The Romance of Revolution in Emergency-Era Delhi
As many today struggle against an undeclared BJP-led Emergency in India, a reflection on the fight against Indira Gandhi’s Emergency — and the role of love.
Ecologies of Emancipation: The Mukti Bahini, Rivers and the Unravelling of Pakistan
Peasant guerrillas from the Mukti Bahini used their intimate ecological knowledge of Bangladesh’s waterways to liberate the country.
The Khalistan Question: An Interview with Pritam Singh
An interview with Pritam Singh on the demand for Khalistan.
Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement: Challenging the "War on Terror"
An interview with Ismat Shahjahan on the origins, aims, and trajectories of PTM.
Zinda Hain Tulba! / The Students Live!
An energetic national student movement re-emerges in Pakistan.
The Brown in Black Power: Militant South Asian Organizing in Post-War Britain
Militant South Asians refused to be “model minorities” and instead united with racialized communities to confront racism and capitalism in post-War Britain
Desi America United
Highlighting a rich legacy of desi organizing in America, Iman Sultan traces her journey with activists and organisers emerging in a new Left movement.
Firebranding the Frontier: The Women of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement
Pakistan’s military declared that their “time is up”, but the PTM will prevail – buoyed by its resilient women.
The Poverty of Piety: A Response to Sonia Qadir
In support of Afiya Zia’s secular feminism.
1968 and Ever Since: An Interview with Tariq Ali (Part 2)
In Part II of our interview, Tariq Ali examines the afterlives of 1968 today: global youth insurgencies, anti-imperialist movements, and the tasks of the hour for the Left.
1968 and Ever Since: An Interview with Tariq Ali (Part 1)
In Part 1 of this two-part interview, Tariq Ali reflects on his memories of the 1968 movement in Pakistan, arguably the only unequivocal success of the wave of protests that shook the world.
Re-Orientalizing Feminism
A review of Afiya Zia’s book, Faith and Feminism in Pakistan: Religious Agency or Secular Autonomy?