A Life of Resistance: Activist-Historian Gul Hassan Kalmati
Gul Hassan Kalamati (1957-2023) leaves behind a formidable legacy of public scholarship and political struggle for the people, ecologies, and indigenous communities of Sindh
The Toronto Morcha: International Students Halt Deportations to India
In Toronto, international students from east Punjab (India) successfully halted deportations with a 24/7 sit-in, one that drew inspiration from Sikhi and histories of South Asian mobilization.
Resurgent Military Authoritarianism in Pakistan
Jamhoor’s editorial on the latest crackdown on political dissidents in Pakistan.
Crisis of Identity, Consolidation of Power
The continuing Muslim vs Bengali identity crisis has paved the way for an authoritarian regime in Bangladesh.
Aurat, Azadi: Feminism and its Future in Pakistan
An interview with Ismat Shahjahan on the dynamics and contestations in Pakistan’s growing feminist movement.
When Sri Lanka Operated Workers’ Councils
Inspired by Yugoslavia’s market socialism, Trotskyists in the Sri Lankan government instituted workers’ councils during the 1970s. A decade later, the experiment collapsed. What explains its rise and fall?
“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.
Colonial Legacies and Fascist Tendencies: Housing Segregation in the Indian City
How colonial-era regulations created and maintained caste and religious segregation in what is now a stronghold of fascism: Gujarat.
“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.
21st Century Imperialism: A Debate Within the Pakistani Left - (Part 2)
Part 2 of our two part discussion with leaders of Pakistan’s three major leftist parties – Aasim Sajjad Akhtar (Awami Workers’ Party), Ammar Ali Jan (Haqooq-e-Khalq Party) and Syed Azeem (Pakistan Mazdoor Kissan Party).
21st Century Imperialism: A Debate Within the Pakistani Left - (Part 1)
The Jamhoor team got together with Aasim Sajjad Akhtar (Awami Workers’ Party), Ammar Ali Jan (Haqooq-e-Khalq Party) and Syed Azeem (Mazdoor Kissan Party) to think about the challenges and opportunities the Pakistani left faces within the current political and economic conjuncture.
Imperialism in Nepal: Past and Present
A survey of imperialist intrigue in Nepal, from the British Raj to “global China”