Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Rajapaksa defeated
Period of uncertainty opens
Asia
Hong Kong
Hong Kong: Politics transformed by ‘Umbrella Revolution’
A fighting democratic movement must be created to continue and build upon this historic “first round”
China
China: Hard landing in 2015?
China’s economic slowdown already being felt throughout world economy
Pakistan
Pakistan: Stop the killings, no to the Taliban, no to the religious extremism
Socialists organise protests against Taliban barbarism
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Third anniversary of Zhanaozen massacre marked
Struggle to free political prisoners continues
Taiwan
Taiwan : Kuomintang’s landslide election defeat redraws the political map
Taiwan’s ‘Sunflower Movement’ and democracy protests in Hong Kong fuel massive rejection of ruling party
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Presidential Election January 8, 2015
Socialist candidate challenges all other forces
Philippines
Philippines: ‘Economic miracle’ – a neo-liberal nightmare for the masses
Forced evictions, poverty wages and repression is the reality for millions
Hong Kong
Vital lessons of Hong Kong’s ‘Umbrella Revolution’
Mass struggle needs genuine internal democracy and fighting working class programme to defeat dictatorship
Indonesia
Indonesia: “New Hope” president faces intense pressures
Initiative to build mass party of working class and rural poor urgently needed