shahbag Archive

Laal is voice of the oppressed, not a populist movement -by Taimur Rahman: Laal has never worked merely for popularity but always to raise the concern of the oppressed classes. In this new work, which is a collaboration between Laal and El To Somoy (Bengali comrades who have made the video), we
Contrasting Bangladeshi liberals with Pakistani “liberals” – by Sidq Maqaal: Hundreds of thousands of young protestors are occupying Shahbag junction in Dhaka. They are protesting against radical Islamists. It is indeed very heartening to see masses in a Muslim majority country rallying to the call of secularism, which means