“Bangladesh Has No Indigenous People”
To prevent the extinction of Adibashis, the Bangladesh government must recognize their right to self-determination.
Degrowth Remains a Slogan
Though illuminating key debates, Jason Hickel’s recent case for degrowth falls short of its global objective – with not enough to offer regions like South Asia.
A Tale of Two South Asian Americas
An exploration of the Bangladeshi American activism scene provides a glimpse into how the South Asian American political landscape continues to expand and change.
Language for Liberation: The Class Struggle Behind Ekushey (21st) February
February 21, 1952 remains one of the most significant dates in the history of Bangladesh, a landmark day in the context of the 1971 liberation war. To understand how the Bhasha Andolan (Language Movement) became a mass uprising, we must look at the class struggle that led up to the movement.
Narrating a People’s History of 1971
A review of Anam Zakaria’s 1971: A People’s History from Bangladesh, Pakistan and India.
Tagore Street, Tel Aviv: Against Normalizing Bangladeshi—Israeli relations
The normalization of the Israeli apartheid-state by liberal Bangladeshis calls for a revival of revolutionary solidarities and a South Asian politics that champions the Palestinian cause.
Ecologies of Emancipation: The Mukti Bahini, Rivers and the Unravelling of Pakistan
Peasant guerrillas from the Mukti Bahini used their intimate ecological knowledge of Bangladesh’s waterways to liberate the country.
Desi America United
Highlighting a rich legacy of desi organizing in America, Iman Sultan traces her journey with activists and organisers emerging in a new Left movement.
Fighting Fascist Democracy: The Young Radicals of Bangladesh
Jamhoor interviewed the President of the Revolutionary Student-Youth Movement (RSYM), Atif Anik, about his thoughts on the recent transport strike, RSYM’s work, and the character of fascism in South Asia today.
Snapping an Uprising: Bangladeshi Youth Take to the Streets
Saptarshi Nath captures students taking to the streets for road safety in Mirpur, Dhaka.
Mao-Lana Bhashani: Maoism and the Unmaking of Pakistan
Today, socialism and Islam are often viewed as incompatible. Does the career of Maulana Bhashani, “the Red Maulana” of Bangladesh, offer a corrective to this view?