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British rule
in Asia: the poisoned legacy
The British empire dominated South and South East
Asia, maintaining its power through the cynical manipulation of ethnic
and religious division, alongside brutal repression. It could not,
however, hold out against rising workers’ and nationalist movements,
particularly after the second world war. As the 60th anniversary of
Indian independence approaches, PETER TAAFFE comments on the issues
raised by two recent books on the end of empire.
Pakistan
independence: 60 years of shattered dreams
Pakistan celebrates its 60th anniversary on 14
August 2007. Those years have been dominated by right-wing military
rule, a parasitic capitalist class and feudal landlords in rural areas.
The working class and poor face grinding poverty. KHALID BHATTI, of the
Socialist Movement Pakistan, reports from Lahore.
Conflict in
Gaza
After bloody clashes with militias linked to Fatah
and Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, the Islamic organisation,
Hamas, took control of the Gaza strip on 13 June. Predictably, this has
led the Israeli state, the US and other powers to express support for
Fatah. Meanwhile, the people of Gaza are stuck under economic siege and
in fear of further violence. KEVIN SIMPSON reports.
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Brown moves in
New Labour inviolate
No blue wave
The French assembly elections
Italy's PRC
Piazza & ballot box setbacks
Ireland's election
Kevin McLoughlin looks behind the 'status quo' result
Bush's climatic 'conversion'?
What do Bush's new pronouncements mean?
Larry Devlin
The CIA's man in the Congo
The Salman Rushdie affair: reprint from 1989
Blasphemy: a burning issue?
Cover cartoon: Suzanne Muna
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