Against the Current, No. 204, January/February 2020
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Hope in the Streets, continued
— The Editors -
On the Coup in Bolivia
— Bret Gustafson -
Canada's 2019 Election
— Paul Kellogg - Students in Pakistan
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Introduction to H. Chandler Davis
— Alan Wald -
Speaking Up in Ann Arbor
— H. Chandler Davis -
Beyond the 2019 UAW Negotiations
— Dianne Feeley -
100 Years of U.S. Communism
— Alan Wald -
Introduction to Socialist Perspectives on the 2020 Elections
— The Editors -
Socialists and the 2020 Election
— Linda Thompson and Steve Bloom - Black History
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How Race Made the Opioid Crisis
— Donna Murch -
The Pursuit of Truth in the Delta
— Paul Ortiz -
1919 Elaine Massacre
— Paul Ortiz -
Discrimination in the Delta
— Julian C. Valdivia -
A Freedom Odyssey
— Omar Sanchez -
Introduction to Richard Wright's Forgotten Speech
— Scott McLemee -
Such Is Our Challenge
— Richard Wright -
"Not racist" vs. "Antiracist"
— Malik Miah -
A Chronicle of Struggle
— Derrick Morrison -
Justice Denied
— John Woodford - Reviews
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Latin America's Caldron
— Folko Mueller -
Syria's Unfinished Revolution
— Ashley Smith -
The Power of Gulf Capitalism
— Kit Wainer -
Lawyers of the Left
— Barry Sheppard
AT THE END of last November, at the initiative of the Student Action Committee, Solidarity Marches were organized in more than 50 cities in Pakistan (and the territories it administers) by the Student Action Committee, a young movement in the midst of radicalization and supported by teachers. The SAC brings together many organizations, some of which have been joined by other local movements and unions.
Their demands were directed at the government and university administrations. Following the mobilizations, the police selected several leftwing figures to arrest and charge with “subversion.”
These included Ammar Ali Jan, Farooq Tariq and Alamgir Wazir. Also charged was Iqbal Lala, father of Mashal Khan, the student lynched at Wali Khan University, Mardan. (Mashal Khan was killed by an angry mob in 2017 over false allegations of posting blasphemous content online. Actually he had been denouncing university mismanagement and had led protests against it.)
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan commented: “Students have the right to oppose fee hikes and budget cuts to higher education, and to call for an end to unnecessary interference by security forces on campus, for functional anti-harassment committees with student representation, and above all, for the restoration of student unions. HRCP stands in solidarity with all students taking part….”
January-February 2020, ATC 204