Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Oil workers strike in West Kazakhstan now in third month
Hundreds sacked and union lawyer sentenced to six years in jail. Intransigent employer refuses negotiations. Now a striker murdered!
Asia
China
CWI Summer School: China on the verge of social explosion
Inner-party struggles as repression tightened
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: “We are not begging – we are demanding our rights!”
Working class beginning to lose fear
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Socialist Party MEP visits oil strikers
Workers faced with jail and brutal repression – Solidarity urgently needed!Reprint of article from SIPTU union newsletter
Malaysia
Malaysia: Frightened government continues to hold the ‘EO6′
PSM draws parallels with crackdown on Reformasi movement
Asia
Vietnam: Massive strikes by footwear workers – 20 workers arrested
Strike wave driven by one of the world’s highest inflation rates
India
Gurgaon, India: Maruti Suzuki Workers’ Strike
The 13 day strike of over 2000 workers in the Maruti Suzuki India’s (MSI) Manesar plant in Gurgoan (Haryana), close to the national capital Delhi, in the first weeks of June is an important sign […]
Malaysia
Malaysia: Thousands of people protest in Kuala Lumpur for clean and fair elections
Massive crackdown on opposition
India
India: ‘Bhimayana’ – untouchability past and present
The continuing struggle against caste oppression
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Riot police attack striking oil workers
Hunger strikers douse themselves with petrol and threatened to set themselves alight