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 …

A comparative study of farming sectors of China and Pakistan   By Samiullah Najeeb   Agriculture is the most sensitive sector to climate change. The impacts of climate change and abnormal events such as rise in temperatures, extreme weather, drought, levels of carbon dioxide and sea result in a decrease in the quantity and the quality of food supplies. Climate …

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 …

Raza Naeem remembers the iconic revolutionary Sobho Gianchandani on his centenary A hallmark of Sobho Gianchandani’s student days at Rabindranath Tagore’s institute, Shantiniketan, was the celebration of independence day on January 26, 1940. In 1928 the Congress had approved the resolution for independence day. It was a real challenge since Tagore had forbidden the celebration of independence day for five …

A film inspired by Iceland’s farming stranglehold. His wry parable Rams won acclaim at Cannes, but for his new film The County, Grímur Hákonarson delves into a shady world of farming co-operatives   The majority of people there support the co-operative, and if they found out we were criticising it, there might have been more complications.” Iceland’s buzziest director, Grímur Hákonarson, is talking …

by Vaqar Ahmed   May 11 marks 21 years since my uncle Eqbal Ahmad (1933-1999), a much loved public intellectual and friend of humanity, passed away at the relatively young age of 66 years. Much more than just a relation, Eqbal was my guardian and mentor, someone I looked upto. I miss him terribly. But my purpose in writing today …

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. …