The recent military operations by Frontier Corps (FC) on the religious extremist groups around Peshawar led to a series of debates and discussion amongst the CMKP members regarding the position to be adopted on the question of Taliban and religious-extremists. The conclusion of the debate has been summarised by Ali Jan that is being presented [...]
Veteran Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid explains how the US ally Pakistan has armed and financed the Taliban after the US invasion of Afghanistan; how the CIA pays Pakistan to arrest al-Qaeda operatives, but Pakistan uses the money to fund the Taliban resurgence in northwest Pakistan; and how the US and NATO’s failure to deal with [...]
Since its landmark publication in 1980, A People’s History of the United States has had six new editions, sold more than 1.7 million copies and been turned into an acclaimed play. More than a successful book, A People’s History triggered a revolution in the way history is told, displacing the official versions with their emphasis [...]
The 1971 war against the Bengali population, paved on the “good intentions” of keeping the Pakistan together, was carried out in a classical genocidal fashion. “Kill three million of them,” President Yahya Khan reportedly said in February of 1971, “and the rest will eat out of our hands”. The genocidal war initiated on 25th of [...]
For those who support the movement of some Tibetans against China, here is some suggestions for you:
1. Know what you support. Before you jump into the bandwagon and sit with your legs crossed in quest of nirvana, stop for a while on Earth and see what Buddhist theocracy in Tibet was like. Admired by the German [...]
Celebrating the Palestinian poetry of Resistance
Thrombosis in the veins of Petroleum
Taha Muhammad Ali
When I was a child
I fell into the abyss
but didn’t die;
I drowned in the pond
when I was young,
but did not die;
and now, God help us—
one of my habits is running
into battalions of land mines
along the border,
as my songs
and the days of my youth
are [...]
The SACP [South African Communist Party -- ed.] has received the news that Cde Fidel Castro will not be available for the next term of office as President of Cuba and Chief Commander of the Cuban Armed Forces.
We wish to take this opportunity to congratulate Cde Fidel Castro for having been an exemplary revolutionary who [...]
An Interview with Baha Abu Hussein, Palestinian Progressive Youth Union
From: Fight Back!
The following interview with Baha Abu Hussein, the Director of International Relations in the Palestinian Progressive Youth Union, was conducted by Kosta Harlan.
Baha Abu Hussein, who lives in Gaza, was one of the delegates to the March 2007 conference in solidarity with the [...]
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