British rule in Asia: the poisoned legacy
The British empire dominated South and South East Asia, maintaining its power through the cynical manipulation of ethnic and religious division, alongside brutal repression. It could not, however, hold out against rising workers’ and nationalist…
60th anniversary of independence: India, Pakistan and the permanent revolution
How was India liberated? Which forces came to power after the withdrawal of British troops in 1947? The Indian bourgeoisie under the leadership of Indian National Congress, M.K. Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru never lived up to its own claims. Its role as a…
Brutal face of India’s boom
This is an introduction to an Indian edition of the book Marxism in Today’s World Peter Taaffe, General Secretary, Socialist Party The publication of an Indian edition of Marxism in Today’s World is timely. All the questions which are posed in the course…
Violence erupts in Karachi as political polarisation increases
Fifty killed and more than 150 injured Karachi, Pakistan’s biggest city saw its worst political violence in decades on 12 May. Over 50 people were killed and more than 150 injured in clashes and gunfights between the pro-government Muttahidda Qaumi…
Garment factories – a hell on earth
One day in February this year, Ammu, a 25-year-old textile worker, was found hanged in the most suspicious circumstances. Her death was declared to be a suicide. This garment worker, at the ‘Triangle Apparels’ factory, Bangalore, was the mother of two…