Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka : United Socialist Party’s May Day
The only political party to have a demonstration and rally in Colombo
Asia
Kashmir
Kashmir: May Day celebrated on both sides of Line of Control
Food prices and workers’ rights are key issues
Kashmir
Kashmir: Protests and rallies mark May Day in Srinagar and Jammu (Indian Occupied Kashmir)
Rich tributes paid to the Chicago Martyrs
India
India: May Day 2008
Booming growth or looming crisis?
Pakistan
Pakistan: Trade Union Rights Campaign participates in over 50 towns and city May Day events
TURCP led-rallies often larger than the ‘official’ rallies
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Twenty five years of war and conflict
Socialists fight in Eastern elections
Nepal
Nepal: Maoists election victory
Need for socialist programme to break with landlordism and capitalism
China
Tibet: Olympic Games in crisis amid global protests
Hardening positions over Tibet and Western ’insults’ to China threaten wider crisis
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Socialist given 10-day jail sentence for fighting for residents’ rights
Protests urgently needed!
Kashmir
Kashmir: Indefinite strike by public sector workers hit by 2005 earthquake
Urgent solidarity needed!