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Uprising in Pakistan

Uprising in Pakistan

How to Bring Down a Dictatorship

Tariq Ali

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 The story of what happened in 1968 in Pakistan is often forgotten, but is yet another proof that the revolutionary moment was global. In that year, following a long period of tumult, a radical coalition - led by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto - brought down the military presidency of Ayub Khan. Students took on the state apparatus of a corrupt and decaying military dictatorship backed by the US. They were joined by workers, lawyers, white-collar employees, and despite the severe repression, they took hold of power. Through a series of strikes, demonstrations and political organising a popular uprising was born. In his riveting account of these events, first written in 1970, Tariq Ali offers an eyewitness perspective on history, showing that this powerful popular movement was the only successful moment of the 1960s revolutionary wave. The victory led to the very first democratic election in the country and the unexpected birth of a new state, Bangladesh.

 

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 The story of what happened in 1968 in Pakistan is often forgotten, but is yet another proof that the revolutionary moment was global. In that year, following a long period of tumult, a radical coalition - led by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto - brought down the military presidency of Ayub Khan. Students took on the state apparatus of a corrupt and decaying military dictatorship backed by the US. They were joined by workers, lawyers, white-collar employees, and despite the severe repression, they took hold of power. Through a series of strikes, demonstrations and political organising a popular uprising was born. In his riveting account of these events, first written in 1970, Tariq Ali offers an eyewitness perspective on history, showing that this powerful popular movement was the only successful moment of the 1960s revolutionary wave. The victory led to the very first democratic election in the country and the unexpected birth of a new state, Bangladesh.

 

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Tariq Ali

Tariq Ali je rođen u Lahoreu, u Pakistanu. Studirao je političke nauke, filozofiju i ekonomiju na Oksfordskom univerzitetu i za vrijeme studija istakao se kao oštar protivnik rata u Vijetnamu. Urednik časopisa New Left Review, Tariq Ali, jedan od najznačajnijih lijevo orijentiranih intelektualaca današnjice, napisao je više knjiga o svjetskoj historiji i politici – 1968: Marching in the Streets; Rough Music: Blairs, Bombs, Baghdad, London, Terror;... zbirke eseja – Conversations with Edward Said; The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity (prevedena na naš jezik kao Sukob fundamentalizama: križarski ratovi, džihad i suvremenost); The protocols of the Elders of Sodom;...
 

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