Forum for Free Speech
Republished here is the founding statement of the Pakistan Forum journal (1970-73), which appeared in its first issue on October-November 1970.
Theorizing Pakistan in Diaspora: The Pakistan Forum
An interview with Mohammad Qadeer, former Associate Editor of Pakistan Forum (1970-73)
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.
Remembering the Ghadar Party
Resonances of radical, anti-colonial struggle in our contemporary moment.
Indian Tech Workers in the US: Bourgeois Individualists, Saffron Trumpists, or Proletarian Insurgents?
From an organiser for Tech Workers Coalition, prospects for organising Indian tech workers in San Francisco’s Bay Area.
Firebranding the Frontier: The Women of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement
Pakistan’s military declared that their “time is up”, but the PTM will prevail – buoyed by its resilient women.
On Christchurch and Settler Violence
Reflections on how to read far-right terrorism today.
The Afterlives of Mashal Khan
Mashal Khan is an inspiration for the unfinished resistance against creeping fascism on campuses and growing neo-liberalization of the education system in Pakistan.
The Radical Foundation of Indian Technoscience
Indian engagement with modern technoscience originated with the Independence movement, infusing it with an anti-imperialist politics.
The Poverty of Piety: A Response to Sonia Qadir
In support of Afiya Zia’s secular feminism.
1968 and Ever Since: An Interview with Tariq Ali (Part 2)
In Part II of our interview, Tariq Ali examines the afterlives of 1968 today: global youth insurgencies, anti-imperialist movements, and the tasks of the hour for the Left.
1968 and Ever Since: An Interview with Tariq Ali (Part 1)
In Part 1 of this two-part interview, Tariq Ali reflects on his memories of the 1968 movement in Pakistan, arguably the only unequivocal success of the wave of protests that shook the world.