On February 29 the Karachi regional
conference of the Pakistani Marxists was held with 350 present, their biggest
ever gathering. At the meeting there was a balance sheet of the recent election
campaign and we reproduce here the speeches of the comrades who stood for
parliament, Lund,
Wazi and Manzoor.
We received this report with some delay, but we believe it
is important as it shows how the PTUDC is sinking roots inside the labour
movement in this important part of the Sindh region, gaining the support of 19
trade unions.
The murder of Benazir
Bhutto and the rigged elections in Pakistan have opened up a period of
turmoil in the country. The wars in Iraq
and Afghanistan
have caused an unprecedented instability that is undermining an already shaky
equilibrium. The whole region could catch fire as classes come into conflict.
Here is an appraisal of the situation in the Editor's note of the upcoming
issue of the Asian Marxist Review.