Brothers and sisters, comrades and dear friends,

Today we stand at a historic moment. Not only here in Shyamoli Park, but across the whole world, people are raising one voice—Draw the Line! Enough is Enough!

We have come here to draw the line.
To draw the line against climate destruction.
To draw the line against the grabbing of agricultural land.
To draw the line against poisoning our rivers, forests, and air.
To draw the line against poverty, inequality, and exploitation.
To draw the line against genocide and all brutal crimes against humanity.

Bangladesh knows this reality in its deepest form.
Cyclones Sidr, Aila, Roanu, Mahasen, Mocha, and the recent floods and droughts—these are not just “natural disasters.” They are the crimes of corporate greed, reckless development, and imperialist plunder.

Our farmers are losing their land.
Our fishers are losing their rivers.
Rural people are losing their homes.
Women and children are forced to walk miles just to fetch water.

This is the real face of climate catastrophe—something we live with every single day.

But the question is: why are we paying the price? Who is responsible?
Not us. Not the farmers and workers of Bangladesh. Not the peasants of Africa. Not the islanders of the Pacific.

The culprits are the corporations and imperialist powers who have been looting the earth for centuries. They profit, while we suffer. They darken our skies, they rage our seas, and we are left with the devastation.

That is why today we declare: We draw the line!

We draw the line against corporate greed.
We draw the line for phasing out fossil fuels and transitioning to 100% renewable energy.
We draw the line against an anti-farmer, corporate-controlled food system.
We draw the line against authoritarian regimes that silence people’s voices and serve corporate interests.
We draw the line against genocide and wars.

But comrades, drawing the line is not only about saying “No.” It is also about saying “Yes.”

We say ’Yes’ to food sovereignty—where people decide what to grow, how to grow, and for whom.
We say ’Yes’ to agroecology and sustainable farming—where soil, water, and nature are protected, and farmers become the guardians of life.
We say ’Yes’ to land for the landless, water for the thirsty, and seeds in the hands of farmers.
We say ’Yes’ to women’s leadership, the courage of youth, and the rights of indigenous, hill, and Dalit communities.
We say ’Yes’ to people’s control over resources—not corporations, not imperialist powers.

Friends, our struggle is not confined to borders.
The Amazon is burning. Africa is turning into desert. Pacific islands are sinking. Himalayan glaciers are melting.
Across the world, people are rising up, defending their forests, mountains, and rivers. Their voices join with ours today.

And let us not forget—Bangladesh is a land of resistance.
The struggles of the Tebhaga peasants, the blood of the language martyrs, the liberation fighters of 1971—these are our pride, our lessons.
The student uprising of 2024 is also part of that same tradition—it showed us that when people unite, no power can suppress their aspirations.

Comrades, change will not come from elite conferences, corporate boardrooms, or empty climate summits.
Change will come from below—from the unity of peasants and workers, from organized people’s power, from the fire of our movements.

So today, from Shyamoli Park, we make our pledge:
We will not be silent.
We will not allow our lands to be stolen.
We will not allow our rivers to be poisoned.
We will not allow our climate to be destroyed.
We reaffirm our solidarity with all innocent victims of genocide and oppression.

We will organize.
We will resist.
We will build a new future—just, equal, and ecological.

Today, we draw the line—
For the farmers, for the workers, for the future of our children.
For our rivers, our forests, our lands, our climate.
Against genocide, for justice to the oppressed.
For Bangladesh, and for the world.

Let today be a milestone of our struggle.
Let our voices echo across the globe.
Let us take the pledge together—
No more!
People before profit!
Climate justice now!

Thank you.
Long live the peasants, workers, and all toiling people!

Shyamoli Park, Dhaka, 19 September 2025

Badrul Alam
President
Bangladesh Krishok Federation