Dean Roberts from ‘The Socialist’ newspaper in Australia visited China where he met with Li Gang who is a 25 year old white collar worker and socialist from Shanghai

chinaworker.info, Tuesday 8 January 2008

Sri Lanka: New year starts with atrocities

Full-scale war to follow assassination and bombings

Senan, Socialist Party (England and Wales), Friday 4 January 2008

Malaysia.: International solidarity needed now!

Government, rocked by mass demonstrations, takes revenge

Raviechandren, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday 17 December 2007

Kashmir: National Convention of Trade Union Rights Campaign, Kashmir (TURC-K)

Nearly 300 trade unionists and workers participated in the first TURC-K national convention held in Kotli (Pakistani Occupied Kashmir, POK) on December 8.

Jamal Khan, CWI Kashmir, Thursday 13 December 2007

China: Mass protests erupt in Shenyang

Thousands of people in Shenyang, capital of north-eastern China’s Liaoning province, took to the streets over several days recently.

From www.chinaworker.org, Wednesday 12 December 2007

China: Beijing Olympics under a cloud

How will the Games benefit the mass of the Chinese people?

Clare Doyle, cwi, London, Friday 7 December 2007

Malaysia: 30,000 on streets to demand electoral rights

Biggest demonstration since ‘Reformasi’ movement of ten years ago

Raviechandren, Monday 26 November 2007

Pakistan : Musharraf announces general election in January

Political turmoil and chaos continue

Khald Batti, Socialist Movement - Pakistan, (CWI), Lahore , Wednesday 14 November 2007

Pakistan: Brutal state force unleashed on peaceful protesters

Thousands arrested, tortured, beaten and humiliated on the streets

From members of Pakistan Socialist Movement, CWI in Pakistan, Wednesday 14 November 2007

Sri Lanka: Socialists condemn latest killings

Call for united action now

Senan, Socialist Party (England and Wales), Friday 9 November 2007

Malaysia: Independent class politics and socialist programme

Only way to counter racial and reactionary religious policies

Raviechandren, Malaysia, Wednesday 7 November 2007

Burma: Military Junta crushes movement but embers of resistance still alight

Official figures belie extent of killings, maimings, disappearances and arrests

Khalid Bhatti, SMP Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday 7 November 2007

Pakistan: Martial law imposed

Constitution suspended, fundamental rights denied

Khalid Bhatti, SMP Lahore, Monday 5 November 2007

China: Ruling Communist Party’s 17th National Congress

‘Fifth generation’ leaders groomed for office in 2012

Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info, Friday 2 November 2007

Bangladesh: 25,000 textile workers protest against poor wages

Textile workers are on the move again.

Rukhsana Manzoor, Socialist Movement of Pakistan (CWI), Lahore , Friday 26 October 2007

Burma: For a general strike to overthrow the dictatorship!

CWI leaflet in English and Burmese

Jonas Brännberg, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden) , Wednesday 24 October 2007

Pakistan: Suicide bombings at Bhutto rally

Massive death toll deepens country's crisis

Khalid Bhatti, Pakistan Socialist Movement (CWI, Pakistan), Tuesday 23 October 2007

Pakistan: Crisis continues in run-up to presidential elections

All wings of establishment jostle for power

Khalid Bhatti, SMP, Sunday 30 September 2007

Burma: Army shoot peaceful demonstrators

Deaths and injuries, as protests spread

Khalid Bhatti, Socialist Movement Pakistan (CWI), Lahore, Thursday September 2007

Burma: Dictatorship under threat

Military warns of “action” against biggest street protests for two decades

Clare Doyle, cwi, Tuesday 25 September 2007

Pakistan on the brink: New introduction to 'Marxism in Today's World'

This is an opportune time for the publication of the Pakistani edition of this book.

Peter Taaffe, General Secretary, Socialist Party, England and Wales, Friday 21 September 2007

China: Impressions of China

A first-hand report on the glaring social contradictions in modern-day China

Ron Groves, Socialist Party, cwi England and Wales, Friday 14 September 2007

South Asia: Floods devastate 28 million lives

"Nothing - there's nothing to go back to..."

Cillian Gillespie, Socialist Party, cwi Ireland, Tuesday 28 August 2007

Pakistan: New twists and turns in Pakistani Politics

The threat of Emergency or Martial Law is not over yet,

Khalid Bhatti, SMP Lahore, Friday 24 August 2007

Obituary: Life-long Sri Lankan Trotskyist dies in London, 4 August, 2007

Wesley Suthantharabal Muthiah 1930 – 2007

Siritunga Jayasuriya, Secretary United Socialist Party (CWI Sri Lanka), Friday 10 August 2007

Japan: Heavy defeat for government in elections

Scandals abound

Elisabeth Baker, Michiko Kameyama, Carl Simmons, Japan Thursday 2 August 2007

China: Mass protests against forced evictions in Shengzhou

Exclusive eyewitness accounts. Pictures.

chinaworker.info, Tuesday 26 June 2007

Pakistan: Union activist has suspension withdrawn following protest campaign

Trade Union Rights Campaign secretary victimised for exposing Telcom redundancy plans

socialistworld.net, Tuesday 26 June 2007

China: Major clashes at anti-pollution demonstrations in Xiamen

Eastern China sees largest urban protest movement for many years

chinaworker.info, Wednesday 6 June 2007

China: Slaughter in China’s burgeoning coal industry

Official report reveals "Dereliction of duty and abuse of power" on a grand scale

Vincent Kolo, Beijing, Thursday 31 May 2007

China: "McScandal" shows the need for real trade unions

’Part-time’ workers on 13 hour shifts. State-run trade unions win ’victory’, but for whom?

Vincent Kolo, Beijing, Thursday 24 May 2007

Pakistan: Violence erupts in Karachi as political polarisation increases

Fifty killed and more than 150 injured

Khalid Bhatti, Socialist Movement Pakistan, Lahore, Monday 21 May 2007

India: Brutal face of India’s boom

This is an introduction to an Indian edition of the book Marxism in Today’s World

Peter Taaffe, General Secretary, Socialist Party, Wednesday 2 May 2007

Pakistan: Musharraf hangs on while poverty and oppression multiplies

Ruling elite divided with no immediate alternative

Tony Saunois, CWI Secretary, London, Tuesday 1 May 2007

Kazakhstan: Court victory for socialist activist threatened with jail

Judge rejects state prosecutor’s demands

Ainur Kurmanov, Alma-Ata, Tuesday 24 April 2007

Kazakhstan: State procurer demands arrest and jailing of socialist

Urgent messages of protest needed!

Rob Jones, Moscow, Friday 20 April 2007

India: Garment factories - a hell on earth

One day in February this year, Ammu, a 25-year-old textile worker, was found hanged in the most suspicious circumstances.

Nirmala Krishna, New Socialist Alternative (CWI India), Bangalore, Monday 16 April 2007

Nepal: Maoist ministers sworn in

New government, but is it a "new Nepal"?

Per-Åke Westerlund, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden), Monday 9 April 2007

India: Peasants massacred in West Bengal

Killings are ultimately the responsibility of the ‘Communist’ led state government.

Nirmala Krishna, New Socialist Alternative (CWI in India), Bangalore, Wednesday 4 April 2007

Pakistan: Socialist Movement (CWI Pakistan) prepares for a year of stormy battles and instability

Second successful national congress held in Lahore

socialistworld.net, Saturday 31 March 2007

Hong Kong: Rigged election draws angry protests.

“I tried to rip up my ballot paper” –Leung Kwok-hung known as ‘Long Hair’, an independent socialist legislator in the Hong Kong Assembly

Laurence Coates, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden), Wednesday 28 March 2007

China: New property law – only for the rich

Promises to cut pollution, spend more on poor rural areas, the health service and schools.

Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info, Tuesday 27 March 2007

China: Has capitalism been fully restored?

A review article on ‘The Writing on the Wall: China and the West in the 21st Century’ (by Will Hutton)

Peter Taaffe, general secretary of the Socialist Party, Thursday 22 March 2007

Kashmir: Public sector workers' strike forces major concessions

Mass class struggle in impoverished, repressive society

Trade Union Rights Campaign Kashmir reporters, Friday 16 March 2007

Sri Lanka: Senior police officer admits police and military involvement in abductions

Bodies of murder victims likely those of kidnapped Tamils

Simon Van Haeren, CWI, London, Saturday 10 March 2007

Kashmir: Public sector workers continue strike despite leader’s betrayal

Medecin Sans Frontier threaten striking health workers with dismissal

Trade Union Rights Campaign -Kashmir reporters, Kotli, Kashmir, Friday 16 February 2007

Kashmir: Government declares strike over earthquake compensation illegal

Solidarity and protest letters urgently needed

J Khan, Trade Union Rights Campaign – Kashmir, Kotli, Kashmir, Friday 9 February 2007

Sri Lanka: ‘Confessions’ of Sinhala worker ‘Terrorists’ opens way for more government attacks

Abduction of two Sinhala Railway-workers’ Union leaders

Elizabeth Clarke, cwi, London, Friday 9 February 2007

Kashmir: Thousands protest in earthquake affected areas

Protest letters and solidarity messages still needed

J Khan, Trade Union Rights Campaign – Kashmir (TURC-K), Kotli, Kashmir, Sunday 4 February 2007

Sri Lanka: Campaign against chauvinism and oppression

London lobbies on Wednesday 31 January: Stop the killings! Put Mervyn Silva on trial! Hands off Siritunga Jaysuriya!

Simon Van Haeren, Friday 2 February 2007

Sri Lanka: Solidarity campaign still gathering momentum!

The campaign against repression and war in Sri Lanka has gathered even more momentum.

socialistworld.net, Friday 2 February 2007

Sri Lanka: International protests follow vicious attack at anti-war rally.

Protests outside embassies and consulates.

socialistworld.net, Monday 29 January 2007

Kashmir: Appeal for solidarity with earthquake affected workers

The Trade Union Rights Campaign – Kashmir have been in the forefront of helping to organise solidarity for thousands of earthquake affected public sector workers in Pakistani Occupied Kashmir (POK).

J Khan, TURC- K, Kotli, Kashmir, Monday 29 January 2007

Pakistan: Sindh teachers win legal battle against ban on union

Court reinstates sacked teachers’ union leaders

Sher Abro, Organiser TURCP (Dadu area), and local teachers’ union leader, Wednesday 17 January 2007

Sri Lanka: Government blamed for violent attack on anti-war rally organisers

Interview with Siritunga Jaysuriya and urgent international appeal for support.

socialistworld.net, 15 January 2007

Kashmir: Workers’ affected by 2005 earthquake strike and protest

Demands for decent compensation and living conditions

Toqeer Gillani, CWI Kashmir, Monday 15 January 2007

Kashmir: Successful Trade Union rights conference held

Government fails to solve the problems of the quake affected public sector workers.

J Khan, CWI Kashmir, Thursday 11 January 2007

Sri Lanka: Murderous raid on Anti-War Rally in Colombo

Siritunga Jaysuriya of the United Socialist Party (CWI Sri Lanka) and a handful of associates in the ‘United People’s Movement’ escaped with their lives when over 300 armed thugs, led by a deputy minister, raided the place where a public rally was due to be held this Tuesday afternoon in Colombo.

Elizabeth Clarke, CWI, Tuesday 09 January 2007

Pakistan: Protests against murder attempt on union rights campaigner

TURCP campaigners and social rights activists condemn police inaction

Fazal Abass Shah, Chairman TURCP ((Trade Union Rights Campaign Pakistan), Monday 8 January 2007

Pakistan: Journalist union and Hawkers union win the important battle against bosses

Attempt to cut holidays beaten.

Azam , Trade union Rights Campaign (TURCP) Islamabad Organiser and Hawkers union activist, Islamabad, Monday 1 January 2007

Bangladesh: Military called in as political crisis continues

Troops were deployed throughout Bangladesh on Sunday 11 December supposedly to “maintain law and order”, according to a Presidential order.

Khalid Bhatti, Socialist Movement Pakistan, Lahore, Sunday 31 December 2006

Sri Lanka: The plantation volcano erupts

The 15 day long tea plantation strike – the longest in recent history – is supposed to have come to an end.

T. S. Jainndeen, United Socialist Party, Saturday 23 December 2006

Pakistan: The veil and Muslim women

There is again heated debate going on around the veil worn by Muslim women.

Rukhsana Manzoor, Socialist Movement Pakistan, Lahore, Monday 11 December 2006

Sri Lanka: United Socialist Party holds successful congress as country’s crisis deepens

USP are not prepared to shirk their historic responsibilities.

Elizabeth Clarke, CWI, Colombo, Friday 8 December 2006

Sri Lanka: War preparations must be stopped!

Liberation Tigers warn of end to cease-fire and renew their demand for independence.

Socialistworld.net, Wednesday 29 November 2006

Pakistan: Breakthrough first National Convention of Trade Union Rights Campaign Pakistan (TURCP)

More than 300 Trade Unionists in attendance

Fazal Abbas Shah and Rukhsana Manzoor, TURCP, Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday 28 November 2006

Malaysia: State Chief Minister orders battle to destroy whole village

Twenty three arrested and held while devastation wrought

socialistworld.net, Thursday 23 November 2006

Bangladesh: A new haven for reactionary Islam

Trade unionists and left activists under threat

Khalid Bhatti Socialist Movement Pakistan, (CWI - Pakistan), London, Monday 20 November 2006

Pakistan: No to the 12 Hour Working Day, No To the Industrial Relations Ordinance 2002

Trade Union Rights Campaign meeting attracts over 100 activists

Fazal Abass Shah, Chairman TURCP, Lahore Pakistan, Monday 20 November 2006

Sri Lanka: World-wide protests over murdered MP continue.

Protests at the murder of prominent Tamil MP, Nadarajah Raviraj, continue to pour in to embassies around the world and directly to the office of the president of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapakse.

Khalid Bhatti, Socialist Movement Pakistan, Sunday 19 November 2006

Sri Lanka: World-wide protests at killing of Tamil MP

Thousands march in Colombo; embassies picketed around the globe

socialistworld.net, Friday 17 November 2006

Nepal: Maoists celebrate new ‘peace deal’

Rebels to give up arms and to enter new coalition government

Per-Åke Westerlund, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden), Tuesday 14 November 2006

Sri Lanka: Tamil MP killed for speaking out

High profile assassination demands massive response

socialistworld.net, Sunday 12 November 2006

Bangladesh: Political tension on the rise as 28 killed in violence

Danger of army intervention

Khalid Bhatti, Socialist Movement Pakistan (SMP – CWI Pakistan), Lahore, Saturday 4 November 2006

Philippines: The Left and the Military – a debate amongst socialists

In February of this year, crowds gathered on the streets of Manila to commemorate the ‘People Power’ revolution of twenty years.

socialistworld.net, Monday 30 October 2006

Sri Lanka: Is Peace possible?

The description of Sri Lanka as ‘tear-shaped’ has never been more apt than it is today.

Peter Taaffe, Committee for a Workers’ International, London, Wednesday 25 October 2006

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