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It reflects poorly on progressives when they dismiss leaders like Taji Kokhar as representatives of "Qabza Mafia" or "extortionist."
He suffered the loss of his family, faced incarceration and threats, received threats from opponents, and eventually died due to state atrocities. https://twitter.com/aimaMK/status/1346528440682508293
He suffered the loss of his family, faced incarceration and threats, received threats from opponents, and eventually died due to state atrocities. https://twitter.com/aimaMK/status/1346528440682508293
Taji Kokhar faced all these hardships not because he was merely a landgrabber (how many landgrabbers suffer that fate?) but because he chose to take a stand against military dictators, against religious extremists, and against patriarchal prejudice. His ability to endure the pain
and suffering meted out to him reflected the tragic fate of our entire people who are forced to confront the tyranny of a brutal state apparatus.
Taji Kokhar made mistakes, compromises, and had limitations. But those limitations were a result of a long and ardent fight against..
Taji Kokhar made mistakes, compromises, and had limitations. But those limitations were a result of a long and ardent fight against..
..an entrenched and brutal establishment, a form of a struggle rather than mere ideological fancy.
Each generation must learn from the mistakes of the past and go beyond them. This is our task too. But it cannot come at the cost of denying the struggle of our people embodied..
Each generation must learn from the mistakes of the past and go beyond them. This is our task too. But it cannot come at the cost of denying the struggle of our people embodied..
..in the life and death of Taji Kokhar. His resilience and dignity are part of the proud legacy that we inherit. His limitations are our collective failure from which we must recover and move beyond.
Regards,
Ammar Gymnastics Jan
Regards,
Ammar Gymnastics Jan
