Oppose the US Threat to Syria, Do Not support Assad -- Speech of 5 September at a meeting called by AISA in Jadavpur University campus
Speech on 5 September at a public meeting in Jadavpur University to oppose the threat of US war on Syria Kunal Chattopadhyay Thank you for inviting me to speak here today. And thank you all for being here. We are assembled here to protest the US intervention, or threat of that, in Syria. But let me put that in context. I will begin by reading out extracts from two very different write ups. The first is by a group of revolutionary organisations on the ground in Syria and nearby regions – Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, etc. In a statement issued on 31 st August, these comrades have said, among other things, the following: Over 150 thousand were killed, hundreds of thousands injured and disabled, millions of people displaced inside and outside Syria. Cities, villages, and neighborhoods were destroyed fully or partially, using all sorts of weapons, including warplanes, scud missiles, bombs, and tanks, all paid for by the sweat and blood of the Syrian people. This was under