Is it time for the Pakistani Left to start talking about Chinese “imperialism”?

By juxtaposing communist-led land-to-the-tiller struggles in 1970s Pakistan with current movements against real-estatization, we see the prospects and limits of redistributive land politics.

Fawad Hasan interviews labour organizer Yaseen Jhullan on the issues and demands of garment workers in Karachi.

Recovering the memory of a forgotten pioneer of the communist movement in undivided India.

A look at the racist beliefs about Bengalis peddled privately and publicly by Pakistani military officials in the lead up to 1971.

A travelogue along the Karakoram Highway exploring the relationship of Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan territory with China’s Xinjiang province, home to the persecuted Uyghurs.

The cyclone in 1970, though not always recognized, was instrumental in the independence of Bangladesh.

Three captivating short stories on the Bangladesh Freedom Struggle that vividly capture the disruption and outbreak of violence during the period.

Colonial India depended on Afghan migrant labour, at the same time as it regulated and expelled them in its border-making projects.

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. 

Pakistani leftist artists were not only opposing Zia-ul-Haq’s military rule but also challenging similar US-backed dictatorships around the world.

In a book that breaks new ground in scholarship on Pakistani militarism, Maria Rashid explores how the Pakistan Army manages emotions like grief, pride and fear among foot soldiers and their families.