Update on Baluchistan Civil Secretariat strike Here is a short update on the situation in Quetta. The Civil Secretariat workers' protests are continuing, and there was also a demonstration of teachers today.
More strike action in Baluchistan: Latest update on arrested trade unionists This is an update on the situation in Quetta. The leaders of the civil servants' strike are still in jail, and more layers of workers are moving into struggle. The international solidarity campaign launched by the PTUDC must continue. To find out how you can help, please see the website of the Pakistan Trade Union Defence Campaign.
More strike action in Baluchistan: Latest update on arrested trade unionists This is an update on the situation in Quetta. The leaders of the civil servants' strike are still in jail, and more layers of workers are moving into struggle. The international solidarity campaign launched by the PTUDC must continue. To find out how you can help, please see the website of the Pakistan Trade Union Defence Campaign.
An appeal to support the Pakistan Trade Union Defence Campaign from Jeremy Dear This is an appeal to support the PTUDC's campaign for the release of the Quetta comrades by a leading trade unionist in Britian. To read more about the ongoing campaign and how you can help, please see the website of the Pakistan Trade Union Defence Campaign.
An appeal to support the Pakistan Trade Union Defence Campaign from Jeremy Dear This is an appeal to support the PTUDC's campaign for the release of the Quetta comrades by a leading trade unionist in Britian. To read more about the ongoing campaign and how you can help, please see the website of the Pakistan Trade Union Defence Campaign.
Pakistan: Musharraf's referendum and the Karachi blasts - The beginning of the end Lal Khan, editor of the Asian Marxist Review looks at the current situation in Pakistan. The economy is in ruins and Musharraf is under attack from all sides. The referendum he arranged to bolster support for himself has been a failure. The Americans are getting tired of him, and he has got nothing in return for his subservience. In desparation he is resorting to increased repression, as the attacks on the striking public sector workers in Quetta show.
Pakistan: Postal workers' leader Nazar Mengal once again under state attack Nazar Mengal, a leading PTUDC activist, is playing a key role in the present strike movement in Baluchistan. The authorities have moved him to a remote village and issued him with a show-cause notice. After the brutal repression of the civil secretariat strike the state does not want retaliation from elsewhere in Baluchistan, and they are targetting the PTUDC in particular.
Pakistan: Postal workers' leader Nazar Mengal once again under state attack Nazar Mengal, a leading PTUDC activist, is playing a key role in the present strike movement in Baluchistan. The authorities have moved him to a remote village and issued him with a show-cause notice. After the brutal repression of the civil secretariat strike the state does not want retaliation from elsewhere in Baluchistan, and they are targetting the PTUDC in particular.
India: The Horrors of Capitalism In the last weeks India has seen some of the most horrific communal violence in the whole of its post-partition history. There are more people killed in India each year due to religious violence than in any other country in the world. At the time of partition in 1947, more than a million Hindus and Muslims were slaughtered in the communal frenzy ensuing from the act of partition. Having utterly failed to provide a decent standard of living for the working people of India, the Indian ruling class are resorting to crude chauvinism to maintain their support. But over the last 50 years capitalism has shown it is utterly incapable of providing the solutions to the problems of the masses. The...
Protest Demonstration in Kasur Today a protest demonstration was held in the city of Kasur in the East of Pakistan, to protest against the continuing imprisonment of the Quetta strike leaders, and the government's sacking of 1,125 public sector workers who are on strike. To read more about the ongoing campaign and how you can help, please see the website of the Pakistan Trade Union Defence Campaign.
PTUDC Quetta campaign: Model letters Hameed Khan, the leader of the Quetta civil secretariat strike, and the other arrested workers are still in jail. In Pakistan the PTUDC has stepped up its nationwide activity. However, international pressure has proved in the past to be decisive in getting the release of jailed trade unionists. Here we present three letters, written by Mikhail Doronenko from the Russian section of the PTUDC, and sent to Pakistani President Musharraf, the federal interior minister, and the governor of Buluchistan. We believe these to be model letters, and we encourage all our readers to follow this example.
PTUDC Quetta campaign: Model letters Hameed Khan, the leader of the Quetta civil secretariat strike, and the other arrested workers are still in jail. In Pakistan the PTUDC has stepped up its nationwide activity. However, international pressure has proved in the past to be decisive in getting the release of jailed trade unionists. Here we present three letters, written by Mikhail Doronenko from the Russian section of the PTUDC, and sent to Pakistani President Musharraf, the federal interior minister, and the governor of Buluchistan. We believe these to be model letters, and we encourage all our readers to follow this example.
Lahore protest demonstration for release of Quetta comrades On Sunday, the PTUDC Lahore held a protest demonstration after the government announced the sacking of 1,125 striking government workers in Quetta. The PTUDC demands the immediate release of all those jailed, the reinstatement of all workers fired, and for the workers' demands to be met. A message from jailed strike leader Hameed Khan was read out at the event in front of the Lahore Press Club. The PTUDC has stepped up its nationwide campaign. See also the Press Coverage of the event.
Lahore protest demonstration for release of Quetta comrades On Sunday, the PTUDC Lahore held a protest demonstration after the government announced the sacking of 1,125 striking government workers in Quetta. The PTUDC demands the immediate release of all those jailed, the reinstatement of all workers fired, and for the workers' demands to be met. A message from jailed strike leader Hameed Khan was read out at the event in front of the Lahore Press Club. The PTUDC has stepped up its nationwide campaign. See also the Press Coverage of the event.
May Day in Pakistan 2002 This the report from the Pakistan Trade Union Defence Campaign on the May Day activities that took place up and down the country. The main rallying slogan was for the release of the imprisoned strike leaders in Quetta, where Hameed Khan and around 150 others are still in jail, and that the only way out for the masses of Pakistan is the road of socialist revolution. The day was a great success.
