The long march in Bangladesh. Interview with a march organiser
Thursday, November 18th, 2010
The people of Bangladesh are among the poorest in the world. Wages are so low that they undercut those of China in many industries. This has provoked
Posts Tagged bangladesh
The birth of Bangladesh
Friday, December 30th, 2011
Forty years ago, Bangladesh became an independent state, breaking away from Pakistan. This followed years of repression at the hands of the politic
Textile workers. Protests in Bangladesh and Cambodia
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
Thousands of garment workers in Bangladesh took to the streets of Dhaka to dismiss the recently announced increase in the minimum wage as completely
Bangladesh. Angry protests at police attacks
Saturday, September 19th, 2009
On 2 September, a demonstration through the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, was proceeding peacefully until it reached a police blockade. After a standoff
Bangladesh: Protesters denounce global mining corporation
Thursday, January 15th, 2009
A PEACEFUL and powerful demonstration against Global Coal Management (GCM) Resources Plc and its destructive open coal mining activities in Phulbari,
Bangladesh. 25,000 textile workers protest against poor wages
Friday, October 26th, 2007
More than 25,000 textile workers defied a ban on protests in emergency-ruled Bangladesh to demand back pay and bonuses in one of the country’s bigge
Bangladesh. Military called in as political crisis continues
Saturday, December 30th, 2006
Troops were deployed throughout Bangladesh on Sunday 11 December supposedly to “maintain law and order”, according to a Presidential order. The
Bangladesh. A new haven for reactionary Islam
Wednesday, December 20th, 2006
When the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) led by out-going Prime Minister Khalida Zia formed an alliance and coalition government with the reactiona
Bangladesh. Political chaos, Islamic fundamentalism and poverty
Tuesday, February 8th, 2005
A 36-hour strike that ended yesterday (7 February), once again exposed the chaos in the Bangladesh political system. This was the 12th strike call mad
We publish an introduction to the new Urdu edition of ‘Permanent Revolution’ by Leon Trotsky, published by the Socialist Movement Pakistan. This introduction is written by Peter Taaffe.