Khairun Akhtar, a rank-and-file tea worker, speaks on the conditions that led to the unprecedented wildcat strike in August 2022 across tea plantations in Bangladesh. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Interview with Priyamvada Gopal

Aug 8th, 2022 1h 5m

You’re listening to a special podcast to launch Jamhoor’s summer 2022 issue on Imperialism in South Asia. Visit our website jamhoor.org to learn more.In the past year, we witnessed the catastrophic ending of the US occupation of Afghanistan, th

Labour in Karachi's Fast Fashion Industry

Feb 28th, 2022 14m 20s

Fawad Hasan interviews labour organizer Yaseen Jhullan on the issues and demands of garment workers in KarachiSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/jamhoor) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

S1E3.b: Aasim Sajjad Akhtar on Building a Political Society & Social Movements in Pakistan

Sep 5th, 2020 23m 27s

In the second part of our interview with Aasim Sajjad Akhtar, we discuss the Left's response to religious extremism and the climate crisis, as well as the role of national and social movements. In doing so, Aasim speaks to the role of class con

S1E3.a: Aasim Sajjad Akhtar on the evolution of Leftist thought in Pakistan

Jul 30th, 2020 28m 41s

In our third episode, we interview Dr. Aasim Sajjad Akhtar, a Leftist politician, academic and columnist based in Pakistan, who has served as the president of the Awami Workers Party's Punjab Executive Committee. In the first part of our interv

S1E2.b: Syed Azeem on nationalist, feminist and working class politics in Pakistan

Jul 6th, 2020 21m 27s

In the second part of our interview with Syed Azeem, we talk about the nationalist and feminist movements and how the Left should engage with them. Azeem also speaks about the state of industrial and agricultural development in Pakistan, as wel

S1E2.a: Syed Azeem on Consciousness & Tradition: the Paradox of the Left in Pakistan

Jun 29th, 2020 29m 22s

In this episode we interview Syed Azeem, a member of the Mazdoor Akath and an assistant professor at the Lahore University of Management Sciences in the School of Law. Azeem has been a part of the Pakistani Left for a few decades now and was pr

S1E1.b: Ismat Shahjahan on religious extremism, climate change, rainbow movements, and the PTM

Jun 6th, 2020 29m 41s

In Part 2 of our interview with Ismat Shahjahan, we dig deeper with questions about leftist movements and politics in Pakistan. In this episode, Ismat talks about terrorism, climate change, "rainbow movements", and the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement

S1E1.a: Ismat Shahjahan on the revival of left politics in Pakistan

May 2nd, 2020 35m 50s

In this episode we interview Ismat Shahjahan, President of the Women Democratic Front and Deputy General Secretary of the Awami Worker's Party, about the state of the left in Pakistan today. Shahjahan has been a leader in socialist, feminist, a

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