After being defeated in a no-confidence vote, Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan is now claiming he has been replaced by an “imported government.” But for all the bombastic nationalism, Khan’s rule was marked by deference to the IMF and handouts to the rich.

Good article by a Pakistani Socialist, which talked about Imran Khan signing with IMF, social conservatism, repression of trade union and farmer groups and military backing to stay in power.

  • a_fanonist_hexagon [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Damn, well I guess if Jacobin says I shouldn't sympathize with a brown democratically elected leader being ousted by the US because they don't pass purity tests...

    • CommunistFFWhen [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      The writer is a brown, on the ground Pakistani socialist, so it's better to just see what they have to say instead of hand-wave it away as being from Jacobin.

      • Ram_The_Manparts [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        I've completely given up on anything published by any western media outlet, including all the supposedly "leftist" ones, and I do not give a single shit about who wrote it

        Yes, they do occasionally report the truth, but who the fuck cares

        They all serve the reaction

        • MerryChristmas [any]
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          3 years ago

          Sure, Jacobin should be treated as an unreliable source and you should verify their shit before you believe it, but this r/politics-esque attitude of "no I didn't read the article, now here's my opinion on it" just causes conflict. If a comrade shares an article in good faith, it's usually worth reading it so that you can then respond in good faith. If an article is bad, tell them why it's bad.

        • BurningVIP
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          2 years ago

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      • CyborgMarx [any, any]
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        3 years ago

        I'm brown, I read the article, I give you all permission to dunk on it, it's trash

        Unfortunately, the forces of the status quo in Pakistan that have replaced Khan represent a moribund social structure that continues to exploit the public, suspending politics between uninspiring democrats and an insurgent authoritarianism.

        The author buries the actual fucking point most people have made concerning this coup to instead construct a phantom group of "neoliberal populist anti-imperialist nationalists" who leftists somewhere apparently sympathize with

        The rest of the article is made up of tedious truisms like "Anti-imperialism must remain at the core of progressive politics to reimagine a strong global left" (thank you captain obvious) and wikipedia grade history paragraphs of Khan (you won't believe it)......doing capitalism! dun dun dun :shocked-pikachu:

        Triangulating, liberal comforting hack work you could have gotten out of a graduate pol-sci student, typical Jacobin

        • DivineChaos100 [none/use name]
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          3 years ago

          Just throwing things but i am pretty sure that the " “neoliberal populist anti-imperialist nationalists” who leftists somewhere apparently sympathize with" is supposed to mean Assad.

      • a_fanonist_hexagon [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        There are brown, on the ground Pakistani socialists who support Khan, Jacobin chooses to print what serves their line :chomsky-yes-honey:

    • machinegobrrrr [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      I mean the current PM is also democratically elected. If you're aware of parliamentary system, Imran khan was running a "minority govt", his party didn't get full majority so a couple of small parties supported him to form govt. Now those parties shifted their support to Shahbaz Sharif