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Left Front takes out anti-imperialist rally

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AGAINST U.S. policies: Left Front supporters at a peace rally organised in Kolkata on Saturday.

Kolkata: Thousands of people took part in an anti-imperialist ‘Peace Rally’ organised by the Left Front partners here on Saturday, denouncing increasing American control over national affairs, as evidenced in the India-United States civilian nuclear deal and upcoming joint naval exercises in Visakhapatnam.

“We will never accept the [nuclear] deal if it compromises the national security and sovereignty of the country,” said Biman Bose, Chairman, Left Front Committee, speaking on the occasion.

“Hegemonic politics”

Condemning the “hegemonic politics” that America indulged in, Mr. Bose said the experiences in Iraq, Afghanistan and the recent attempts to impose sanctions on Iran had shown that American imperialism could not do any good to people anywhere in the world.

Protest march

Speaking out against American policing of the Bay of Bengal, Mr. Bose said a protest march against the multi-nation naval exercise to be held in Visakhapatnam would start from Kolkata on September 4.

He called for an independent foreign policy, pointing out that the shrinking budget in education and the crises in the country’s food reserve were caused by American policy dictates.

Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and other Left Front leaders set the rally in motion by releasing white pigeons.

The rally, meant to mark the anniversary of Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland on September1, 1939, threw traffic out of gear as it winded its way through the city.

The rallyists denounced America’s “imperialist aggression” and “neo-colonial policies” through banners and tableaux.

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