Platypus Affiliated Society public forum on The Failure of Pakistan (Chicago, 2/2/08).
Audio recording by Carter Lashley (Platypus).
The Failure of Pakistan
Perspectives on the crisis, its past, present, and future
A teach-in, panel discussion and moderated audience Q&A by
Ayesha Siddiqa (author of Military Inc., Inside Pakistan's Military Economy) on "Pakistan's Military Economy"
Manan Ahmed (University of Chicago) on "The Populism of the Bhuttos"
Atiya Khan (Platypus, University of Chicago) on "The Vicissitudes of Leftist Politics in Pakistan, 1968"
Saturday, February 2, 2008 2PM School of the Art Institute of Chicago 280 S. Columbus Dr. main auditorium
Forum information at: http://platypus1789.home.comcast.net/~platypus1789/platypus_fora.htm
The Platypus Affiliated Society, established in 2006, organizes reading groups, public fora, research and journalism focused on problems and tasks inherited from the "Old" (1920s-30s), "New" (1960s-70s) and post-political (1980s-90s) Left, for the possibilities of emancipatory politics today. For more information, go to: http://www.platypus1917.com
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