Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Government uses war to steam-roller victory in provincial elections
Opposition trounced but United Socialist Party still biggest left force
Asia
Georgia
Russia and Georgia: Background to the present crisis
A political analysis of developments in the Caucusus, 1990 – 2004
Georgia
Russia and Georgia: Implications of a five day war
What does the war mean for the Caucusus and beyond?
Pakistan
Pakistan: General Musharraf resigns as president
Will this end the country’s political crisis?
Malaysia
Malaysia: Growing political uncertainty amid global economic slowdown
Independent working class policies vital
Georgia
South Ossetia: Georgia/Russia conflict brings disaster for working people of region
Statement on South Ossetia
China
China: The ‘Green Olympics?’
Beijing one of the most polluted cities in the world
Pakistan
Pakistan: Telecom workers win strike with 35% increase in the wages
8,000 contract workers’ ‘regularisation’ confirmed
Pakistan
Pakistan: Telecom strike continues as negotiations fail
Thousands still sitting inside Telecom headquarters
Pakistan
Pakistan: 50,000 Telecom workers join countrywide strike
16 workers injured in clashes with paramilitary forces