Taiwan
Taiwan: Telecom workers fight privatisation
The planned sell-off would place the majority (51 per cent) of the company’s equity in private hands – the official definition of a “privatised” company.
Articles by Laurence Coates, cwi, in Taipei
World Economy
World economy: Profits soar while wages fall
Seventy-three percent of those who were asked in a national opinion poll were in favour of increasing the top rate of income tax on incomes of greater than £100,000 from 40p in the pound to […]
Britain
Britain: Save Rover -vote for renationalisation, vote Socialist Alternative
The Socialist Party is standing a candidate in the general election to highlight the scandal of Rover’s collapse and to call for the renationalisation of the company. Louise Houldey, who has stood three times before […]
Ireland Republic
Ireland: Joe Higgins, Socialist Party MP fights for “real people”
Talk to Joe. Officially, he isn’t in charge, but he gets things done.
Kashmir
Kashmir: New bus service greeted with optimism
Both the Indian and Pakistani governments are celebrating the launch of a bus service on 7 April between Srinagar and Muzafarabad, the two main cities in Indian and Pakistani occupied Kashmir respectively.
Taiwan
Taiwan: Women migrant workers fight racism in Taiwan
Filipina women workers in the Taiwanese capital, Taipei, have been locked in battle with the China Times Weekly (CTW), one of the country’s three top circulation newspapers, over a racist and sexist article it ran […]
China
China: EU retreats on lifting China arms embargo
Inter-imperialist power struggle in Asia
Ireland Republic
Ireland: Gama workers continue their brave struggle
Since 4 April, 350 Turkish workers at Gama Construction in Ireland have been on strike, fighting against extreme exploitation.
Italy
Italy: Open divisions in Berlusconi’s right wing coalition government
Big defeats for Forza Italia in regional elections
Australia
Australia: Time to fight government’s ‘reforms’ — If we don’t fight we lose!
Unions must strike against John Howard anti-workers’ policies