| Aaj Bazar Mein -- Faiz Ahmed Faiz - 326 sec
Faiz Ahmed Faiz is amongst the most famous poets of last century. Faiz, who was hounoured by Lenin Peace Prize in 1963, was seldom subjected to arrests by the right-wing pro-imperialist military regimes of Pakistan. Once, during the dictatorship of General Zia-ul-Haq, he was arrested and taken to the police station in front of the public. In this context, he wrote 'Aaj Bazar mein'.
The video starts with a 'mushairah' (public recitation), where Faiz presents the poem, and describes its context. Then the video, with the melodious voice of Nayyara Noor in the background singing the verses of Faiz, shows the sufi culture of Pakistan, which was suppressed by the religious fundamentalist government of Zia-ul-Haq. Then, there are some clips of public floggings and public hangings of political dissidents, which were employed to ingrain terror in the people of Pakistan. Public floggings were a norm during Zia's time. The video, then, takes us on a trip to a well-known red-light area of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. This red-light area is in the neighbourhood of a very famous mosque, a contradiction unresolved.
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Tags:Faiz Urdu Socialist Poetry Nayyara Noor
 | | Intesaab -- Faiz Ahmed Faiz - 129 sec
Intesaab is one of the most famous poems of Faiz Ahmed Faiz, the legendary urdu socialist poet.
'Intesaab' is a poem about a
homeland that resembles a dejected forest of yellowing leaves, inhabited by people in need of empathy, including prisoners of conscience,
tangawallahs, railwaymen, exploited women, abducted children, and the peasant farmers.
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Tags:Faiz Urdu Socialist Poetry Pakistan Communist
| | Che Guevara - 192 sec
A compilation of the video footages of Che Guevara.
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Tags:Che Guevara socialist communism marxism communist
| | Bhagat Singh - 477 sec
Comrade Bhagat Singh was one of the first martyrs of the communist movement of India. He gave up his life fighting against the brutality of capitalism and British Imperialism. For that "crime", he was hung in 1931 by the British authorities, along with Comrade Raj Guru and Comrade Sukh Dev. Bhagat Singh was only 23 when the rope was tightened around his neck.
In 1929, Bhagat Singh was awarded "transportation for life" for throwing bombs in the Parliament session. Other members of his party, Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA), were also arrested and put behind bars. In jail, they launched a historic hunger-strike in order to protest against the discriminatory treatment accorded to the Indian political prisoners as compared to the British ones. The 63 day long strike ended as the British submitted to wishes of the young revolutionaries of India.
This clip is extracted from Raj Kumar Santoshi's movie named "The Legend of Bhagat Singh." It depicts the suffering of Communist prisoners during the hunger-strike. The clip also includes a song that was sung by Bhagat Singh and his comrades to keep their spirits alive in the darkness of dungeons. This song is, and will remain, the anthem of the communist movement of India.
Long Live Bhagat Singh!
Long Live Revolution!
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Tags:India Communist Socialist Marxist Marxism Freedom
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