Left Politics in Pakistan. What went Wrong? Riddles & wayout
A discussion organized by Thaap, 28th January 2022,
The critical evaluation of Labor politics of 1960s & 1970s with background of left politics ..... Ideology & Practice
debate regarding the term proletariat and meaningful divergence of Mao, Russian revolutionary experience and its limitations, some important post Marx new factors especially mushroom growth of Nation States in the first half of 20th century, Rise of US as the biggest player after 14 August 1941 infamous Atlantic charter, Economic slavery through World Bank, IMF , campaigns for Rights through UN, creation of India & Pakistan along with unprecedented Partition of the Punjab, confused left in 1940s, communist struggle in Pakistan, Mccarthyism, Anti communist propaganda, suspicions on democracy, new love with nationalists, Sino russian divide, rise of Bhutto & his party, confused left during Bhutto era, and many more things.
Presentation and few slides
Watch the discussion here in below link
Some extracts from interviews of C R Aslam, Tufail Abbas, Aga Khan Suhaotra, Mian Ijazul Hassan, Professor Jamal Naqvi, Professor Khalid Mahmood, Rasool Bukhsh Palejo, Ashfaq Saleem Mirza. These interviews were published in late Awami Jumhori Forum published during 2006-11, The left journal was a joint effort in which Aamir Riaz (editor) worked with two left senior comrades Qalib Ali Sheikh (Socialist Party/Workers Party) and Pervaiz Majeed (Mazdor Kisan Party) while many more were with them.
C R Aslam
Tufail Abbas
Professor Khalid Mahmood
Professor Jamal Naqvi
Rasool Bukhsh Palejo
Mian Ijazul Hassan
Ashfaq Saleem Mirza
Aga Khan Sahotra
Some more pictures of the program
