Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: UN report on war crimes
Socialist Party MEP speaks
Asia
India
India: Flying Pilots flex their class Muscles
The 10 day pilot strike that has rocked the troubled national carrier – Air India has ended with a partial victory of sorts for the pilots
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Successful opposition activists’ conference
‘Kazakhstan 2012’ becomes ‘Socialist Movement Kazakhstan’
Japan
Japan: Anti-nuclear power protest on May Day
Two months after the beginning of the Fukushima disaster, the anger in Japan is growing
Pakistan
US / Pakistan: Osama Bin Laden – killed by US forces
The US government has announced a successful military assault on a large mansion in Abbottabad, near Islamabad, which has resulted in the killing of Osama Bin Laden.
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: May Day marked by attacks on CWI activists and supporters
Ainur Kurmanov hospitalized.
China
China: Strike and blockade by Shanghai truck drivers
Blockade at world’s biggest container port • Mass arrests and police repression
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Another rigged election
What is the way forward now?
Pakistan
Pakistan: EU Trade Commissioner questioned on Pakistan and food speculation
Paul Murphy questions EU Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht on the worsening situation in Pakistan after last year’s flooding, the role of speculation in food prices and its impact on the poor
China
China: Paul Murphy MEP calls for the release of Ai WeiWei
Paul Murphy MEP condemns the brutal repression of the Chinese state and calls for the release of Chinese artist, Ai WeiWei.