Raza Naeem offers a translation in which the late Enver Sajjad (1935 – 2019) writes about himself and his art by Raza Naeem Translator’s Note: One of Pakistan’s last true Renaissance men, writer, novelist, artist, actor, dancer and playwright, Dr Enver Sajjad passed away on June 6 last week. He was one of the last Pakistani writers who wrote fiction of an …
Raza Naeem on the politics and worldview contained in the work of Kaifi Azmi (1919–2002) by Raza Naeem “Stone Kaifi to death, the rulers cried The Messiah? We do not know where he hides!” Born Syed Athar Hussain Rizvi, a hundred years ago this year, Kaifi Azmi, who passed away into eternity seventeen years ago on the 10th of May earlier …
by Raza Naeem “I am the trader of sighs To versify blood is my mission Remaining winds of the garden! Gather your refuges…for My fiery songs Are about to cause an upheaval within depressed bosoms” When the Jallianwala Bagh massacre occured in 1919, Saadat Hasan Manto was nine years old. The hero of Jallianwala Dr Saifuddin Kitchlew was a close relative …
Aasim Sajjad Akhtar IT has been a decade since the political uprisings known as the Occupy movements burst onto the mainstream of Western societies. The backdrop was the biggest economic crisis since the Great Depression, and the slogan of the ‘99pc vs 1pc’ captured the sentiment of people whose lives were in ruin due to the collapse of major financial …
The legacy of Bhagat Singh and his comrades serves as a reminder of the revolutionary zeal that thrived in this region not long ago. They were committed to and sacrificed their lives for an ideology and a society that was not restricted by artificial boundaries of language, race and religion, but for the entire working class of the world. By Waseem …
Shandana Waheed Freedom fighter Bhagat Singh was born in Lyallpur, Punjab, on September 27, 1907, to a Sikh family deeply involved in political activities. Following the footsteps of his father, he chose the path of political defiance against British rule. Bhagat Singh is considered to be one of the most influential revolutionaries of Indian nationalist movement. For his courageous demonstrations …
Erdogan’s regime refuses entry to two French Communist Party members who planned to observe the local elections on March 31 News Desk Turkish authorities have escalated attacks on political opponents ahead of next week’s crucial local elections, refusing entry to two French Communist Party members and deporting them on Thursday. Sylvie Jan and Michel Laurent arrived to attend the Newroz …
An obituary written at the time of Tony Benn’s passing on a life well lived By John Rees I have spent a lifetime as a political organiser and for as long as I can recall if I wanted to get something moving the first phone call I would make would be to Tony Benn. If there was a Stop the War …
News Desk The Awami Workers Party (AWP) has expressed solidarity with working women struggling for equal rights and social justice in Pakistan and around the world. In a statement issued on the International Working Women’s Day, the AWP leadership and workers resolve to revive the revolutionary and radical vision and spirit of the day, when socialist leaders like Clara Zetkin …
HOSSAM EL-HAMALAWY Counterrevolution has taken hold across much of the region, but uprisings in Sudan and elsewhere show the potential for the tide to turn, writes Egyptian journalist and socialist activist Hossam el-Hamalawy, in an article published at Al Araby. Eight years after the explosion of the 2011 Arab Spring revolutions, the situation in the region looks bleak in the eyes of …
