Will the grudging admiration for the military among urban youth prove as a stumbling block in mobilising them?
It was a stumbling block but not an insurmountable one. As time has shown, urban middle class mobilization forced Musharraf to resign. I think the liberals that admired Musharraf were relatively few in number. By and large, people have come to recognize that the political forces in play in Pakistan are unable and/or unwililng to address the structural changes that we need to make Pakistan into a representative and prosperous state. Could you tell us something about the Laal brigade? What are its aims and activities? The Laal brigade is a broad organization of young leftist fans of Laal. Its principle objective is to study revolutionary thought in order to consolidate an organization that can bring about revolutionary change in Pakistan. Students from other cities have been inviting us to form Laal brigades in their cities but so far we have been too busy to organize to the full extent of its popularity. We hope to make that up this autumn. Your music is largely popular among urban Engl
