Japan
Japan: Disaster hits workers hardest
Rebuilding should not serve the interests of private developers
Asia
Japan
Japan: Earthquake could leave “tens of thousands” dead and nuclear threat
Capitalist system incapable of facing up to natural disasters
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: April Presidential ‘election’ announced
Opposition protest movements call for boycott of dictator’s fake poll
Hong Kong
Hong Kong: Budget backlash grows
“Biggest political crisis since 2003”
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: War Heroes Were Needed, but War Widows Are Discarded
The genocidal war in the north and east of Sri Lanka, which ended in May 2009, has created more than 68,000 widows. On the other hand, there are another 30,000 widows in the southern part […]
India
India: One woman’s struggle against oppression
Extraordinary stand against the brutal state and draconian powers
Hong Kong
International Women’s Day: Indonesian migrant workers in Hong Kong
Protests focus on migrants’ rights – abuse and torture of Indonesian migrants abroad
Hong Kong
Hong Kong: Women fight discrimination and social injustice
Women, especially working class women, have many reasons to be angry with how society is run today.
Pakistan
Pakistan: Airlines workers win
Four-day strike called off. Government accepted all three demands
Pakistan
Pakistan: Victory for KESC workers
4,500 sacked workers reinstated