Ever since the beginning of the pandemic, the right-wing BJP government, instead of fighting the virus with emergency health measures, has been manipulating the pandemic as a divisive tool for its communal politics.
South Asia
Revolution and counter-revolution in Myanmar
Counter-revolutionary violence has reached new heights in Myanmar, as the Tatmadaw (the country’s military) attempts to terrorise a nationwide uprising into submission.
Myanmar’s anti-coup movement
“We have learned from past generations that the working class is the key to victory in this struggle. And from them we have learned that you must never give up and never give in.”
Myanmar’s spring revolution
On 22 February, more than one million people joined the call for a general strike and marched in the largest nationwide mobilisation since resistance to the coup began.
Ali Wazir betrayed!
More than half of this Parliament’s tenure has passed but Ali Wazir is continuously being constantly dragged into fabricated cases. But he is following the footsteps of Bolsheviks deputies who used to be either in Duma exposing the system and being voices of the oppressed or in Jails.
A tribute to comrade Lal Khan
The following, written by FK, is taken from a pamphlet, Dr. Lal Khan (1956–2020): What a Heart Has Ceased to Beat!, published by the Asian Marxist Review as its Spring 2020 special edition. Lal Khan, who died in February 2020, was one of the founders of The Struggle, a Marxist […]
The Assassination of Arif Wazir: The Struggle Will Continue!
This article first appeared in the Asian Marxist Review. On Friday, May 1, Arif Wazir, a leader of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), was shot three times by unknown assailants near his home in Wanna, Waziristan. He was critically injured and rushed to a local hospital. He was then shifted to […]
