Pakistan
Pakistan: Musharraf hangs on while poverty and oppression multiplies
Ruling elite divided with no immediate alternative
Asia
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Court victory for socialist activist threatened with jail
Judge rejects state prosecutor’s demands
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: State procurer demands arrest and jailing of socialist
Urgent messages of protest needed!
India
India: Garment factories – a hell on earth
One day in February this year, Ammu, a 25-year-old textile worker, was found hanged in the most suspicious circumstances.
Nepal
Nepal: Maoist ministers sworn in
New government, but is it a "new Nepal"?
India
India: Peasants massacred in West Bengal
Killings are ultimately the responsibility of the ‘Communist’ led state government.
Pakistan
Pakistan: Socialist Movement (CWI Pakistan) prepares for a year of stormy battles and instability
Second successful national congress held in Lahore
Hong Kong
Hong Kong: Rigged election draws angry protests.
“I tried to rip up my ballot paper” –Leung Kwok-hung known as ‘Long Hair’, an independent socialist legislator in the Hong Kong Assembly
China
China: Has capitalism been fully restored?
A review article on ‘The Writing on the Wall: China and the West in the 21st Century’ (by Will Hutton)
Kashmir
Kashmir: Public sector workers’ strike forces major concessions
Mass class struggle in impoverished, repressive society