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Idées-Forces

Perry Anderson

How important is the role of ideas in the political upheavals that have marked great historical changes?

From the Anti-Canals Movement to the Historic Dharna at Babarloo: A Critical Review

Masroor Shah

The historic dharna (sit-in) at Babarloo and the temporary halt of the canals project by the Council of Common Interests (CCI) have sparked debates in Sindhi society.

Israel’s Crimes in the West Bank

Vijay Prashad

In 1948, the newly proclaimed Israeli government seized 78 percent of Palestinian land and expelled more than half of the population (750,000 people) from their villages and towns.

My Generation made a naive error

José ‘Pepe’ Mujica

The late Uruguayan statesman José “Pepe” Mujica argues that capitalism is not just property relations but a set of cultural values that the Left must confront with a culture of solidarity.

My generation made a naive error. We believed that social change was only a matter of challenging modes of production and distribution in society. We did not understand the immense role of culture.

The National Question in the Indian Union and Pakistan – II

The National Question in Pakistan

A M Dyakov

The national question in Pakistan has no lesser importance than in the Indian Union. Already during the creation of Pakistan a sharp contradiction emerged between the Muslim League (ML) and the political organisations of the Afghans on the question of inclusion of the Afghan territories of India.

From the PMR Archives: September 2019

Revolutionary prospects in the 21st century

Rashed Rahman

The 1960s of the last century were a period of social, cultural and political turmoil that changed the world in many ways while failing to change it in other aspects of that generation’s aspirations.

The Struggle in Balochistan

Adaner Usmani

Over the 11 years that have elapsed since 9/11, Pakistan has found itself in the headlights of the mainstream press for a few consistent reasons.

Letter to History-I

Hazaran Rahim Dad

Pakistan continues to terrorise activists, young and old, for protesting the enforced disappearances of their brothers, sisters, and forefathers – losses the Baloch people are never truly allowed to mourn.

Letter to History-II

Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur

In this letter, Ustad Mohammad Ali Talpur responds to Hazaran Baloch, tracing the moral and political stakes of remembrance and resistance in the Baloch struggle.

I wouldn’t start from here!

Ashraf Jehangir Qazi

(Only half spoof)

At the precipice, security asked them to move on.

In Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, protests and speeches against killings, tortures, disappearances, destruction of properties, stealing of land, energy and mineral resources, decades of violations of political rights, etc., are considered support for terrorism. In the name of counterterrorism a war has been declared against the protesting Baloch and Pashtun people.