Eqbal Ahmad for a Time of Monsters
On the duty of intellectuals in this era of authoritarianism, genocide and pacifist pathologies
Anti-Colonial Violence in the 1921 Malabar Rebellion
As the current Hindu right-wing regime continues to perpetuate the century-old colonial stigmatization of a Muslim peasantry led anti-colonial rebellion in British India, a historical communist recuperation of the movement and its legacies is warranted
“Here to Stay, Here to Fight”: A Conversation with Tariq Mehmood
Tariq Mehmood, a founding member of the United Black Youth League and one of the Bradford 12, reflects on self-defence as an act of necessary revolutionary violence.
From the Barrel of a Gun? Maoist Debates in Pakistan
The Mazdoor Kisan Party’s debate on armed struggle and electoral politics as political strategies
Siraj Sikder: A Legacy of Freedom
Siraj Sikder and Sarbahara Party’s violent yet emancipatory struggles hold key lessons for Bangladesh and its post-authoritarian future.
War and Armed Resistance in Sri Lanka
On the Tamil Eelam Right to Self-Determination and Peace in the Indian Ocean.
“Nothing Less than Decolonization”: The Baloch National Struggle
An interview with veteran militant intellectual Mir Muhammad Ali Talpur, and an anonymous activist
Analyzing Pakistan’s Government Spending
How budgets constrain inclusive development in South Asia.
A Populist Left Victory in Sri Lanka
Can the NPP confront its past and present to build a radical program?
The Stubborn Hope for Peace at the Pashtun National Jirga
A report from the 2024 Pashtun National Jirga.
The Prisoners in Bangladesh’s Backyard
The Rohingya will be the litmus test for a “new” Bangladesh’s progressive ideals.