Editorial Verso Books
Fecha de edición mayo 2018 · Edición nº 1
Idioma inglés
EAN 9781786635372
208 páginas
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The story of what happened in 1968 in Pakistan is often forgotten, but is yet another proof that the revolutionary moment was global. In that year, following a long period of tumult, a radical coalition - led by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto - brought down the military presidency of Ayub Khan. Students took on the state apparatus of a corrupt and decaying military dictatorship backed by the US.
They were joined by workers, lawyers, white-collar employees, and despite the severe repression, they took hold of power. Through a series of strikes, demonstrations and political organising a popular uprising was born. In his riveting account of these events, first written in 1970, Tariq Ali offers an eyewitness perspective on history, showing that this powerful popular movement was the only successful moment of the 1960s revolutionary wave.
The victory led to the very first democratic election in the country and the unexpected birth of a new state, Bangladesh.
Tariq Ali es escritor, cineasta y una de las voces más destacadas de la izquierda radical. Ha escrito más de una docena de ensayos sobre historia y política mundiales, incluidos "La idea del comunismo", "El extremo centro", "Los dilemas de Lenin" o "El síndrome Obama", así como novelas entre las que destacan "A la sombra del granado", "La noche de la Mariposa Dorada" o "Un sultán en Palermo"; todos ellos publicados en Alianza Editorial. Es editor de "New Left Review" y vive en Londres.
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