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
“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.
The Stubborn Hope for Peace at the Pashtun National Jirga
A report from the 2024 Pashtun National Jirga.
Afghan Refugees and the Left in Sindh [Urdu]
افغان مہاجرین اور پناہگزین کا سوال سندھ کے بائیں بازو، ترقی پسند اور قوم پرست تنظیموں کے لئے سوالیہ نشان ہے
Afghan Refugees and the Left in Sindh [English]
The question of Afghan migrants is a test case for Sindh’s Left, progressive, and nationalist groups.
Voices of Baloch Nationalism: A Conversation with Mahrang Baloch
Jamhoor spoke with renowned activist Dr. Mahrang Baloch on the latest upsurge in the Baloch national struggle, as well as the Pakistani Left and the country’s growing feminist movement.
For Palestinian Martyrs: Urdu Literature and Palestinian Resistance
Marxist, feminist, and anti-imperialist Urdu writers associated with literary progressivism in South Asia have long written of Palestinian resistance. Their solidarity can guide us today as we try to learn once again, together, from the liberation struggles that are moving us towards a new world.
The Afghan Question and the Contradictions of Pakistani Identity
Recent deportations of Afghan refugees reveal the historical contradictions of citizenship and national identity in Pakistan.
On Punjab: An Interview with Tariq Ali
Tariq Ali discusses the place of Punjab — its partition, its politicians and activists, and its poetry and languages — in the history of the subcontinent.
Domestic Defiance: On Pakistan’s First Trade Union Federation for Home-Based Workers
A conversation with Zehra Khan, a trade unionist and founder of Pakistan’s first trade union for home-based women workers.