The Forgotten Massacre of the Left in Bangladesh
The Rakkhi Bahini's campaign of terror against left-wing opposition in the 1970s marked the beginnings of extrajudicial killings in Bangladesh
The Politics of Indigeneity in Post-Hasina Bangladesh
Adibashi struggles in the Chittagong Hill Tracts continue to expose the limits of Bangladeshi nationalism
Babri After Babri: The ‘Disputed Sites’ Playbook
How a seemingly banal ‘legal’ tool enables the destruction of Muslim spaces across India.
Roots of the Parachinar Conflict
Hassan Turi explores how land disputes and Afghan wars have created conditions ripe for sectarian violence in Kurram.
Eqbal Ahmad for a Time of Monsters
On the duty of intellectuals in this era of authoritarianism, genocide and pacifist pathologies
Anti-Colonial Violence in the 1921 Malabar Rebellion
As the current Hindu right-wing regime continues to perpetuate the century-old colonial stigmatization of a Muslim peasantry led anti-colonial rebellion in British India, a historical communist recuperation of the movement and its legacies is warranted
From the Barrel of a Gun? Maoist Debates in Pakistan
The Mazdoor Kisan Party’s debate on armed struggle and electoral politics as political strategies
Siraj Sikder: A Legacy of Freedom
Siraj Sikder and Sarbahara Party’s violent yet emancipatory struggles hold key lessons for Bangladesh and its post-authoritarian future.
A Populist Left Victory in Sri Lanka
Can the NPP confront its past and present to build a radical program?
The Prisoners in Bangladesh’s Backyard
The Rohingya will be the litmus test for a “new” Bangladesh’s progressive ideals.
The Colonial Roots of Sri Lanka’s Tax Regime
Interrogating colonial and neoliberal fiscal policy to chart a path out of underdevelopment.
200 Years of Malaiyaha Tamil Labour in Sri Lanka
A brief history of 200 years of involuntary migration, imposed statelessness, exploitation and marginalization of Upcountry or Malaiyaha Tamil tea plantation workers.