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NISAR AHMED analyses the likely course of events under the interim regime of Muhammad Yunus, with progressive forces attempting to ensure genuine national sovereignty, but where internal or external military intervention remain distinct possibilities
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THE massive uprising, just over a month ago, in Bangladesh which overthrew the brutal fascist regime of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her party Bangladesh Awami League (BAL) has caught the world by surprise.
This is complemented by confusion about why and how a seemingly impregnable government could be swept apart in a matter of weeks. Now that the dust has settled a bit the question doing the rounds is the prospects of the interim regime of Professor Muhammad Yunus and those of the country at large.
What happened in Bangladesh is part of a global phenomenon where post-colonial states began their journey of freedom from colonial rule with great expectations and optimism and then descended into a form of of backward capitalism buttressed by one-party undemocratic rule.
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NISAR AHMED, former chair of the Bangladeshi Workers Council and long-time community activist, talks to Jamshid Ahmadi, editor of the Liberation Journal, about the momentous struggle that toppled a 15-year regime
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