nothing of note has happened yet. just clashes in Islamabad and Lahore and party workers are being arrested from everywhere. the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit is on the 15th and it seems the state is gonna clean up everything before then. i don’t see the protestors gaining anything from this and it’s pointless to expect some serious revolutionary strategy from Imran Khan’s party since they are essentially just libs.

but then again, as daddy US crumbles so has the cognitive ability of the puppet state in PK. so you never know

this is so disappointing

thanks, that’s reassuring :)

this is a tough one because South Asia’s history is mixed with tons of propaganda. in fact, it’s a coming-of-age type thing here when one has read enough history to understand the real version. basically there are hundreds of incidents that took place in gaining independence from the british (early 1900s), to the partition (1947), and the separate histories of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh (post 1947) which are even more messy due to events like the Cold War and atomic race. This means there are three versions of history: colonial british, Indian and Pakistani. there are resources by leftists and communists but i haven’t seen anything in English or new because leftists were heavily persecuted in the 80s and have basically not produced literature since.

i’ll try to find if there’s something short and accurate enough, but if not you can use the wiki article on the partition to get an idea of the timeline.

Nothing pisses me off more than US government officials saying they are “disturbed” by the way elections are being conducted in Pakistan. Well, yes, we had a really hard fucking time and who’s fault was it? Ilhan Omar tweeting “I call on the State Department to refrain from recognizing the results until credible” makes me want to rip my hair out. How dare you put on this patronizing act.

The election itself has been something else. Violence, shootings, bombs, jailed leaders, cell/internet blackout, 🍆 as an election symbol, parties divided within themselves, the winning party using a fucking AI generated version of their leader for speeches because the real person is jailed.

This is a good article if anyone wants a non-doomer overview of it all. But it’s quite tragic that despite so much resistance, the US-backed military continues to tear apart this society.

I agree that misogyny is directly tied to this, but I also agree with @Awoo@hexbear.net that role models for teenagers is the answer. Whenever I’m doing anticapitalist propaganda while talking to men, I always touch on misogyny with it. Because both are related to empathy, someone who is truly empathic will fight both capitalism and misogyny. I refuse to believe teenagers are looking for reasons to hate women, they are angry and rebellious and looking for anything to validate their insecurities. When they find scum like Tate they think they found the bible, not because they understand the ideology, but just because he’s contrarian and is talking about things relevant to teenage boys. @immuredanchorite@hexbear.net mentioned how easy it is to flip these ideas and that honestly works because these are kids, all we have to do is make them feel they’re seen.

Edit: also this isn’t just a social media scene with Tate or whatever, it’s everywhere. If the kid looks to his dad, he’s a misogynist. If he looks to older boys, they’re misogynists. The only answer to validation teen boys get is rooted in hatred for women.