India
India: “Think about it!”
Book Review of ‘Listening to Grasshoppers’ by Arundhati Roy
Asia
India
India: No to POSCO land grab!
CWI support for mass protest in Orissa, 10 September
Japan
Japan: Collapse of vote for Liberal Democrats
New government will push workers and young people to build struggle against capitalism
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Presidential election 2009
Will it make any difference?
China
China: Militant steelworkers’ action blocks privatisation
Steelworkers in Henan province follow example of Jilin steelworkers and force local officials to suspend sell-off
Malaysia
Malaysia: Power struggle between ruling National Front (BN) and opposition People’s Alliance (PR)
The needs of the working class and youth are sidelined
Japan
Japan: Voters want end to rule of Liberal Democrats
But capitalist alternative Democratic Party of Japan offers no secure future for workers and young people
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Elections in war-devastated north bode ill for government
Tamil people “Not prepared to surrender”
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Well-known socialist activist, Ainur Kurmanov, released after 15 days imprisonment
A message of solidarity & thanks to international supporters
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Will this be Obama’s Vietnam?
Rising casualties in an un-winnable war