Ubaidullah Sindhi’s Pan-Islamism – Tahir Kamran: Renowned historian Aziz Ahmed credits pan-Islamist Ubaidullah Sindhi as “the only political thinker of any considerable calibre to come directly in contact with Russian communism at an early stage”. He epitomised the plural character that characterised the Ghadar Movement,

Compromise with political Islam is impossible – Salah Chouaki: Salah Chouaki, noted education expert and dedicated leftwing activist, murdered on September 14, 1994 On the 20th anniversary of the fundamentalist assassination of Algerian educator Salah Chouaki, Karima Bennoune translates his warning – so relevant today – about the

انقلاب و آزادی مارچ اور پاکستانی لیفٹ – از عامر حسینی: پاکستان میں بائیں بازو کے حلقوں میں پاکستان تحریک انصاف اور پاکستان عوامی تحریک کے دھرنے اور مارچ کے بارے میں زور و شور سے بحث و مباحثہ جاری ہے اس بحث کا سب سے بنیادی مرکز ان دو

Indicting the Pakistani left: reflections on Jamal Naqvi’s biography – by Dr. Khalid Sohail: During my last visit to Vancouver my dear friend Saif Khalid strongly recommended that I read Professor Jamal Naqvi’s book Leaving The Left Behind and write my reflections. Once I started reading the book I could not put it

Can the Left become relevant to Islamic Pakistan? – by Pervez Hoodbhoy: (Written in 2010 for U.S. journal New Politics, the essay below is still relevant. Therefore, in a bid to generate an important debate, we are running it by arrangement with New Politics. Original Source: http://newpol.org/content/can-left-become-relevant-islamic-pakistan) The left has always

شدید اختلاف کا بهی احترام لازم ہے – از عامر حسینی: رمضان المبارک اتوار تها اور شام کے سائے گہرے ہوچلے تهے اور میں بوریت کی انتہا پر پہنچا ہوا تها اور سچی بات ہے کہ کچه ایسی چیز پڑهنا چاہتا تها جس میں زبان کا چٹخارہ تو ہو ہی

The Communist Party of Israel strongly condemns Israeli aggression in Gaza and Hamas’s attack on Israeli civilians:   The Communist Party of Israel (CPI) expresses its strong resentment and condemnation to the vicious and murderous terrorist war that the government of Israel has been waging on the people of Gaza and on the Arab-Palestinian People at

ڈاکٹر لال خان سنی شیعہ اور ایران سعودی ڈسکورس کی آڑ میں عالمی سلفی وہابی اور دیوبندی دہشت گردی پر پردہ مت ڈالیں: فرقہ وارانہ ذہن رکھنے والے نام نہاد سیکولر، لبرل یا ملحد افراد کی پاکستان اور مشرق وسطی میں کوئی کمی نہیں – یہی وجہ ہے کہ پاکستان اور مشرق وسطی میں پچھلی چند دہائیوں سے جاری منظم سنی بریلوی

Sipah-e-Sahaba is not an outcome of class war between Sunnis and Shias of Jhang – Nazir Naji: In this article pubished in Urdu daily Dunya, veteran Pakistani columnist Nazir Naji exposes and debunks the misleading myth/disinformation spread by certain pseudoliberal and Deobandi Islamist circles that the banned Deobandi terrorist group Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP, currently operating as

Remembering Bhagat Singh – by Shahram Azhar:   On 23rd March, 1931, 22 year old Bhagat Singh, and two 24 year olds Sukhdev and Rajguru were hanged in Lahore. These young radicals were one of the first Marxist revolutionaries in India. The slogan “Inquilab Zindabad” (Long

Beyond Mullahs and Marxists: LOOKING TO THE FUTURE: “During my travels I found young Muslims vigorously debating the ‘challenges’ facing India’s 170-million-strong Muslim community, and what it should do to haul itself out of the hole it is in.” A scene during Partition.

Comrade Nawaz Sharif’s 4.6 million dollar watch: Source: Zee News, Pakistan Today, IB Times Comrade Nawaz Sharif is a true Pakistani Marxist. We should not criticize his watch because he and his brother Punjab’s Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif sing Jalib and Faiz, and are fond of

Lovely Marxist debates sponsored by U.S. consulates in Pakistan – by Abdul Majeed Abid: “Organised in Karachi by PeaceNiche, in collaboration with the United States Consulates in Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi, it was supposed to be a gathering of social media enthusiasts from India and Pakistan. It was an invite-only affair and most

Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s silence on Pakistan army’s atrocities in Bangladesh – by Hasan Mujtaba: Veteran journsalist Hasan Mujtaba has written an excellent piece on the Pakistanis honoured by the Government of Bangladesh led by Awami league for their support to the people of bangladesh against the state of Pakistan when they were suffering

Comrade Najam Sethi in the eyes of Comrade Nadeem Paracha: Related post: Pakistan’s five-star Marxist Najam Sethi brought to you by Comrade Mehmal Sarfraz https://lubpak.com/archives/255779 Pakistan’s leading progressive, liberal, Marxist columnist (Comrade Nadeem F. Paracha) promotes another like-minded progressive, liberal, Marxist columnist (Comrade Najam Sethi of the London Group).

Reality of Comrade Najam Sethi – by Farrukh Sohail Goindi: Najam Sethi is an imperialist-elitist liberal, not a progressive liberal or socialist In the following article (Urdu, published in daily Nai Baat), veteran progressive columnist Farrukh Sohail Goindi highlights the dubious background and track record of Najam Sethi, the

The legendary, radical and revolutionary Hugo Chavez – by H.A.Khan.: Venezuelans pour into streets to mourn Hugo Chavez. “He was the best thing the country had … I adore him. Let’s hope the country calms down and we can continue the tasks he left us.” Many people left work

جوزف سٹالن: مختصر خاکہ – از سعد احمد: ترجمہ و تلخیص : سعد احمد یوسف وساریونچ دغشولی، جنہیں تاریخ میں جوزف اسٹالن کے نام سے جانا جاتا ہے، ٢١(21) دسمبر ١٨٧٩(1879) کو قدیم جارجین گاؤں گوری میں پیدا ہوے. آپ کا خاندان کاشتکاری سے وابستہ تھا مگر

Revolution shall not be televised – by Fahad Rizwan: Last few years we have witnessed an epidemic in Pakistan , it is the epidemic of ‘long march’.usually it is middle class which is most affected , symptoms are ‘ tabdeeli ‘ , ‘inqilaab inqilaab ‘ ‘change ‘ some one chanting

A comment on Raza Rumi’s Qaseeda-e-Khadim-e-Aala – by Ali Arqam: My friend, Pakistani blogger and columnist, Raza Rumi has written an article in Express Tribune (10 Dec 2012 “Shahbaz Sharif and his admirable running of Punjab”) in appreciation of the Punjab’s Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif. Raza Ruumi’s Qaseeda-e-Khadim-e-Aala is

The Internet is to Socialism what the Gutenberg Press was to the Reformation -by Dr. Taimur Rahman: “You cannot bring about a change through the internet because it is a bourgeois medium that only reaches the elite.” This standard argument seems to have clouded the judgment of so many well-meaning activists that they have failed to

Bangladesh and the Crises of Pakistan – by Hamza Alavi: Source: Socialist Register, 1971 Abstract The cyclonic fury with which the Pakistan Amy struck against the people of East Bengal exactly two years to the day on which the regime of President Ayub Khan had fallen and General Yahya

Comrade Lal Khan continues to obfuscate Shia genocide: We have previously highlighted how various right-wing and (pseudo-)liberal analysts in Pakistani media and society remain silent or, worse, misrepresent Shia genocide in Pakistan at the hands of State-sponsored Takfiri Deobandi-Salafi militants by dishonestly giving it Hazara ethnic or

In support of Comrade Gulam Rasool Sehto, Anna Hazare of Sindh: ISLAMABAD: Veteran peasant leader Comrade Ghulam Rasool Sehto’s hunger strike has completed 100 days but Pakistan government, Sindh government, political parties (PPP, MQM, ANP, PML-N etc) and judiciary seem unmoved. Comrade Sehto is head of Sindh Hari Committee (SHC)

An interview with Comrade Sobho Gianchandani – by Salam Dharejo: Sobho Gianchandani  (born 1920) in Larkana), is a leading Pakistani Sindhi social scientist, and revolutionary writer. At age 91, Comrade Sobho Gianchandani is one of the oldest living communists in the subcontinent. He has seen it all, done it all

Communist Party’s comeback in Russia – by Shiraz Paracha: Twenty years after the peaceful split of the Soviet Union, the Communist Party of Russia has made significant gains in the Russian parliamentary elections and has doubled the share of its votes. In the Sunday’s elections, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s United

Laal against religious extremism and terrorism: LUBP is pleased to publish the following lecture (video) and the associated talk by Dr. Taimur Rahman which presents Laal’s brave, principled stance on religious extremism and terrorism in Pakistan and the wider region: (pt1) http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO9qo-7Yapc (pt2) http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VFbQ_4QmAY (pt3)

USA-phobia and Osama’s death – by Ali Sher Mussali: Pseudo-socialists, pseudo-nationalists and Osama bin Laden’s shahadat There are many so called communists, socialists, ethno-nationalists who initially joined PPP because they were motivated by Bhuttoism. Some among them, the followers of ‘entryism’ (infiltration), were hopeful to overcome PPP’s leadership

Socialism, the voice of the oppressed – By H.A. Khan: Today is the era of awakening and being aware of your rights as a citizens of your country and to fight for the mandatory rights from yours State without any prejudice and discrimination. The new wave which had emerged

Benazir Bhutto, Why she was martyred? – by H.A. Khan: The month of December is felt as a very lovely month as winter season is in its full swing with a feeling of joys and happiness and with warm sentiments all around Pakistan. But 3 years ago we had

Can the Left become relevant to Islamic Pakistan? – by Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy: The left has always been a marginal actor on Pakistan’s national scene. While this bald truth must be told, in no way do I wish to belittle the enormous sacrifices made by numerous progressive individuals, as well as small

People’s Poet of Balochistan: Commemorating Mir Gul Khan Nasir: 5th December is the death anniversary of People’s Poet of Balochistan, Mir Gul Khan Nasir. He was a prominent progressive poet, politician, historian, and journalist of Balochistan, Pakistan. Born on 14 May 1914 in Noshki. His father’s name was

Relevance of the Bolshevik Revolution — by Dr. Lal Khan: As the ferocious crisis of Pakistani capitalism pillages and devastates society, there are frantic cries of ‘revolution’ by mainly right-wing politicians and intellectuals. It reflects their utter desperation and an impotent rage at the historical failure of their system

The battle against common sense: a rebuttal to Dr Manzur Ejaz – by Suleman Akhtar: This was written in response to “The feudal battle against the judiciary-Dr Manzur Ejaz” published in Daily Times on October 20, 2010. Blindfolding by the habitual antipathy and gratuitous adherence with the classical conceptual dogma whilst completely neglecting the persisting

The “Ideology” of Pakistan and Bangladesh: anti-thetical or compatible? – by Shahid Ilyas: The following message depicts exactly – as far as historical records are concerned – the vision of Jinnah for a Pakistani state: “Pakistan not only means freedom and independence but the Muslim Ideology which has to be preserved, which

The BBC World Service: A mouthpiece of the British establishment – By Shiraz Paracha: On 24 September 2010, the BBC World Service television broadcast an interview with the US President Barack Hussein Obama in which the U.S. leader trashed the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his comments at the UN General Assembly the

Aaj bhi Bhutto zinda hai – by Fawad Manzoor: Pakistan is passing through most critical time in its history. I would call it even worse than 1971. Pakistan in its 62 year history has gone through many turmoils. Founding fathers of the country passed away too soon after

Neo-Islam in Pakistan: we need to confront it with full force – by Dr Muhammad Awais Khalil: Thanks to General Zia for the forced islamization of Pakistan, pouring bags full of US dollars and Saudi riyals and mushroom growth of madrassas of a particular ideology [wahabism and deobandism] which has created a generation who has a

Pakistan: The IMT and Manzoor Ahmed ‑ Against unprincipled careerism!: Source: International Marxist Tendency Written by the EC of The Struggle Wednesday, 31 March 2010 The work of the Pakistani Marxists of The Struggle has been noted, both by our friends in the labour movement and also our enemies. The

A Marxist View: MQM Punjab journey and middle class disarrays – by Dr. Lal Khan: چنگاری ڈاٹ کام 19 May 2010 پچھلے چند ماہ میں ایم کیو ایم نے اپنے آپ کو ’’ملک گیر‘‘ ’’قومی‘‘ پارٹی بنانے کا عمل تیز تر کردیا ہے۔ ا س میں کشمیر اور بلتستان میں انتخابات میں حصہ لینے