We must look at the roots of capitalism, white supremacy, heteropatriarchy, and anti-Blackness to leave settler colonialism in the past.   by LEANNE BETASAMOSAKE SIMPSON I understand settler colonialism’s present structure as one that is formed and maintained by a series of processes for the purposes of dispossessing, that create scaffolding within which my relationship to the state is contained. I certainly do …

By Aasim Sajjad Akhtar THERE are many in our land that falls into the category of what anti-colonial freedom fighter Frantz Fanon called “the wretched of the earth”, such as the cauldron of injustice and tyranny that is contemporary Pakistan. The almost daily tribulations faced by the diverse group of confessional groups officially known as ‘religious minorities’ are second to …

  Most people who know Noam Chomsky know him equally as a giant in academic linguistics and a longtime Leftist dissident and political commentator. Only a committed few, however, read much of his work in either — or both — fields. He is one of those thinkers whose major concepts enter the discourse unmoored from their original context. Phrases like “universal grammar” …

Dr Asim Sajjad Akhtar   THE budget will be presented in the National Assembly today, much ado about nothing. On the surface of it, the main opposition parties will refrain from debate because of the pandemic, no more than 86 MNAs attending the budget session due to social distancing protocols. In truth, decisions about Pakistan’s economy have been made by …

Walter Rodney’s radical thought and activism led to his eventual killing by a bomb in Guyana, in 1980 By: Mohammed Elnaiem It’s rare for an academic to be banned from a country, let alone for that country’s citizens to riot in response. It’s rarer still for one to have 30,000 people show up to their funeral. But Walter Rodney was, in …

Celebrating 152 years since the birth of the great Soviet writer and pioneer of socialist realism. The following presentation was given by Paul Cannon to the Stalin Society in London on 16 December 2018. “Forty years in the literary career of a great writer will always cover a large area on the ever-growing map of world culture. It is only at a distance …

AWP observes two-day mourning. CPIM, PWA, PMA and others pay homage to the oldest beacon of Left Movement by Herald Special Correspondent TOBA TEK SINGH/Islamabad: Veteran socialist leader and founding member of the Awami Workers Party Chaudhry Fateh Mohammed, the oldest beacon of Left and peasant movement goes out. Draped in the party’s red and white flag, he was laid to …

Raza Naeem remembers the iconic revolutionary from Sindh on his centenary   “This city like my skill is alive within me Spirit of the land, I am no stranger, recognize me” (“The Second Man in Mohenjodaro”, Himayat Ali Shair) The life of Sobho Gianchandani – born a hundred years ago earlier this week – seems like a legend told by …

Aasim Sajjad Akhtar “If you do not condemn colonialism if you do not side with the colonized people, what kind of revolution are you waging?” ~ Ho Che Minh For all of the outrage that many rightly feel, it is not surprising that the Pakistan state’s inherently authoritarian streak has come to the fore in the midst of the pandemic. …

In September, the Council will meet for the inaugural summit of the PI in Reykjavik, Iceland, hosted by the Prime Minister of Iceland and the Left-Green Movement. A coalition of left-leaning intellectuals, activists, and political leaders from around the world officially launched Monday the Progressive International with the support of the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 and the Sanders Institute. …