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1. Left Politics in South Asia: Past, Present, Future
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On Christchurch and Settler Violence
Diaspora, Essay Hashim bin Rashid 4/20/19 Diaspora, Essay Hashim bin Rashid 4/20/19

On Christchurch and Settler Violence

Reflections on how to read far-right terrorism today.

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The Afterlives of Mashal Khan
Pakistan, Essay Zahid Ali & Sher Ali Khan 4/8/19 Pakistan, Essay Zahid Ali & Sher Ali Khan 4/8/19

The Afterlives of Mashal Khan

Mashal Khan is an inspiration for the unfinished resistance against creeping fascism on campuses and growing neo-liberalization of the education system in Pakistan.

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The Radical Foundation of Indian Technoscience
India, Essay R.K. Upadhya 4/2/19 India, Essay R.K. Upadhya 4/2/19

The Radical Foundation of Indian Technoscience

Indian engagement with modern technoscience originated with the Independence movement, infusing it with an anti-imperialist politics.

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Good Sufi, Bad Salafi: Is Pakistan’s Romance with Sufism Backfiring?
Pakistan, Issue 2, Essay Carlo Ceglia 11/29/18 Pakistan, Issue 2, Essay Carlo Ceglia 11/29/18

Good Sufi, Bad Salafi: Is Pakistan’s Romance with Sufism Backfiring?

With a politicized Barelvism leading the recent protests against Aasia Bibi’s acquittal, has the Pakistani state’s romance with Barelvism, the supposedly soft and Sufi Islam, backfired?

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The Nation-State is Not Our Friend: On Celebrating the Repeal of Section 377
India, Issue 2, Essay Nisha Eswaran 11/28/18 India, Issue 2, Essay Nisha Eswaran 11/28/18

The Nation-State is Not Our Friend: On Celebrating the Repeal of Section 377

Uncritically celebrating the repeal of Section 377 (India’s anti-sodomy law) as a milestone of decolonization obscures the complicity and exclusion inherent to the nation-state.

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On Whose Side is the Government? The St. James Town Fire and the Housing Crisis
Diaspora, Essay Muriam Salman 10/17/18 Diaspora, Essay Muriam Salman 10/17/18

On Whose Side is the Government? The St. James Town Fire and the Housing Crisis

St. James Town is a largely South Asian and working-class neighbourhood in Toronto. What does the recent fire in two of its high-rises tell us about the city’s housing crisis?

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Left Politics in Bastar
India, Issue 1, Essay Bela Bhatia 5/25/18 India, Issue 1, Essay Bela Bhatia 5/25/18

Left Politics in Bastar

Noted Indian academic and human rights activist Bela Bhatia surveys the political situation in India’s tribal region of Bastar.

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In Search of the Political: Social Life in Pakistan's Sufi Shrines
Pakistan, Issue 1, Essay Amen Jaffer 5/25/18 Pakistan, Issue 1, Essay Amen Jaffer 5/25/18

In Search of the Political: Social Life in Pakistan's Sufi Shrines

South Asia’s sufi shrines are typically thought to have a quality of other-worldliness that is antithetical to the worldly concerns of the left. But can we rethink the shrine’s political possibilities?

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The Necessity of Communism
India, Issue 1, Essay Vijay Prashad 5/25/18 India, Issue 1, Essay Vijay Prashad 5/25/18

The Necessity of Communism

Vijay Prashad surveys the conditions, facts and politics of India before suggesting ways the Left can move forward.

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Mao-Lana Bhashani: Maoism and the Unmaking of Pakistan
Pakistan, Bangladesh, Issue 1, Essay Layli Uddin 5/25/18 Pakistan, Bangladesh, Issue 1, Essay Layli Uddin 5/25/18

Mao-Lana Bhashani: Maoism and the Unmaking of Pakistan

Today, socialism and Islam are often viewed as incompatible. Does the career of Maulana Bhashani, “the Red Maulana” of Bangladesh, offer a corrective to this view?

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Revisiting the Legacy of Sajjad Zaheer, Founder of the All-India Progressive Writers' Association
India, Pakistan, Issue 1, Essay Rakhshanda Jalil 5/25/18 India, Pakistan, Issue 1, Essay Rakhshanda Jalil 5/25/18

Revisiting the Legacy of Sajjad Zaheer, Founder of the All-India Progressive Writers' Association

On his 45th death anniversary, a reflection on the life of Sajjad Zaheer.

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The Environment, the State and the Left in South Asia
Pakistan, Essay Saras Ali 2/12/18 Pakistan, Essay Saras Ali 2/12/18

The Environment, the State and the Left in South Asia

Environmental protection doesn’t seem to be a priority for South Asian states. But more troublingly, neither is it for the region’s Left. How to move beyond this impasse?

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