Leftwingers commemorate 100th anniversary of murder of the communist writer, pacifist and radical inspiration Kate Connolly and Josie Le Blond in Berlin Negar Mohseni clutched a red carnation and waited patiently under cold, drizzly skies as the queue slowly snaked its way towards the grave of Rosa Luxemburg. “I simply want to pay my respects,” said the 54-year-old Iranian. “Besides, …
Red Rosa now has vanished too./ Where she lies is hid from view./ She told the poor what life is about,/ And so the rich have rubbed her out. Mahir Ali Ten years after she was callously murdered in Berlin, on the night of Jan 15-16, 1919, the German poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht captured the essence of Rosa Luxemburg’s …
Speakers pay homage to Fanoos Gujjar, vow to take forward his struggle against exploitation of oppressed people, nations Ali Ahmed Jan Islamabad, Jan 15: Speakers at a gathering stressed the need for unity of all progressive and democratic and secular forces to fight onslaught of the anti-democratic and extremist forces on democratic institutions and exploitation of working class. They …
Farman Ali The Speaker has withheld the “adjournment motion as inadmissible under Rules 111 (a) and (c) of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business of the National Assembly”, submitted on November 23, 2018, reads a letter by National Assembly deputy secretary Muhammad Salim to the movers of the motion. “We want to bring an important issue before the …
HAH Special Islamabad Political and social activists have won a reprieve from the Gilgit-Baltistan High Court which has suspended the operation of a section of the draconian anti-terrorism law in the disputed. A two-judge bench comprised of Justice Wazir Shakeel and Justice Ali Beg, on Thursday suspended the operation of Section-11(EEEE) or popularly known as Schedule-4 of the Anti-Terrorism Act. …
Zaigham Abbas The Pashtun Tahaffuz movement (PTM) has infused a new spirit for dissent and serious debate in Pakistan. The issues of extremism and terrorism are an existential threat for Pakistan, but ironically, they have never generated a serious debate, let alone the resolve to fight these ills, but PTM has rejuvenated our hope to overcome these issues. Despite …
