this is an excerpt from The News article by Afiya Shehrbano. Refering to the previous post of IBA not in the political protest while the others clearly are upfront and blunt about it.
“The other two more exciting protests that reclaimed the public and private have been the ones observed resurgent amongst students and on the streets these past two weeks. There are two critical factors here. First, it has been the private universities that have taken an unapologetically political stand (with the exception of IBA in Karachi). Second, the street politics has not necessarily mobilized the masses or proletariat in terms of the romanticized image that a revolution presupposes. Instead, mainly the more experienced activists who protested through previous dictatorships and who are no strangers to police violence or jails have led it. At the same time it has included a new generation of the ‘coffee shop’ variety who are now also officially, children of dictatorship. The experiential gap between the two is obvious but as they discuss and learn from each other, a new space is being made“
Tags: Afiya Shehrbano, political protest, The News
