Category: Opinion
Imran Khan Warns That Pakistan’s Election Could Be a Farce
Jan 4th 2024 in “The Economist”: His party is being unfairly muzzled, the former prime…
Red Sea Burning
As Houthis target commercial shipping relentlessly, the message to the US and Israel is clear…
Americans Are Not As Poor As They Think They Are
by Thomas R. Wells: Americans dominate global (social) media and one result of this is…
In a way, Bengal was Britain’s Gaza
Insurgency then and now: British India’s rebels and Israel’s Hamas Arpan Roy writes in Dawn:…
Dr. Mubashir Hasan On Kashmir, Bhutto, Etc. (Video)
From DesPardes archive: Kashmir, Bhutto, “If I’m assassinated”, Benazir, PPP: Dr. Mubashir Hasan shared his…
Leftists, Progressives Team Up With Islamists to Oust Bhutto. ‘It Was a Foolish Idea’.
Nadeem F Paracha in SMOKERS’ CORNER: THE BANDWAGON LEFT: On October 9, 2009, the day…
The Logic of Austerity
Dillon Wamsley in Phenomenal World: In the aftermath of 2008, the pace at which capitalist…
Pakistan: Growing Weed Instead of Tree
IRSHAD SALIM: A note from my diary Jhatke Pe Jhatka (Shock & Awe): A free…
TWO Videos on Palestine, Ukraine
IRSHAD SALIM: TWO years ago (in Feb2022) I commented on the Ukraine issue –using a…
Behind the New Iron Curtain
Caviar, counterculture, and the cult of Stalin reborn Marzio G. Mian at Harper’s Magazine: Russia…
War, Peace And The Return Of History In 2023
Adam Tooze writes in Chartbook: In 2023 the escalation of violence around the world was…
The Free-Speech Debate Is a Trap
Andrea Long Chu in New York Magazine: Last week, I was meant to deliver a…