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Jamhoor Radio dives into South Asian politics with conversations that interrogate the most pressing questions facing the South Asian left today. This podcast features the voices of progressive activists, artists, academics, and writers who share critical insights, both from the subcontinent as well as the diaspora. Visit jamhoor.org for more original content. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

23/10/2024

Media Against Monopoly: A Conversation with P. Sainath

Hadia Akhtar interviews award-winning writer, journalist and activist P. Sainath. Currently based in Mumbai, Sainath serves as the founder and editor of People's Archive of Rural India (PARI), which is an independent, multimedia, digital platform which showcases the stories of rural people and their impact on Indian politics and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1 h y 1 min
10/01/2024

“I am a tea worker and I have the right to speak”

Khairun Akhtar, a rank-and-file tea worker, speaks on the conditions that led to the unprecedented wildcat strike in August 2022 across tea plantations in Bangladesh. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

39 min
08/08/2022

Interview with Priyamvada Gopal

You’re listening to a special podcast to launch Jamhoor’s summer 2022 issue on Imperialism in South Asia. Visit our website jamhoor.org to learn more. In the past year, we witnessed the catastrophic ending of the US occupation of Afghanistan, the discovery of unmarked mass graves of indigenous children in Canada, the uneven distribution of COVID vaccines and a deepening of the conflict between the US and China. Imperialism has returned to centre stage. We are speaking today with a fierce critic of imperialism: Priyamvada Gopal. Priya is Professor of Postcolonial Studies at Cambridge University. Her teaching and research interests include colonial and postcolonial studies, the novel, South Asian literature and critical race studies. She is the author of several books, including most recently, Insurgent Empire: Anticolonial Resistance and British Dissent (published by Verso in 2020). Priya is also a well-known public intellectual, who was named one of the world's top 50 thinkers by Prospect magazine. Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1 h y 5 min
28/02/2022

Labour in Karachi's Fast Fashion Industry

Fawad Hasan interviews labour organizer Yaseen Jhullan on the issues and demands of garment workers in Karachi Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/jamhoor) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

14 min
05/09/2020

S1E3.b: Aasim Sajjad Akhtar on Building a Political Society & Social Movements in Pakistan

In the second part of our interview with Aasim Sajjad Akhtar, we discuss the Left's response to religious extremism and the climate crisis, as well as the role of national and social movements. In doing so, Aasim speaks to the role of class consciousness, the importance of both movements as well as organizations, and the longer-term project of building a political society. This episode is part of Jamhoor Radio's first season on progressive and revolutionary politics in Pakistan. This episode is in Urdu, with a translation in English provided. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/jamhoor) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

23 min
30/07/2020

S1E3.a: Aasim Sajjad Akhtar on the evolution of Leftist thought in Pakistan

In our third episode, we interview Dr. Aasim Sajjad Akhtar, a Leftist politician, academic and columnist based in Pakistan, who has served as the president of the Awami Workers Party's Punjab Executive Committee. In the first part of our interview, Aasim speaks about how Pakistani Left's approach has evolved over the years, especially in breaking away from a political imagination rooted in the Cold War. He also discusses the role of the military and imperialism. This episode is part of Jamhoor Radio's first season on progressive and revolutionary politics in Pakistan. This episode is in Urdu, with a translation in English provided. Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

29 min
06/07/2020

S1E2.b: Syed Azeem on nationalist, feminist and working class politics in Pakistan

In the second part of our interview with Syed Azeem, we talk about the nationalist and feminist movements and how the Left should engage with them. Azeem also speaks about the state of industrial and agricultural development in Pakistan, as well as the climate crisis. This episode is part of Jamhoor Radio's first season on progressive and revolutionary politics in Pakistan. This episode is in Urdu, with a translation in English provided below. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/jamhoor) Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

21 min
29/06/2020

S1E2.a: Syed Azeem on Consciousness & Tradition: the Paradox of the Left in Pakistan

In this episode we interview Syed Azeem, a member of the Mazdoor Akath and an assistant professor at the Lahore University of Management Sciences in the School of Law. Azeem has been a part of the Pakistani Left for a few decades now and was previously associated with Mazdoor Kisan Party (MKP) and the Progressive Writers Association. In this interview, Azeem shares his views on the current state of the Left in Pakistan, and highlights the loss of a Left tradition of revolution in Pakistan, even as Left consciousness has grown in the shape of various popular movements. This episode is part of Jamhoor Radio's first season on progressive and revolutionary politics in Pakistan. This episode is in Urdu, with a translation in English provided below. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/jamhoor) Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/jamhoor) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

29 min
06/06/2020

S1E1.b: Ismat Shahjahan on religious extremism, climate change, rainbow movements, and the PTM

In Part 2 of our interview with Ismat Shahjahan, we dig deeper with questions about leftist movements and politics in Pakistan. In this episode, Ismat talks about terrorism, climate change, "rainbow movements", and the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement. This episode is part of Jamhoor Radio's first season on progressive and revolutionary politics in Pakistan. This episode is in Urdu, with a translation in English provided below. Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

30 min
02/05/2020

S1E1.a: Ismat Shahjahan on the revival of left politics in Pakistan

In this episode we interview Ismat Shahjahan, President of the Women Democratic Front and Deputy General Secretary of the Awami Worker's Party, about the state of the left in Pakistan today. Shahjahan has been a leader in socialist, feminist, and anti-imperialist movements in Pakistan for decades, and brings deep insights on the contemporary revival of progressive politics in Pakistan. Read her interview with Jamhoor on the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement and challenging the "war on terror", published in February 2020. This episode is part of Jamhoor Radio's first season on progressive and revolutionary politics in Pakistan. This episode is in Urdu, with a translation in English provided below. Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

36 min

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Jamhoor Radio dives into South Asian politics with conversations that interrogate the most pressing questions facing the South Asian left today. This podcast features the voices of progressive activists, artists, academics, and writers who share critical insights, both from the subcontinent as well as the diaspora. Visit jamhoor.org for more original content. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Jamhoor
Años de actividad

2020 - 2024
Episodios

10
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