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By Jamil Iqbal
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Thursday, 13 March 2008 |
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The price of rice in Bangladesh has a correlation with poverty, economic
and political stability. In 2000, a wage labourer could buy 6-7 kg of rice with
his daily income (about US$0.80). Now, less than half of that can be bought,
even though the income has risen over time. Rising food prices could derail all
political predictions and spell disaster for the country in 2008.
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By Jamil Iqbal
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Thursday, 13 March 2008 |
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On January 30, 2008 two workers in World Dresses Ltd, Mirpur, Dhaka,
(Bangladesh) were attacked and beaten by management staff at the end of an
evening shift. One died, the other was hospitalised with broken limbs.
Fearing unrest management closed the factory. When knowledge of the attack
reached the company's workers, hundreds demonstrated outside the
factory.
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By Adam Pal
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Monday, 17 September 2007 |
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What started as an argument and scuffle between a group of army officers and students watching a football match has ended up as a widespread movement of the youth in Bangladesh, followed by curfew and sever repression, which has only served to spread the movement throughout the whole country.
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By Jamil M. Iqbal
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Wednesday, 17 January 2007 |
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On the surface, the conflict that has erupted
in Bangladesh
is over the make-up of the caretaker government that according to the
constitution is supposed to run the country in the three months up to a general
election. The conflict apparently is between two bourgeois fronts. But
underlying this political crisis is the extreme poverty of the masses who have
reached the limits of human endurance.
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By Lal Khan and Adam Pal
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Monday, 15 January 2007 |
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Peace has broken down completely in the country of Muhammad
Younis, the Nobel Peace prize-winner for the year 2006. The New Year started in
Bangladesh
with riots, strikes, political unrest, turmoil, confusion and disorder. After
weeks of street violence, which has taken 40 lives, the President of
Bangladesh, Iajuddin Ahmed, has been forced to step down from his post appointing Fakhruddin as the
head of a state in total disarray.
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By Jamil M. Iqbal
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Monday, 23 May 2005 |
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The Bangladeshi government is pushing through measures that would give
the World Bank and IMF immunity in its operations within the country.
These measures show graphically the real relationship between the
underdeveloped countries and their imperialist masters.
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By the Bangladeshi Trotskyist organisation, Democratic Workers Party, (Gonotantrik Mazdur Party)
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Monday, 15 October 2001 |
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Land reform is a well-discussed issue in Bangladesh, yet a solution to the problem has proved elusive. Over the last few hundred years the toiling masses have repeatedly tried to build movements to overthrow the landowners, which for lack of political ideology and organisation have ended mostly in defeat. The rare instances of success have led merely to a reconstitution of the rural tyranny. By the Bangladeshi Trotskyist organisation, Democratic Workers Party, (Gonotantrik Mazdur Party). |
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By Gonotantrik Mazdur Party
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Wednesday, 01 August 2001 |
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An analysis of the historical development of the Communist Party of Bangladesh, sent to us by the Bangladeshi Trotskyist organisation, Democratic Workers Party (Gonotantrik Mazdur Party). |
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By the Bangladeshi trotskyist organisation, Democratic Workers Party, Gonotantrik Mazdur Party)
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Friday, 13 April 2001 |
The minority peoples of Bangladesh have been systematically evicted from their land or displaced by settlers. They face state repression, social discrimination and harassment on a daily basis. The latest government strategy to throw ethnic minorities off their traditional lands is the creation of ten "eco-parks" around the country.
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By the Bangladeshi Trotskyist organisation, Democratic Workers Party, Gonotantrik Mazdur Party)
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Monday, 15 May 2000 |
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In Bangladesh garment workers change jobs frequently because of wage arrears, lay-offs, ill health or harassment from the bosses. The level of unionisation among workers is very low. However, sometimes the workers do stand up for their rights. By the Bangladeshi Trotskyist organisation, Democratic Workers Party, Gonotantrik Mazdur Party). |
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