Thursday, 22 January 2009, 18:30 - 20:30
Speakers: Lal Khan, Alan Woods
Location: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1 (nearest tube: Holborn) [map]
From the introduction:
"The publication of a book by Lal Khan on the Pakistan revolution of
1968-9, Pakistan's Other Story, is a most important addition to the
theoretical arsenal of international Marxism. In 1968 the attention of most
people in Europe was absorbed by the revolutionary events in France. But I can
vividly remember the marvellous movement in Pakistan, which made a deep
impression on me. [...]
"The situation in Pakistan had "got out of hand" from the bourgeois point of view. The government had lost its nerve; the ruling clique was suspended in mid-air; the police force was demoralised and sections of the armed forces wavering; the mass movement, affecting all sections of the populace, had set about a transformation of society. All the elements of a classical revolutionary situation were present, except one: the revolutionary leadership. [...]
"The Pakistan Revolution of 1968-9 was one of the greatest revolutionary movements of the 20th century. It is rich in lessons and Lal Khan's book ‘Pakistan's Other Story' is an outstanding summing-up of these lessons. It deserves the most careful study by every revolutionary."