The Communist Party reads the book of Al -Turabi ..! – The face of the truth – ✍️ Ibrahim Shaqlawi
The Sudanese Communist Party remained a controversial party, despite its studied tactics and its constant effort to place outside of diodes of power and traditional opposition. In the light of the Sudanese scene, which was produced by the war, based on an collapse of infrastructure and service, the initiative of the party in Atbara is a remarkable political sign, transcending the law on service to the political role, through the door of society.
The party, known for its ancient history and its radical positions, seems to be linked to the moment with a new conscience, in which it interferes between its traditional ideological discourse and the practical response to the challenges of reality.
It is calculated in the context of the current war, its membership in a clear and coherent line to condemn the violations committed by the rapid support militia, whether in Khartoum or in the states of Darfour and Al-Jazeera. Unlike some of the political forces that have been involved in silence or justification, the party adopted a decisive position in which the militia had direct responsibility for massacres against civilians.
For example, the party described the attack on the Zamzam camp in April 2025 as a “barbaric massacre” which requires urgent international intervention to protect the displaced and hold the responsible authors. In March 2024, he condemned the crimes committed in the villages of Al-Jazeera and judged them as an extension of the approach to ethnic cleaning and genocide.
But the position of the party was not unilateral; The soldiers assured part of the responsibility for the outbreak of war, nourishing the polarization climate and called for a complete solution which is not limited to condemning rapid support, but extends to the dismantling of all parallel military structures, ending the eloquence of the army on politics and establishing a civil authority.
This double position – decisive in the conviction of the militia and the critic of the army – places the party in an uncomfortable gray power area, but it strengthens its charity in the major sectors of the street.
As for the Atbara initiative, which is presented by the party at the start of the week and welcomed the government government, it was the financing of a solar energy network to exploit the new and old main station, in order to solve the problems of current panels and reduce the cost of operational generators operating in the Glutine. This decision reflects a pragmatic change within the party; For him, politics is no longer simply ideological or noisy, but is rather involved in the details of daily life: electricity, water and the collapse of infrastructure.
As if the party with this stage has reduced the saying of Dr. Hassan Al -Turabi in his book “Renewal from”, when he indicated that radical change does not come from the center, but from marginalized parts, where conscience was born from the uterus of suffering, and the action comes from those who do not have the tools of power, but they have a preview.
However, this initiative cannot be read in the most complete national context. The war has changed the general mood of the Sudanese; People are looking for stability, looking forward to a national consensus that avoids the country more division. In this context, the party, if he wants to return to Khartoum as a national political actor, must review his traditional tools, in particular those who bet in the street as a means of pressure. What is necessary today is not to move the masses, but sit with them, listen to them and rely on their aspirations.
This approach opens the door to a legitimate question: can this initiative be established for a kind of rapprochement between the party and the government? On the surface, it may seem that the positions of the two parties on the rapid support intersect by rejecting the militia and by condemning its violations, but under this tactical meeting, the fundamental differences are presented: the party does not see in the current government a legitimate authority, but rather considers as an extension of a military coup, and introduces an alternative project based on the dismantling of the institutions.
In addition, the party, unlike other parties, does not hesitate to demand the responsibility of army leaders and rapid support, and refuses to swap justice with stability. Consequently, convergence is nothing more than a temporary intersection in the field of a common rejection of rapid support, but it does not establish a strategic alliance.
It can rather be transformed into a moment of subsequent contradiction, if the government tries to invest these positions to improve its legitimacy or exclude its adversaries under the sign of the “combat rebellion”. On the other hand, if the party, if he really wants to return to Khartoum and the political interface, should read the change in popular mood which has become inclined to consensus and to reject the confrontation, and that tactical discourse is transcendent towards practical proposals that support peace and restore the national and social fabric.
In this sense, according to the face of the truth, the Communist Party reads not only the book of Al-Turabi, but also interpreter in the language of current Sudanese reality, taking advantage of the philosophy of “change in relation to the parties”, without renouncing the centrality of its project. Perhaps, as he will reposition it through initiatives of this kind, has already started to “read the book of Al -Turabi” as an intellectual document which provides a deep approach to understand the opportunities and possible reform opportunities. Political action in Sudan, after the war, is no longer exclusive to those who raise its highest voice, but rather to those who offer the most realistic solutions, and more deeply to the roots of society and improve its stability.
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