Article 01 · Review draft
Two founding dates, one year apart
The student organization and the political party often appear together in histories of Bangladesh. Their founding dates are not the same.
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Seven short essays with source notes and Bangla summaries.
Article 02 · Review draft
A language for public life
Before 21 February became a day of remembrance, the language question concerned who could speak, study, and participate in public institutions.
Article 03 · Review draft
What students added to the Six Points
The 1969 student programme joined questions of political autonomy to education, employment, and workers’ rights.
Article 04 · Review draft
A flag on campus, before the state
The flag raised by students in March and the war’s end in December mark distinct moments in Bangladesh’s path to independence.
Article 05 · Review draft
When student alliances came apart
Shared participation in the independence struggle did not produce a lasting agreement about postwar politics or campus life.
Article 06 · Review draft
What the UN found about the 2024 protests
OHCHR’s fact-finding report documents serious violations, retaliatory violence, and the limits of its death estimate.
Article 07 · Review draft
A ban, an activity order, and a registration notice
Three official records concern different subjects and different actions. Their dates and issuing authorities matter.
All seven pieces are unsigned review drafts. No publishing schedule is active.