South Asia has long had a complex relationship with gender non-conforming people. Identities such as Hijras, Kothis, Aravanis, Jogappas, and others have historically existed within specific socio…
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The drums of war are beating again, this time along the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan, but the impact is far beyond the mountains of the Durand Line.(1) This is not a border issue; it is…
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"A great man is great not because his personal qualities give individual features to great historical events, but because he possesses qualities which make him most capable of serving the great…
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We welcome the formation of Class War, the nucleus of a new group in South Asia. These comrades have initially come together through the work of NWBCW South Asia, but increasingly felt the need…
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(We reproduce this statement from _NWBCW South Asia_ (https://nwbcwsouthasia.com/) as an example of how a new generation in the region is breaking with…
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(We have received this short report on working conditions in the city of Gurgaon from a sympathiser in India. It demonstrates how all across the world attacks on "foreign" workers are becoming a…
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Sri Lanka, like Iran(1) at the end of 2021 and Kazakhstan(2) at the beginning of 2022, is facing extremely significant social and class tensions. The exploited class face problems such as a high…
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It is almost twenty years since George W. Bush announced the invasion of Afghanistan on 7 October 2001, after the Taliban refused to hand over Osama Bin Laden, architect of the 9/11 attacks on the…