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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.

Preamble

The Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) is the highest political organisation of the Indian proletariat fighting for realising its supreme class mission.

General Elections 1970

Fayyaz Baqir

The NSO was jointly established by Azizuddin and Azizul Haq. The differences between them cropped up with reference to the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).

Apathy or Sympathy Fatigue?

Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur

The possible and probable reason for the apathy towards and sympathy fatigue for the people’s resistance is illustrated by this experience of mine.

Vijay Prashad

Fifty years ago, on April 25, 1974, the people of Portugal took to the streets of their cities and towns in enormous numbers to overthrow the fascist dictatorship of the Estado Novo (‘New State’), formally established in 1926.