The seventh day passed without my arrest despite several attempts by the police. During the last three days, we were able to hold a meeting of the leading members of Labour Party Pakistan, gave interviews to private television channels and to a private team working for CNN. We were able to fax a daily news to most of the news papers in Pakistan.
Musharraf’s Days Are Up
9 November 2007, byGeneral Musharaf would have not thought of the political scenario that has emerged after five days of the martial law he imposed on 3rd November. His hopes for a normality of the situation have been dashed even after he has used the most vicious repression against the advocates and political activists. More unpleasant surprises will come in future for the military regime who was used to a rather stable political control until now.
Escaped by Seconds
9 November 2007, byOn the third day of my underground period, I escaped an arrest by seconds. It was all because of inexperience to live in a society that is full of high tech techniques to find a person.
Day Two of Underground Life
7 November 2007, byToday is my second day in underground life.
The Russian Revolution - Ninety Years On
5 November 2007, byThe October Revolution of 1917 was the most influential political event of the twentieth century. But since history is written by the victors, it is not well known that October was the opening shot of a vast and powerful challenge to capitalism that swept the industrial world and had echoes in the colonial countries.
The Pivotal Agent in the Fight against Global Warming
5 November 2007, by"The environmental costs of rapid industrialization are of major concern to significant sectors of the population of developing countries and, in many of them, the environmental movement has been a significant actor. Moreover, there is currently an active discussion in many countries of alternatives to the destabilizing high-growth model".
Over 100 civil society activists arrested in Lahore
5 November 2007, byOver 100 civil society activists have been arrested from a meeting of Joint Action Committee, at Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Lahore on Sunday 14.00 hrs.
Pakistan Takes Yet Another Step into the Dark Night
4 November 2007, byFor anyone marinated in the history of Pakistan yesterday’s decision by the military to impose a state of emergency comes as no surprise. Martial law in this country has become an antibiotic: in order to obtain the same results one has to keep doubling the doses. This was a coup within a coup.
LPP Vows to Resist Draconian Emergency
4 November 2007, byLahore: The Labour Party Pakistan (LPP) has strongly condemned the Musharraf regime for imposing Emergency thus depriving the people of Pakistan of their already-limited basic human and democratic rights.
British militant left - Beyond Fake Unity
4 November 2007, by ,As events in Respect have spiralled downwards into crisis, various calls for
unity have been raised which have a certain superficial attraction. Wouldn’t
it be better if the two sides of the National Council (basically the SWP and
fellow travellers on one side, and everyone else, including recent expellees
from the SWP, on the other) could just sort out their differences and work
together?