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AWP pays homage to Marx on his 200th birth anniversary
Hunger, inequality rising with the emergence of new ‘era of globalisation’, says Dr Asim
SUKKUR: New rhetorical arguments are made today to justify the hegemonic capitalist development in the face of rising poverty, inequality and conflicts. Despite the rhetoric about a ‘new era of globalisation’ after the end of the Cold War, the global capitalist order is at least 500 years old, its origin is dating back to the European…
‘The future of world under the influence of globalization’
Since the late 1970s, the world’s economy and dominant nations have been marching to the tune of neoliberal globalization, whose impact and effects on average people’s livelihood and communities everywhere are generating great popular discontent, accompanied by a rising wave of nationalist and anti-elitist sentiments. But what exactly is driving globalization? And who really benefits…
Arrest, intimidation of AWP, PTM leaders condemned
KARACHI, April 21 (PR): The Awami Workers Party (AWP) federal general secretary Akhtar Hussain Advocate has condemned the detention of party central President Fanoos Gujjar, deputy general-secretary Ismat Shajehan and Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leaders Ali Wazir, Bilal Mandokhel and others by the Punjab police. In response to the arrests of AWP and PTM leadership,…
AWP condemns US-led imperialist aggression against Syria
Islamabad, April 15, 2018 (PR): The Awami Workers Party (AWP) has condemned in the strongest possible words the missile strikes on Syria by the imperialist powers. The party termed it unjustified and an act of aggression that will escalate conflicts in the region and calls for an immediate halt to US-led attacks on Syria and…
AWP supports movements against state repression, enforced disappearances, economic exploitation
LAHORE, April 9, 2018: The Awami Workers Party (AWP) reiterates its support to people’s movements for their fundamentals rights and against the retrogressive and exploitative state policies. Pakistan’s ruling class parties and the establishment will no longer be able to protect the outdated crumbling political and economic system or hide their contradictions. The so-called ‘revolutionaries’, and…
AWP expresses concern over SC verdict, calls for continuity of democratic process
KARACHI, (Feb 22): The Awami Workers Party (AWP) has expressed deep concern over the recent verdict of the Supreme Court debarring the former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from heading his party but also declaring all acts done, orders passed or steps taken by him since his disqualification on 28th, July 2017, null and void. The…
AWP supports long march of Swat people
Islamabad (Feb 19): The Awami Workers Party expresses solidarity with the people of Khwaza Khela, Swat, who have come out in protest against the humiliating and often violent treatment meted out to them by security forces at check-posts in the region. In a joint press statement, AWP Deputy Secretary Ismat Shahjahan and AWP-Pakhtunkhwa President Shahab…
Asma Jahangir — an icon of resistance, rights defender
Islamabad The Awami Workers Party (AWP) leadership and workers are shocked and grieved at the devastating news of the demise of Asma Jahangir. It is hard to put into words the tragedy that her loss represents. In the death of Asma, AWP has lost a comrade, a defender of rights, a great fighter. “Asma Jahangir…
Unity of the Left and progressive forces need of the hour to counter rising tide of extremism, Dr Asim
KARACHI A lively and thought-provoking discussion on “Building a Progressive Consensus in Pakistan” was held at the Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST), Clifton Campus, Karachi on Saturday (February 2). A good number of students, youth, political activists, academics and media persons of the city attended the discussion that was organised…