The coup in Pakistan on November 1996 underlines the
nature of the Pakistan regime as a
regime of crisis. It is a graphic expression of the impasse of
all the regimes of the ex
colonial countries. Economic crisis, mass unemployment
and underemployment, inflation,
financial bankruptcy, and complete subjugation to world
imperialism--these are the
hallmarks of the situation.
This is a translation of a column by Munno Bhai published in the daily Pakistani paper Jang on May 25th, 1999, with a circulation of 750,000. Munno Bhai writes regularly for the Marxist fortnightly paper Jeddo Judh (Class Struggle)
The Indian subcontinent is bracing itself with the threat of a fourth full fledged war
.The trumpets of war are being sounded on both sides of the border and a frantical war
hysteria is being build up. The situation is tense with rapid troop deployment and
movements especially along the line of control, the temporary border dividing the
Himalayan state of Kashmir. Lal Khan, editor of the Pakistani Marxist fortnightly paper
Jeddo Judh (Class Struggle) provides a socialist analysis.