Afghan Refugees and the Left in Sindh [English]
The question of Afghan migrants is a test case for Sindh’s Left, progressive, and nationalist groups.
For Palestinian Martyrs: Urdu Literature and Palestinian Resistance
Marxist, feminist, and anti-imperialist Urdu writers associated with literary progressivism in South Asia have long written of Palestinian resistance. Their solidarity can guide us today as we try to learn once again, together, from the liberation struggles that are moving us towards a new world.
Indo-Soviet Cinema and Socialist Internationalism
For Indian and Soviet filmmakers of the 1950s and 1960s, cinema emerged as a site to forge a hopeful, if tenuous, ethos of socialist internationalism.
“Pedagogy of the Oppressed”: A Challenge for the Left (Part 2 of 2) [Urdu]
Part 2 of Fawad Hasan’s exposition on Paolo Freire’s masterful work on the use of education for revolutionary praxis and its relevance for the Pakistani Left today. This is a two-part article published in Urdu.
“Pedagogy of the Oppressed”: A Challenge for the Left (Part 1) [Urdu]
An exposition in Urdu on Paolo Freire’s masterful work on the use of education for revolutionary praxis and its relevance for the Pakistani Left today.
“We the Sons of Bitches Are Doing Fine”: The Dissent of Miya Poetry
Miya Muslims in Assam are using the power of the pen to contest their demonization as “killable” bodies.
Working through the Siege
A photo-essay on the Kashmiri handicraft workers and the declining handloom industry since the abrogation of Article 370.
Art Against Imperialism in ’80s Pakistan: A Photo Essay
Pakistani leftist artists were not only opposing Zia-ul-Haq’s military rule but also challenging similar US-backed dictatorships around the world.
Language for Liberation: The Class Struggle Behind Ekushey (21st) February
February 21, 1952 remains one of the most significant dates in the history of Bangladesh, a landmark day in the context of the 1971 liberation war. To understand how the Bhasha Andolan (Language Movement) became a mass uprising, we must look at the class struggle that led up to the movement.
Spaces of Resistance: From Indian Coffee House to Tihar Jail
With an alarming rise in political prisoners in BJPs India, a reflection on the historic use of prisons and other urban spaces in resisting authoritarianism.
Mystics, Mullahs, and Markets in Post-9/11 Pakistan
Responding to Aliza Amin, Prateek Joshi questions the Musharraf-Mysticism alliance and defends Coke Studio.
Selling Sufism: Qawwali and Coke Studio in Pakistan
Is Pakistan’s Coke Studio promoting Sufism or trading in Sufism Inc.?