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Cover Page
Get the Imperialists Out of Pakistan
Dilly dallying in getting the Imperialist forces out of Pakistan will result
in strengthening dictatorship, explains Riaz Ahmed
Expectations and Reservations about New
Govt
Zubair Rehman lists the promises made by the incoming govt and delimits the
limitations of the new rulers.
Tremendoulsy Successful Black Flag Week
Riaz Ahmed reports about the build up and the thousands that turned to 9th
March Karachi Rally for restoration of judiciary
Capitalists
are Plundrers and Gillani’s Govt Want to Enrich Them
As the Peoples Party promises to enrich capitalists Waleed Ahmed examines the
other reformist alternatives and why they fail
Aitzaz, US and Peoples
Party
Zubair Rahman discusses the tough struggle Aitzaz is leading and the
limitations put on it by US and Peoples Party
Social Basis of Islamicism in Swat
Sartaj Khan gives a detailed picture of the class basis of 2007 uprising in
north west region of Swat where militants fight Pak army
Cameroon Erupts in Anger
Against Price Hike
Das Naeemi reviews the recent uprising against the regime and how it spreads
5 Years of Occupation Iraq
– Protests Continue
Five years of US led occupation has failed to win masses while millions
across the world continue protests argues Chris Bambery, translated by Das
Naeemi
Where We
Stand
Basic ideas and some details of the recent struggles, interventions and
Socialist sales report by International Socialists (Pakistan)
Complicated Problem of
China and George Bush
Alex Calllinicos reviews the complexities and embarrassment US admin faces
while trading and banking with China, translation by Hamsafar Khan
Are We Going Back to 1930s
Mathew Cookson compares the similarities and differences between the slump
and great depression, translation by Noor Akbar
Free Market Brings
Destruction
Mumtaz Hussain looks at the past few years of free market and finds that it
only brigs fire, flood and food shortages.
Human Nature and Social
Change
People interact to change the world and Penny Harward discuss this
fundamental argument, translation by Jan Khaskheli
Lenin and Iqbal
Shahid Bhinder discusses Iqbal’s famous poem on Lenin and discusses why
Iqbal fails to appreciate historical materialism
Civil Society and State
Ibn-e-Hassan dwells on the problem of civil society in backward countries
Book Reviews
Sartaj Khan reviews John
Rees’s Imperialism and Resistance
Mumtaz Mehar looks at life and works of Paulo
Freire
Continuation Page
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Socialist (Urdu) February 2008
