Asia

"Life for the Tamil people of Sri Lanka has become unbearable."

Army suppresses democratic rights

For a fighting, democratic union!

Corporation connives with local authorities in forcible evictions

Repeal the anti-women ‘Hudood Ordinance’

Protesting Bangladeshi garment workers torch factories

13 dead and hundreds arrested…strike and violent protests continue

5 killed, 50 injured security force shootings

2,500 teachers demonstrate outside Chief Minister House against union ban

Event attracts new members to CWI Kashmir

Strike closes main highways

Courts deny Parti Sosialis Malaysia the right to register as a party

Residents resist brutal police repression

Only chronic poverty and conflict for resources-rich “new nation”

Strikes and protests force back corruption and oppression

Where is the ‘peace process’ heading?

In the 1950s, Lee Kuan Yew formed a political association with the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) which had been able to amass and maintain a huge following among the working class.

"In order to understand this struggle it is important to look at the historical background."

The recently concluded general election on 6 May in Singapore was considered an exciting election, at least by Singaporean standards.

Early in the morning on Thursday, 15 June, two claymore mines exploded destroying a bus packed with farmers, workers and children.

International workers’ solildarity, a must for workers in Kashmir

Six years after their first military intervention, a second Australia-led military and police force has re-occupied East Timor.

Sri Lanka has just come to the end of a period of elections.

Mass resistance stops homes demolition

Australian government despatches troops to ’secure’ Dili airport

Trade Union Rights Campaign (TURCP) condemns police brutality and organises solidarity demonstration

One thousand four hundred workers reinstated as result of struggle

Implement the agreement or face strike action!

‘Communists’ garner the votes of poor but policies are increasingly pro-business

Demonstrations recede but political crisis will continue

Victory celebrations – will the masses go further?

On Tuesday, 25 April, a suicide bomber attacked the car in which the top Sri Lankan army commander was travelling.

King threatened with insurrection.

Alma-Ata authorities feel pressure of worldwide protests

Socialists and activists demand party’s registration

End low pay

But political crisis persists

Police and bulldozers repelled by shanty town residents

Public meeting discusses how to combat capitalist crisis

Appeal for world-wide solidarity.

In the council and provincial elections which took place on Thursday, 30 March, the United Socialist Party (CWI in Sri Lanka) won one seat and massively improved its vote in many other areas.

Activists arrested – Solidarity needed urgently!

Hundreds hear the socialist case at CWI meetings

Support given to 2,300 sacked Habib Bank workers

Biggest fuel price hike ever

Interview with Bishkek strike leaders

Workers and poor need to fight on independent socialist programme

Bush seeks to boost business deals and allies in the region