23 August, 2020
4:00 pm eastern time
(1:00 pm pacific time)
WATCH AT: https://www.facebook.com/pakistanicanadians/
Pakistani-Canadians and Indian-Canadians celebrate their respective Independence Days with nationalism, flag waving and, generally criticising each other. The Committee of Progressive Pakistani Canadians will mark the occasion on secular, non-nationalist lines. The Webinar will focus on Britain’s colonization of the subcontinent and its peoples’ joint struggle for freedom.
Taimur Rahman is a Pakistani academic, musician and socialist political activist from Pakistan. He teaches political science at the Lahore University of Management Sciences. Radhika Desai is Professor of Political Studies Department and President of the Society for Socialist Studies at the University of Manitoba.
Pakistani-Canadians and Indian-Canadians celebrate their respective Independence Days with nationalism, flag waving and, generally criticising each other. The Committee of Progressive Pakistani Canadians will mark the occasion on secular, non-nationalist lines. The Webinar will focus on Britain’s colonization of the subcontinent and its peoples’ joint struggle for freedom.
Taimur Rahman is a Pakistani academic, musician and socialist political activist from Pakistan. He teaches political science at the Lahore University of Management Sciences. Radhika Desai is Professor of Political Studies Department and President of the Society for Socialist Studies at the University of Manitoba.
