Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Political chaos, Islamic fundamentalism and poverty
Capitalist parties clash but no workers’ alternative
Asia
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.
Asia
Indonesia: Aceh – Army and corruption sabotage relief work
While Aceh on the northern edge of Sumatra has registered nearly two thirds of the total death toll from the Asian tsunami, the Acehnese so far have received only 30 per cent of UN food […]
Asia
Sri Lanka: United Socialist Party’s daunting task of relief
"The grotesque picture of devastation is slowly emerging and haunting us. The real brunt of the tsunami was taken by the eastern part of the island. The principal town, Pottuvil, has seen the worst disaster […]
Asia
tsunami disaster: A month later, poverty still kills in Aceh and Sri Lanka
One month after the tsunami disaster struck the coasts of the Indian Ocean the costs are still being counted.
Asia
tsunami disaster: Campaign Sri Lanka – thousands of donations from around the world
With the help of the thousands of donations that have been made in the last four weeks to the Campaign Sri Lanka, our comrades in the country second worst hit in the region have picked […]
Asia
Indonesia: Aceh – Interview with prime minister in exile of Aceh
Last Friday, Teungku Malik Mahmood, was interviewed by Offensiv in its Stockholm office. He is in exile but regarded by the Aceh Freedom Movement (Gam) as the rightful prime minister of the State of Aceh. […]
Pakistan
Pakistan: Populism, revolution and counter-revolution
"Socialists and the Venezuelan Revolution", by Tony Saunois, is very relevant to the struggles of the workers and peasants in the neo-colonial world as a whole, but is of special significance for Pakistan.