The untimely death of Lal Khan (Tanvir Gondal, as I knew him) has struck a bitter blow, not only to the ongoing struggle and future hopes of the working class in Pakistan […]
Tribute to Lal Khan
Livestream Dialogue Between Chinese, Algerian, Sudanese, Iranian, Venezuelan and U.S. Labor Activists on International Labor Solidarity
On Sept. 22, the Alliance of Middle East Socialists (AMES) held a video conference dialog between labor activists from China, Algeria, Sudan, Iran, Venezuela and the United States. As listed by AMES, […]
India, Kashmir and the global crisis of capitalism
“What India has done in Kashmir over the last 30 years is unforgivable. An estimated 70,000 people, civilians, militants and security forces have been killed in the conflict. Thousands have been “disappeared,” and tens […]
Kashmir crisis a heritage of British colonialism
India’s ultra-right prime minister Modi has staged an overnight coup abolishing Kashmir’s statehood and autonomous status, cutting all its communication links and flooding it with occupation troops, writes Roger Silverman in Britain. […]
The Two Faces of India
As the shadow of ruthless authoritarian regimes falls across the world’s continents from Europe to America North and South to Asia, the world’s capitalists have greeted with undisguised jubilation the victory of […]
What’s Up With North Korea?
Many people in the US, when they think of North Korea’s Kim jong-Un, they think of some crazed, irrational national leader. All we have to do is look at the White House […]
Mt. Everest and the Class Struggle
Who would have thought that the class struggle would reach Mt. Everest? My wife and I got into watching documentaries about climbing Mt. Everest. Every video shows the brave, adventurous climbers (almost […]
Interview with Farooq Tariq, Pakistan’s Working Class Hero
Trump: A Method to his Madness
When Corporate America installed George Bush as president, it indicated a shift in foreign policy. Drunk with the collapse of “Communism”, they believed that as the world’s unchallenged military power, they could […]
Religious fanatics groups: the fascists in the making
by Farooq Tariq, General Secretary, Awami Workers Party of Pakistan It was the most deadly attack on any school by religious fanatics. 146 were killed in a Peshawar Army Public School, including […]