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economy, only nations, corpo-
rations and workers that remain
flexible will survive, and the most
willing to adapt will thrive.
International disputes and conflicts,
and resource degradation trends,
are some of the biggest challenges
for the 21 st century.’ We take a
quick look at the impacts of
globalisation. Out of the hundred
largest economies in the world, 51
are global corporations and 49 are
the countries. A comparison of
corporate incomes with the gross
domestic products (GDP) shows
the following:
? General Motors is richer
than Denmark
? Wal-Mart is wealthier than
Saudi Arabia
? IBM ranks higher than
Singapore and Ireland.
? Sony outclasses Pakistan.
Globalisation (western-style)
along with liberalised trade policies
and foreign investment has created
worrisome challenges to the
physical and cultural environment
in traditionally poor nations such as
India, China and Pakistan.
Humanity is today face to face with
the greatest reactionary attack in
its history. This attack is
simultaneously taking place under
the name of New World Order,
sometimes globalisation, market
economy or neo liberalism. The
international capital forces targets
the countries which try to limit the
circulation of international capital
or those who do not agree to adapt
to the market-system. So a series
of measures are taken against
them.
Other targets of international
capital forces are the anti-
imperialistic, progressive and
democratic forces in different
countries. Those people who are
struggling for the independence
and democracy, and the values
created by this struggle are also
under attack. These reactionary
forces are also carrying out an
assault on the genuine defenders
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of socialism, and the independent
class organisations of the working
class. Anti-globalisation and anti-
imperialist actions are expanding all
around the world and protests with
the participation of millions of
people have appeared. These are
getting intense, more massive and
widespread against the policies
developed to collapse the
countries’ economies in the
interests of international capital
and monopolies. The wide spread
massive protests taking place are
of great significance as they are
against globalisation and the New
World Order.
Q. No. 7. How do you assess the
role of the existing communist
and left politics of Pakistan?
Ans: At the time of creation of the
present Pakistan there were no
industries in the region, so in the
absence of the working class there
was no question of either the
communist party or the left politics
being a force.
The division of the country was
basically un-scientific. Equating
religion to the concept of nation,
‘the two nation theory’ was
presented. When the country was
divided on the basis of religion, the
Hindu majority were unwilling to
give up their lands. The Hindus and
Muslims who had lived together,
fought the war of independence,
now stood against each other.
There was a great bloodshed and
loss of human lives.
There was no progressive
movement in this part of the region,
as subsequent to the division of the
country, the progressive Hindus
and Sikhs migrated to India.
Muslims who were communist
came from India to form the central
committee of the Communist Party
so much so that the general
secretary of the party came from
India. The communist party
adopted a ‘right’-opportunist
position by accepting the division
of the country and adopting a tailist
attitude to the Muslim League. After
the adventurism of the Rawalpindi
Conspiracy Case, the communist
party lost its worth and existence.
The general secretary left Pakistan
for India after surviving four years
imprisonment and other central
committee members left the
country. Those remaining took up
services, jobs and started their
business.
With the imposition of the ban
on the communist party in
1954, en bloc arrests were made.
After the release of the communists
who came from India the bulk of
them returned to India and a few
other members settled in England
and places abroad. You can well
understand the fate of the party
and the state of left politics at that
stage!
However the making of history
does not stop, and efforts for the
making of a true revolutionary party
have continued. It cannot be denied
that revisionism in USSR,
reformism in China and the so-
called revolution of Afghanistan
have put down all efforts for raising
up and strengthening the working
class movement.
Later on, when industries were
set up, the workers who had come
from India were employed and they
adopted the same tactics of hartals
and strikes as in India. Thus
industrial development suffered a
lot. Different governments from
time to time attacked the trade
union workers and the leftists, and
while arresting them, forced them
to
leave
the
movement.
Subsequently some leftists
adopted NGO policies which
resulted in the demolition of the
trade union movement and left
politics.
Despite the adverse and most
discouraging environment and
circumstances, the trade union
movement and left politics are
adopting the correct line and the
right tactics for the advancement
and progress of the revolutionary
movement.
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