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.
Hundreds of permanent employees expelled from Pakistan International Airlines The Pakistani state attacks the workers once more, this time at Pakistan International Airlines.
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.
Pakistan: Victory Of Chavez - Dawn of Socialism of the 21st century Hands off Venezuela meetings were held across Pakistan to celebrate the victory of Hugo Chavez in the recent elections and to discuss how the lessons of the Venezuelan revolution can applied to Pakistan.
Joint PTUDC-Sindh Employees Alliance Conference against ban on Unions and IRO 2002 Successful conference organised jointly by the PTUDC and the Sindh Employees Alliance was held in Karachi on November 25. The event was held in protest at the banning of trade union in education, against the Labour Unions and Industrial Relations Ordinance (IRO) 2002 and to work towards unity of all sectors concerned.
October revolution celebrations in Pakistan The comrades of The Struggle are celebrating the 89th anniversary of the Russian Revolution in nearly all the cities of Pakistan, under the title: “The 89th anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution and the Latin American Revolution of Today.” Here we publish the invitation card for the programme in Lahore to be held at the Kisan Hall on November 7, at 3pm. They have also published a special edition of their paper of which we provide here the front page.
Sindh Teachers Join PTUDC The Sind Employees’ Alliance, a joint body of teachers’ organizations, which has been involved in a long struggle for the right to represent teachers, has officially offered its unconditional support for the PTUDC. Read the report on the PTUDC website.
Kashmir: JKNSF protests against ERRA one year after the earthquake The Jammu Kashmir National Students' Federation (the JKNSF), a Marxist organization of students in Kashmir, organized a protest against the Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Authority (ERRA) for its brutal policies towards the people affected by last years' earthquake.
The terrible plight of women in Pakistan Women are a doubly oppressed layer of the working population in all countries, but in countries like Pakistan the oppression of women is extreme. Nowhere more than Pakistan, however, is it clear that this oppression is class-based. The solution lies in a united struggle of female and male workers to eradicate the very system that is the root cause.
Dawn reviews "Kashmir's Ordeal" We reproduce here a review by the Pakistani daily Dawn of Lal Khan's book Kashmir's Ordeal. To read the article on their site, click here.
Lal Khan’s book on the Lebanon-Israel war reviewed by BBCURDU.com “From historical references he explains how the constant chaos, turmoil and warlike situation in the Middle East fulfill the aims and objectives of world imperialism.”
Photo Gallery of JKNSF Convention The comrades in Pakistan have sent us a photo gallery with pics from the recent JKNSF convention.
Pakistan Peoples’ Party declares Finance Bill illegal Marxist MP and president of the PTUDC, Manzoor Ahmed, recently held a press conference where he announced the launching of a struggle against the Musharraf government's draconian changes to Pakistan's labour laws.
JKNSF Convention: A new chapter in the history of Kashmir begins The JKNSF held its 16th convention on September 20-21. Thousands of students from across Kashmir and Pakistan came to Rawalakot to participate. Armed with the ideas of Marxism the JKNSF is united in the struggle for socialism.
