Lok virsa
celebrated Labor Day with a musical evening in its open air theater on Tuesday
1st May, 2018. Various artists such as Arieb
Azhar, Akmal Qadri, Zeeshan Mansoor, Waseem Sakhi, Aftab Suraj, Sajawal Khan,
Wajih Nizami and Beghairat Brigade’s Ali Aftab and Imran Nafees presented
revolutionary songs and folk music to reginite revolutionary spirit among the
youth and remind them of the sacrifices rendered by the pioneers of the working
class socialist movement about 130 years ago.
The walls of
the theater were covered in banners inscribed with slogans calling for
the
restoration of student unions, for ending the class-based education
system, commercialization of education, removing biases from the
curriculum, and end to
the exploitation of the working class, persecution of marginalized
communities
and an overall change in the sociopolitical system and governance.
"May Day has never
been as relevant to our society as now" Dr A.H Nayyar, a noted physicist and
peace activist, said. He
also added that our working class is more oppressed than before and reminded the ruling
elite of their responsibilities to the working class.
Being unemployed in
the absence of any social security system is very hard, he said, adding that it
is good to see students moving towards politics of the left. He said though the
process has been slow, the painstaking efforts of young leaders on the left
have been very encouraging.
He said he hoped
that the younger generation can come up with novel and workable solutions to
the problems the country is faced with.
Awami Workers’
Party (AWP) Punjab President Dr Asim Sajjad Akhtar said that while all ruling
parties are now talking about the rhetoric of “change”, they in fact are the
defenders of the status quo.
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