Apr 17 2008
Pakistan after the elections
Pakistan after the elections
Socialist Resistance public meeting
with Farooq Tariq (Labour Party Pakistan)
and Gilbert Achcar (author of A clash of Barbarisms)
The elections of the 18th February were a severe sanction of General Musharaf and his alliance with US imperialism. Voters rejected his military dictatorship and the attacks on democracy. The US also find themselves in a weaker position without a reliable ally in its war without end.
This should be a fascinating meeting. For more on the LPP, including Farooq’s dramatic reports posted when he was in hiding, go to http://www.internationalviewpoint.org
Farooq on Nepal at http://links.org.au/node/345
Nepal: Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) victory, a great step forward
By Farooq Tariq
April 13, 2008 — The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) victory in the constituent assembly election held on April 10 is a great step forward for the forces of the left in the region and internationally. Not only the CPN (Maoist) but also the Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist Leninist) (UML) received more votes than the Nepal Congress. At the time of writing, the CPN (Maoist) has won 69 seats, UML 21, Nepal Congress 20 and the Peasant Workers Party 2 seats.
The Maoists are heading to become the single largest group in the 240 constituent assembly seats that are being decided on a first-past-the-post basis. Nearly 60 per cent of the 601 seats in the constitutional assembly will be decided by a complex proportional representative votes, whose final results will take a couple of weeks to be decided. The future of King Gyanedra and the Shah monarchy hangs by a thread straining under the weight of the Maoists’ mandate.
More: http://links.org.au/node/345