Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Riot police attack striking oil workers
Hunger strikers douse themselves with petrol and threatened to set themselves alight
Asia
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Sting cancels concert in support of striking oil workers
“Hunger strikes, imprisoned workers and tens of thousands on strike represents a virtual picket line which I have no intention of crossing,” Sting said in an online statement.
Hong Kong
Hong Kong: Over 200,000 march for democracy and against property tycoons
Interview with Socialist Action (CWI) in Hong Kong after July 1 demonstration
China
China: Halfway house
‘Red Capitalism: The Fragile Financial Foundation of China’s Extraordinary Rise’
Malaysia
Malaysia: Detained opposition activists brutally treated, six re-arrested
Government steps up attacks on democratic and human rights to maintain grip on power
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Striking oil workers attempt to break news blockade
Further threats against strike leaders and supporters
India
India: “It’s war out there!”
State forces moved in to crush anti-POSCO struggle
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: London embassy protest
Stop repression of striking oil and gas workers!
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Life of workers’ leader, Esenbek Ukteshbayev, in danger
Strikes of oil and gas workers continue; other workers follow lead
India
India: Assembly elections in five states
’Communists’ defeated in Kerala as well as West Bengal