Justice to the Karachi Factory Fire Victims

CMKP statement, Sept 13, 2012

The occurrence at Ali Enterprises in Karachi, where hundreds of workers have perished in a fire, is a heinous crime against humanity. The owners of the factory, those animals lower than the lowest form of trash, are no doubt on the run, scrambling to use their connections and money to bribe and escape punishment. This, compatriots, is the natural outcome of an un-declared war by the entire class of rich exploiters on the poor of Pakistan.

These rich owners everywhere and everyday submit workers to slave-like conditions in the pursuit of profits. It matters nothing to the capitalist whether the worker who toils on his machines lives or dies; his God is Money, and his purpose in life is to eat like swine. The factory in Karachi was like any other factory in the industrial districts of Pakistan, a prison with metal bars on windows, where supervisors play the role of overseers, and workers are checked at the gate as though they were criminals. But we know who the real criminals are! They are the rich owners, the blood-suckers who have amassed hoards of wealth from the exploitation of the labor of the workers.

Friends, there are factories that similarly violate labour laws all over Pakistan. This brutality must stop. We must work to connect with the grieving families of the victims, we must energetically mobilize for protests to bring pressure on the government to enforce labor laws, we must spread awareness of these horrors among the workers. The time to act is now!

Activists friendly to the workers are convening meetings and beginning preparations to mobilize everywhere. It is your duty to join this cause.

Contact
Irfan (Lahore): 03334722890
Khurrum (Karachi): 03222401157
Shahid (Hyderabad): 03013544205