India
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.
Asia
Nepal
Nepal: Maoist ministers sworn in
New government, but is it a "new Nepal"?
India
India: Peasants massacred in West Bengal
Killings are ultimately the responsibility of the ‘Communist’ led state government.
Pakistan
Pakistan: Socialist Movement (CWI Pakistan) prepares for a year of stormy battles and instability
Second successful national congress held in Lahore
Hong Kong
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
China
China: New property law – only for the rich
At this year’s recently concluded National People’s Congress (NPC) meeting, the Chinese government promised to increase efforts to cut pollution, spend more on poor rural areas, the health service and schools.
China
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)
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Brutal attack on leader of the United Socialist Party
Siritunga Jayasuriya, secretary of the United Socialist Party (CWI Sri Lanka) and some associates in the ’United People’s Movement’ escaped with their lives when over 300 armed thugs, led by a deputy minister, raided the […]
Kashmir
Kashmir: Public sector workers’ strike forces major concessions
Mass class struggle in impoverished, repressive society
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Senior police officer admits police and military involvement in abductions
Bodies of murder victims likely those of kidnapped Tamils