On two days, seventy-five years ago, the United States used nuclear weapons in combat for the first and, so far, only time in history. The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, on August 6 and 9, 1945, killed a quarter of a million people and ushered in an era of imperialist aggression through the threat of global annihilation. Then, as now, …

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 …

Beware splashy corporate gestures when they leave existing power structures intact. by Helen Lewis Tumbrels are rattling through the streets of the internet. Over the past few years, online-led social movements have deposed gropers, exposed bullies—and, sometimes, ruined the lives of the innocent. Commentators warn of “mob justice,” while activists exult in their newfound power to change the world. Both groups …

Faiz’s ‘Hum Dekhenge’ has continued to inspire activists for decades. Why do the leftist poet’s words continue to resonate today? Protesters at an anti-CAA demonstration in India Siasat Daily From Iqbal Bano singing it to a charged crowd in Lahore in 1986 to students reciting its verses on-campus protests across India late last year, Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s ‘Hum Dekhenge’ has …

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 …

There is a lesson for the people of Gilgit-Baltistan to learn in the remarkable victory of a native American tribe against energy giants and state coercive policy of the Trump.  The indigenous people after years of struggle for their right to a safe, pollutant-free home, got two multi-billion-dollar oil and gas pipeline projects shut down.  Indigenous protesters of the Dakota Access …

A conversation with Aasim Sajjad Akhtar, a Professor of Political Economy at the National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University and Juvaria Jafri, a Lecturer in International Political Economy at City University on the impact of coronavirus pandemic on Pakistan’s middle classes, rescue packages and government’s response.  by Farwa Sial The full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on developing countries is still unfolding. While …

Sweden unmasks a prime minister’s assassin; the case is closed, with no conspiracy exposed

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 …