Kashmir: the brutality of the state exposes its weakness! After the brutal police attack on a peaceful rally in Kashmir on March 8, there were protests across the whole region. In Rawalkot the youth broke through police lines and successfully marched to the District Court. No amount of repression is going to stop the will of the workers and youth to fight for their rights.
Comrades in Kashmir have been released Following the repression and imprisonment of some comrades in Kashmir, we are pleased to announce that they have now been released. It seems that the campaign of pressure has been successful, but we do not know the details. A report will follow later on.
State repression in Kashmir continues amid mass rallies The state in Kashmir has shown its true colors by increasing repression on comrades arrested yesterday when they were protesting for the basic demands of the peoples of Kashmir.
Pakistan - March 8, International Working Women’s Day celebrated at Lahore press club The PTUDC and Bonded Labour Liberation Front organized a joint meeting to commemorate International Working Women’s Day. The two organizations also decided upon a joint statement of demands and common programme of struggle.
State repression against workers and youth in Kashmir A demonstration was called today to protest against the failure of the state’s reconstruction efforts in Azad Kashmir. The demonstration was brutally attacked by police. Several comrades have been injured and arrested.
Kashmir: a real beginning of class struggle! After waiting for more than a year for the government to act on the promises it made at the time of the earthquake disaster, the workers have finally lost their patience and come out in an all-out strike. This is just a taste of what is to come.
Workers and teachers strike in Azad Kashmir The Pakistani government has absolutely failed in its efforts to clean up and repair the damage caused in Kashmir by the earthquake in October 2005. The people of Kashmir cannot accept this situation any longer and the government has nothing real to offer the movement, except more promises.
Terai riots in Nepal a warning for the left While the Nepalese Maoists and other left forces are involved in talks over a Constituent Assembly and have accepted to put down their arms in exchange for seats in parliament, social unrest is brewing in the country as the recent Terai riots clearly demonstrate. Not having taken power when it was there for the taking, the Nepalese Maoists are leaving room to reactionary forces to manoeuvre behind the scenes.
Hundreds of permanent employees expelled from Pakistan International Airlines The Pakistani state attacks the workers once more, this time at Pakistan International Airlines.
Bangladesh and the crisis over the Caretaker Government On the surface, the conflict that has erupted in Bangladesh is over the make-up of the caretaker government that according to the constitution is supposed to run the country in the three months up to a general election. The conflict apparently is between two bourgeois fronts. But underlying this political crisis is the extreme poverty of the masses who have reached the limits of human endurance.
Revolutionary Wave engulfs Bangladesh Peace has broken down completely in the country of Muhammad Younis, the Nobel Peace prize-winner for the year 2006. The New Year started in Bangladesh with riots, strikes, political unrest, turmoil, confusion and disorder. After weeks of street violence, which has taken 40 lives, the President of Bangladesh, Iajuddin Ahmed, has been forced to step down from his post appointing Fakhruddin as the head of a state in total disarray.
The APCA (All-Pakistan Clerical Association) Azad Kashmir is on hunger strike After all the promises of help, the Pakistani government has forgotten the workers of Kashmir who suffered terribly during the 2005 earthquake. Now the workers are demanding their rights. They need you solidarity!
Workers in unity at All Pakistan Labour Conference The All-Pakistan Labour Conference was held in Rawalpindi on December 19, 2006, bringing together some 500 delegates from unions and workers' associations from all across Pakistan. The goal of the conference was to unite the working class under one banner and to offer a solution to the problems and misery of the people in the struggle for socialism.
Editorial of the Asian Marxist Review - Winter 2006-07 Here we publish the editorial of the latest issue of the Asian Marxist Review.
Nepal: Maoists make enormous retreat and join bourgeois government From a position of enormous strength, controlling 75% of Nepalese territory, the Maoists have agreed to form a coalition government, integrate their guerrilla forces into the bourgeois army, and limit their goal to achieving some kind of Republic in the future. But this will not solve any of the fundamental economic and social problems facing the Nepalese masses.
