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The Workers' Plight in Pakistan
11/23/01- The PTUDC's national organizer, outlines the conditions in Pakistan's and the organization's role in improving them.

A War Doomed to Defeat
An analysis of the history, geopolitical impact and economic crises surrounding the war. By Lal Khan from Lahore, Pakistan.

Afghanistan, bin Laden and the Hypocrisy of American Imperialism
The role of imperialism in engendering the fanatical Taliban and Osama bin Laden. By Doctor Zayar Khan from Quetta, Pakistan.

Bracing for a New Afghan War
The extremely unstable nature of capitalism as revealed by the impending war is explained by Lal Khan from Lahore, Pakistan.

Anti-War Poster
A poster condeming the attacks on the Afghan people

Arif Shah's Funeral
Mourners at Funeral [Large Filesize]

|See here for info on Khan's assassination|

Pictures of Khan Speaking at two rallies: 1 and 2

May Day 2000 Poster
A call for socialism in Pakistan

Released Trade Union Activist
Comrade Shahida was imprisoned in the Lahore fortress. Here she stands outside of it, freed.

|See here and here for info on Shahida Jabeen.|

Cover Design
This is the cover of PTUDC's bulletin for 2001.

Bulletin: July '96
A summary of political activities and ground conditions for sections of the trade union movement in Pakistan.

Old News Items

PTUDC Galvanizes Support in Lahore and Kashmir
In critical areas of Pakistan and Kashmir, workers, students and intellectuals declared their support for a working class solution to capitalist-created misery and chaos in Afghanistan.

Report from Meeting in Multan
PTUDC comrades in Multan organized a meeting to explain the root causes of fundamentalist degeneracy and capitalist barbarism.

A Report on the Situation in Quetta, Pakistan
An analysis and explanation of the ground conditions in Quetta in light of large-scale protests against US actions in Afghanistan.

PTUDC Launches Campaign
The Pakistan Trade Union Defence Campaign has begun organizing protests and a program to fight the barbarities of imperialism and fundamentalism on the basis of workers' power.