Imperialism and Revolution in Asia and the Middle East

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• Dr. Lal Khan
• Monday 18 July 2011, 18:30-20:30
• Graduate Union Lounge, 17 Mill Lane, Cambridge.

If you have a question about this talk, please contact Arsalan Ghani.

aag35@cam.ac.uk

Cambridge University Graduate Union invites Dr. Lal Khan for a Summer Talk.

Dr. Khan will speak about exploitation, imperial aggression and socio-economic devastation in Asia and Middle-east and the revolutionary way out towards regional peace and stability.

A Q&A session will follow a thought provoking talk. Everybody is welcome and refreshments will be provided.

About the speaker Dr. Lal Khan:

Dr. Lal Khan is a Pakistani based historian, writer, political activist and economist.

He is the author of several books including:

“Partition – Can it be undone?” – This book examines the historical background of partition of the Indian subcontinent, and the formation of Pakistan and India.

“Lebanon-Israel War” – Written in 2007, this book discusses not only the current conflict between Lebanon and Israel in detail, but also looks at the history of wars and revolutions in the whole Arab region.

“Pakistan’s Other Story – The Revolution of 1968-69” – This book examines the student and political activism of the late 1960s which gave birth to a revolution. Khan argues that due to lack of leadership, the opportunity to establish a socialist and welfare state in South Asia was lost.

“Kashmir’s Ordeal, A revolutionary way out” – This book examines the possibility of the liberation of Kashmir under a united South Asian socialist federation.

Dr. Khan is the editor of the Asian Marxist Review, a quarterly journal that provides a Marxist analysis of worldwide events. He writes regularly for the Daily Times and The Struggle (www.chingaree.com), and also for the international website In Defence of Marxism (www.marxist.com).

He has done in depth research into the socio-economic and political landscape of South Asia and Middle East, and has written numerous articles on the issues concerning Middle-east, Afghanistan and Iran.

In his book “Partition – Can it be undone?” , he explained the division of the sub-continent and the creation of two states; Pakistan and India in which millions of people had lost their lives, not only during the process of partition, but also in the last 63 years due to terrorism, disease, poverty, hunger, corruption and illiteracy on both sides of the boundaries.

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