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1/6 📢 SRG Summer Course 2025: National Liberation and Revolution 📕 The brutality of Imperialism is laid bare more than ever for the people of world to see - The genocide of Palestinians, tightening IMF stranglehold upon the Third World.

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To conclude, here are some powerful words said during a speech in Kabul by Bacha Khan, that remain relevant for our times and struggle:

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On the 38th death anniversary of Bacha Khan, we have compiled this election of excerpts from his autobiography and speeches that offer invaluable insights into anti-colonial history and revolutionary thought. (1/5)

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In the chapter "Is This Freedom?", Bachay Khan recalls his the treatment and imprisonment he faced after partition under Pakistan's government. (4/5)

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Chairman Mao was born on this day in 1893.

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Engels was born on this day in 1820.

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We remember the great revolutionary leader, Fidel Castro, on his 9th death anniversary.

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that have made education more and more unaffordable for the children of the working poor. We will also look at how students can stand up against these policies and resist the regimes of accumulation & dispossession.

The session will be live streamed on our YouTube channel.
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In our 8th session, we will focus on the increasing privatisation of educational institutions and the deepening class divides in access to and quality of education. We will discuss the role of the IMF and the international imperialist institutions in pushing "reforms"- (1/2)

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Vijay Prashad is a writer, journalist and executive director of the Tricontinental Institute. Some of his works are the Darker Nations, Washington Bullets and Red Star Over the Third World.

The session will be live on Sunday at 9pm PKT on our YT channel!
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In our 7th Session of this year's summer course, we will highlight some important pages from history that are too often erased amidst the recent jingoism of the Indo-Pak conflict. This region shares a past of anti-colonial struggles against the British, (1/3)

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as well as revolutionary movements led by students, workers, peasants and the oppressed that continue to challenge capitalism today. To build a better understanding of this history and what can be learnt from it, we are honoured to have on Comrade Vijay Prashad. (2/3)

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About the Speaker:
Rashid Rahman is a veteran leftist, columnist, and Chief Editor of Pakistan Monthly Review. He also heads the Research and Publication Centre and writes for Business Recorder.

The session will be livestreamed on our YouTube Channel.

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In this important discussion, we will be exploring the programs of 20th century leftist movements in Pakistan — and how they sought to address the economic contradictions in this country.

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We will go over the key debates within Pakistan’s left parties and how a leftist program for the present moment can emerge today in response to the current political and economic crisis?

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📢 Join us for the 6th session of the Socialist Reading Group!

Topic: A Left Program To Counter the Political Economic Crisis in Pakistan
Date: Sunday, 27th July
Time: 9pm PKT

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Shahram Azhar is a professor at Bucknell University, is a writer and musician. He hosts the program Dialectic At Work with Democracy at Work. Comrade Shahram is also part of Rethinking Marxism.

The session will be livestreamed on our YouTube channel!

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Our fifth session of this year's summer course will delve into the lessons and insights we can draw from Marx's magnum opus, Capital, in the context of South Asia. In this session we will understand how:

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1) contemporary supply chains work
2) global trade and financial flows take place
3) value is produced, distributed, and consumed in a world capitalist system
4) South Asia is embedded in global capital
5) the role played by South Asian economies in the global world system