Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Elections being held in central Sri Lankan provinces
United Socialist Party challenges government over war and prices
Asia
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: July 10 warning general strike marks new beginning
For a wage increase of just 5,000 rupees a month (£25)
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Twenty-fifth aniversary of bloody pogroms nears
President Rajapakse greeted with angry protests in London
Hong Kong
Hong Kong: 48,000 gather to commemorate June 4, 1989, Beijing massacre
19th anniversary demonstration in the shadow of Sichuan earthquake
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Elections in the teeth of violence.
The Provincial Council election in the East will enter history as one of the most rigged elections in Sri Lanka.
India
India: Elections in Karnataka
Campaigning for a new mass workers’ party
Myanmar-Burma
Burma: Cyclone disaster
Wealth and privilege put before aid
China
China: Earthquake’s toll of death and destruction rising
Over 12,000 dead and 19,000 buried
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka : United Socialist Party’s May Day
The only political party to have a demonstration and rally in Colombo
Kashmir
Kashmir: May Day celebrated on both sides of Line of Control
Food prices and workers’ rights are key issues