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30 June 2005
Capitalism means poverty and exploitation
FOR YEARS, the majority of Pakistanis, like many people throughout Asia, Africa and Latin America, have seen their living standards slashed by their government's 'neo-liberal' policies - encouraged by Western imperialism...
23 June 2005
Pakistan Telecom workers' strike ends but opposition to privatisation continues
FOLLOWING ALMOST three weeks of struggle against privatisation most Pakistan Telecommunication (PTCL) workers have returned to work...
16 June 2005
Pakistan: Government clamps down on telecom protesters
LAST WEEKEND, the Pakistani government started a crackdown against telecommunications workers, following the refusal of the nine union-strong Action Committee to be bullied into privatisation...
9 June 2005
Pakistan: Strike resists Telecom privatisation
ONLY WEEKS before the G8 summit, Pakistan telecom workers, through all-out struggle, have shown how to fight privatisation - one element of the 'neo-liberal' policies promoted by the likes of Bush and Blair...
2 June 2005
"Struggle or death" - Pakistan telecoms workers fight privatisation
"THIS IS the biggest challenge to President Musharraf of Pakistan from the trade unions on the question of privatisation since he came to power in 1998."...
26 May 2005
Telecom workers' strike against privatisation
THE MUSHARRAF government has launched a massive new privatisation campaign worth $1.7 billion...
28 April 2005
Mukhtar Mai - a rape victim in search of justice in Pakistan
DESPITE ALL the claims of the present Musharraf regime, women are still facing a horrific situation in Pakistan...
7 April 2005
Pakistan - a powder keg ready to explode
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2 April 2005
SATURDAY 2 April will see a massive demonstration in Manchester opposing the deportation of refugees facing persecution...
19 February 2005
Pakistan: Deepening crisis in Baluchistan province
THE PROVINCE of Baluchistan in Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan, has recently suffered from flooding, causing hundreds of deaths...
6 November 2004
Musharraf's Hypocrisy Won't End Violence Against Women
THE NATIONAL Assembly in Pakistan has passed a Bill on 'honour killings'. It declares that anyone committing such a crime will be guilty of "intentional murder". The government says that this Bill is an historic step forward in eliminating...
22 May 2004
Founding Meeting Of The Socialist Movement in Pakistan
OVER 60 people attended the very successful founding meeting of the Socialist Movement on 17 April, 2004 in Lahore. The aim of this meeting was to set up a new independent, socialist and revolutionary organisation to fight against capitalism,...
28 February 2004
Pakistan: Workers Fight Musharraf's Regime
WHILE GENERAL Musharraf has received praise from Western governments for his participation in the US-led 'war on terrorism', there has been no criticism of his vicious anti-working class policies. ...
14 February 2004
Pakistan's Nuclear Secrets Scandal
HAVING PREVIOUSLY arrested Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan - Pakistan's "father of the Islamic bomb" - for selling nuclear secrets abroad, president Pervez Musharraf has now pardoned him...
30 November 2001
Western War Coalition: Buying Friends And Influence
GEORGE BUSH'S 'war on terrorism' is a cover to expand the power of US imperialism. Aided and abetted by Britain, the US heads a loose and fragile 'coalition' which includes the G7 countries and Russia,...
23 November 2001
War In Afghanistan: Paying the Price of 'Victory'
"REJOICE-REJOICE" wrote the Daily Telegraph as Kabul was 'liberated' from the Taliban on 14 November...
16 November 2001
Kashmir: US Policy Is Destabilising Region
THE SAVAGE bombing of Afghanistan by US-led imperialism is politically destabilising the region and fuelling support for right-wing, religious parties as the following extracts of a report from a CWI member in Jammu and Kashmir shows...
19 October 2001
US Attacks Provoke Mass Opposition
EVERY DAY that US bombs blast Afghanistan, opposition in the Arab and Muslim world to imperialism grows...
12 October 2001
Nuclear Threat? War Raises New Fears
"WHAT WILL happen now?" When Bush declared "all-out war" after 11 September many people asked themselves some frightening questions. Will it mean a world war? Could it mean nuclear war? Lynn Walsh asks.
28 September 2001
Why is Pakistan at the centre of US war plans?
SUPPORT FOR US military action from Pakistan's General Musharraf has been duly rewarded by George Bush...
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