Insurrection in Kashmir A wave of protests and strikes has swept the capital of Pakistan-held Kashmir, Muzafferabad. As we reported yesterday, several comrades were arrested yesterday at a demonstration. The response of the people of Kashmir was immediate and decisive - demonstrations were held and roadblocks were erected. In the end our comrades were released.
Urgent! - Appeal for the release of youth activists in Muzaffarabad (Azad Kashmir) Police in Muzaffarabad baton charged a rally organised by the Jammu Kashmir Revolutionary Alliance and the United People’s Front against the Earthquake Rehabilitation Agency. Eleven leading young activists and comrades have been arrested.
Class struggle in China: "A rise like a violent wind" - Part Two China’s headlong drive towards capitalism is beginning to meet resistance. Workers’ protests are growing. Opposition is even being voiced within the ranks of the Chinese Communist Party itself. It is merely a matter of time before the class struggle erupts on a grand scale.
Class struggle in China: "A rise like a violent wind" - Part One The widening income gap in China and the resulting social explosions, threatening the interests of the ruling bureaucracy and capitalists, is a top item on the agenda of the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party. In a bid to ease the revolt, the 11th five-year economic plan is nominally focusing on more equal distribution, but this cannot solve the contradictions created by the move towards capitalism.
MNA Manzoor Ahmed intervenes in parliament against privatisation Comrade Manzoor Ahmed, Member of the Pakistan National Assembly, along with several other MNAs has submitted two motions against the privatisation of Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) and Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL). We publish the following report from DAWN, Pakistan's most widely circulated English daily newspaper.
War against the privatisation of WAPDA (Water And Power Development Authority) Pakistan After the PTCL workforce, now it is the workers of WAPDA who are faced with the prospect of privatisation. Such a measure would be detrimental to the interests not only of the WAPDA workers but of all the workers and poor of Pakistan. The PTCL workers put up a brave fight but were let down by the union leaders. Let this not happen again!
The voice of 10 million yuan and the fate of the Worker's Website Here we publish a statement of one of the administrators of the China Workers' Website on the recent closing of their site.
An Interview with Yan Yuanzhang On February 22, the Chinese government shut down the China Workers' Website and Discussion Lists, a website that allowed Chinese workers and farmers to discuss their struggles and the problems they face. The developments and changes in China are of extreme significance for workers and youth of the whole world and in this regard, this interview, conducted by Stephen Philion for the Monthly Review Magazine, is extremely interesting and important, and provides an insight into the conditions of the Chinese workers, youth and peasants.
An Encounter in Kashmir We provide this report by Alan Woods from Kashmir, which details the beauty of the region, the pride and strength of its people, as well as the terrible destruction caused by the earthquake.
Kashmir book launched in Rawalpindi Over 200 people attended a recent meeting in Rawalpindi for the launching of the book Kashmir's Ordeal,by Lal Khan. Among the speakers were Alan Woods, editor of Marxist.com, trade union leaders from the Rawalpindi-Islamabad region, leading figures of the revolutionary youth movement in Kashmir, and Member of the National Assembly, Zulfiqar Gondal, who all came to discuss the way forward for the workers, peasants, and youth of Kashmir.
Letters from China We are publishing an exchange of letters between a Chinese Communist, RY, and Fred Weston of the Marxist.com Editorial Board. They give an insight to the problems that many genuine Chinese Communists are facing, as China moves further and further down the road of capitalism.
New Pakistani Marxist website launched We are proud to announce the launching of a new website by the Pakistani Marxists of The Struggle: www.struggle.com.pk. The site will be in Urdu and will publish both articles on the general situation in Pakistan and translations from Marxist.com.
Marxism in Indonesia - Preface to the new Indonesian edition of Reason in Revolt In his preface to the recently published Indonesian edition of Reason in Revolt, Alan Woods points out that the intense anti-Islamic propaganda in the West is merely a “crude ideological cover for the pretensions and arrogance of imperialism and especially US imperialism, which seeks to dominate the entire world and subject it to its pitiless exploitation”. In answer to all this what is needed is that the rational, scientific outlook of Marxism should become the viewpoint of the labour movement in all countries.
Indonesian version of Reason in Revolt launched - Retying the knot of history We are proud to announce the recent publication of the Indonesian edition of Reason in Revolt. The book was launched publicly on February 20th at the Gadja Mada University. Here we provide some background information and details of how to order the book in Indonesia.
Pakistan YFIS country wide protest In solidarity with the protests being organised by students and youth organisations in the United States and many other countries around the world against imperialist aggression in Iraq, YFIS in Pakistan organised protest rallies and demonstrations in several cities around the country. Reports of these activities are pouring in from various cities and remote areas of country through different channels due to the unevenness of technological development here.
