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08 February 2009

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In his recent book “Pakistan’s Other Story” (The Struggle Publication) Lal Khan has surveyed the events of 1968-69 in the wider perspective of what was happening in the world at that juncture of time. “He cites developments in Egypt, Indonesia, France (May 1968), the Italian “hot autumn”, Ireland, Mexico, Czechoslovakia, the USA and the Vietnam war and then revisits Partition, analyses the Communist Party and the degeneration of the left leadership and the early failure of democracy in Pakistan, the crossing over of the fence to the American side, the emergence of the new industrialists, institutionalization of corruption leading up to the 1965 war. This whole commentary reads like new history as it looks at developments from a window on the backside of the traditional façade.” (The Dawn, 15 January 2009)From a book launch, Conway Hall, London.

According to Media Workers Against War, there are eight reasons why the BBC is wrong on Gaza.

Kurdish female activist sentenced to death in Iran. During the past two years the Iranian regime has sentenced 13 Kurdish activists to death.


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