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Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur

The response to violence here by people in general is selective too. The Ziarat Residency burning and the blast at Sardar Bahadur Khan University (SBKU) happened on June 15, 2013. At the SBKU, 14 students died when a bomb exploded in the bus they were about to return home in.

From the Editor

Full Circle

Pakistan is no stranger to military domination. The country has seen four military coups since independence in 1958, 1969, 1977 and 1999.

The vulnerability of authoritarian regimes

Rashed Rahman

 While Third World revolutionaries attempt to set up liberated areas or ‘guerrilla governments’ in the countryside, the other side of the coin, i.e. incumbent governments or regimes, must be examined as to their modes of retaining power and their vulnerability and susceptibility to overthrow by revolutionary guerrilla insurgencies./p>

Arun Kundnani

(In 1969, at the Association of Arab-American University Graduates (AAUG) convention, Eqbal Ahmad delivered a stark message: the Palestinian liberation movement would fail if it relied solely on armed struggle. He argued for a broader strategy, combining military with political and ideological tactics. The aim was to bring about the moral isolation of Israel by exposing the violence and racism that Zionism, as a form of settler colonialism, had to rely upon. Today, that goal might finally be within reach).

NSO’s organisation building in Punjab

Fayyaz Baqir

Soon after the National Students Organisation (NSO) was formed we started work on setting up units in educational institutions in and outside of Lahore.

The Social Media

Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur

The Social media has been both a blessing and bane for the Baloch. The social media has been used, misused and abused to everyone’s heart’s content.

From the PMR Archives

This month we are starting a series of reprints from the Pakistan Monthly Review (PMR) Archives, based on their continuing relevance today. The first selection is from the first issue of PMR in January 2019 – Ed.

Rashed Rahman

The year 2017 marked the hundredth anniversary of the Russian communist revolution of October 1917.

The role of the peasantry

Rashed Rahman

Much of contemporary literature on Third World revolutions is focused on the role of the peasantry in such upheavals. It examines the specific grievances and motivations for peasant rebellion and support for revolutionary guerrilla movements.

Vijay Prashad

It was inevitable that the Global North governments’ full-throated support for Israel’s genocide against Palestinians would result in furious retribution from their citizenry.

I. Introduction

The Communist Party of India (CPI) inherited the progressive, anti-imperialist and revolutionary traditions of the Indian people. Since its formation in 1920 by a small group of determined anti-imperialist fighters inspired by the October Socialist Revolution in Russia, the CPI had set before itself the goal of fighting for complete independence and basic social transformation.