjan Dutta, Parambrata, Suman Mukhopadhyay, Pallab Kirtaniya and many others. Many of the stalwarts were manhandled by police. IF THIS IS THE SITUATION IN KOLKATA, ONE CAN UNDERSTAND THE LEVEL OF CRUELTY GOING ON IN NANDIGRAM. 

In the recent past, Government of West Bengal has proved to be more prone to fascism putting even Gujrat to shame. EVEN REPORTERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER NANDIGRAM. This kind of arbitrary misrule is unheard of anywhere else in India. 

Friends, this is a time to protest unitedly. Show your sympathy towards the hapless fellow human beings in Nandigram. SACRIFICE SOME TIME-- TAKE SOME PAIN NOW FOR A BETTER TOMORROW-- MAKE THE STRIKE A SUCCESS. 

Be at College Square, Kolkata at 1 PM… on 14 November, 2007. 

Do not fear or hesitate to fight for human dignity.

                    Police beating up eminent creative personalities at Kolkata

Picture Courtesy: Anandabazar Patrika, Bartaman, Sangbad Pratidin, The Telegraph, The Times of India

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