Malaysia
Malaysia: international protest action urgently needed
Malaysian state in tune with US aggression
Asia
China
China: Anti-secession law raises imperialist tensions
Applause interrupted the final session of China’s National People’s Congress on 14 March as it agreed on the new anti-secession law directed at Taiwan. This was the climax of the NPC meeting, a rubber-stamp body […]
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Tsunami and since
Scandal of government ‘relief’ fuels social, political and national crisis
Nepal
Nepal: King’s coup worsens crisis
The king of Nepal, Shah Gianandra, fired his hand-picked Prime Minister, Sher Bahadur Deuba, and government cabinet, on 1 February. In dissolving the government, the King cited its failure to hold elections and to maintaining […]
Nepal
Nepal: King Gyanendra’s coup
King Gyanendra’s coup in Nepal, on 1 February, is "likely to strengthen the Maoist insurgents and make Nepal’s civil war even more intensive", according to the International Crisis Group, a Brussels think-tank.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Tsunami people on the streets
"Demonstrations are escalating. From yesterday morning until today, homeless people in the East of the Island occupied the main road from Ampara all the way up to Batticaloa.
Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Political chaos, Islamic fundamentalism and poverty
Capitalist parties clash but no workers’ alternative
Thailand
Thailand: Tsunami carries Thaksin back to power.
Prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra (pronounced "Chin-a-what") and his Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party are on course for a crushing parliamentary majority following the elections in Thailand on Sunday 6 February.
Pakistan
pakistan: deepening crisis in Baluchistan province
eyewitness report from the Pakisani province of Baluchistan
Pakistan
Pakistan: SMP organises solidarity demonstration with ZOO Papier
Lahore. More than 50 people came to the solidarity demonstration organised by the SMP, the CWI section in Pakistan. All the main trade unions had representatives at the demonstration.