After the revolution
This month marks the centenary of the socialist revolution of 1917 – also called the October revolution or the Bolshevik revolution. A plethora of literature has been written on this…
The march for science
It’s no coincidence that Earth Day, the first anniversary of the signing of the climate agreement and the March for Science are all taking place on the same day, April 22. It is…
Looking back at the Cultural Revolution
The 50th anniversary of the launching of the Cultural Revolution by Mao Tse Tung on May 16, 1966 passed this year unmarked in China. The media was silent and there…
Ghosts of revolutions past
The history of mankind at various moments has been a history of dissent. Dissent against oppression, exploitation, violence, tyranny, abuse of power, exacted over a peoples by another. Whether both…
Revolution on a whim
The sit-ins staged by the participants of Azadi and Revolution marches in the red zone for the last more than 25 days have done incalculable harm to the economy, made…
A diluted revolution
Mubarak ho. The Inqilabi Awami Qadria republic has been established over an area of one square kilometre in the red zone of the famous red line of the Chaudhry from…
Imran’s miscalculated march
Unbelievable, unfortunate and ugly things have happened in Islamabad, the beautiful capital of our politically unstable country, these past two weeks. The constitution, the law of the land and the…
The revolution that never was
Revolution’ is an easy word to use. It is not quite so easy to define, and is used in many different ways. Sticking to political science, the term revolution has…
A revolution rigged
It’s over. The revolution was rigged! We know this now as the ships of revolution and freedom have reluctantly set sail for the safer, familiar waters of backdoor compromise and…
Azadi March
Capital suggestion Of the fifty-two playing cards in the deck, our politicians have handed over four aces to the GHQ. The generals will now play those aces in the best…
