Kurdistan
Turkey / Kurdistan: PKK announces ceasefire
On 8 May the PKK has begun to withdraw from Turkey. Millions are hoping now for an end to oppression and for democratic rights.
Around the world
Malaysia
Malaysia: Election ‘victory’ based on fraud
Ruling Barisan Nasional’s widespread fraud enrages opposition supporters and young people
Britain
British county elections: Capitalist parties rejected
Time for a new mass workers’ party
Pakistan
Pakistan: General elections held amid political turmoil
Big landlords, capitalists and influential families are calling the shots
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Successful May Day
The United Socialist Party’s May Day demonstration passed successfully through a number of populous areas of Colombo, ending at Grand Pass Junction.
Hong Kong
Hong Kong: Dockworkers’ strike ends after 40 days
Union representatives declare a “half success” with a pay rise of 9.8 percent – but important issues are unresolved
Britain
Britain’s ‘precariat’: Fighting for real jobs
’Get a job!’ is the constant refrain of privileged Tory ministers and vicious right-wing tabloids. A million unemployed young people are the subject of a relentless campaign of smears and lies.
Pakistan
Pakistan: Sürekli Tehdit Altında Yaşam
Sosyalist hareket üyesi 3 Pakistanlı Quetta’da mezhepçi çatışmada katledildi.
Nigeria
Nigerian May Day arrests: All DSM members released [updated]
The last set of DSM members still in the detention of the state security service (SSS) in Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria, and Ibadan Oyo state, Southwest Nigeria, as of yesterday, has been released.
Bangladesh
Bangladesh building collapse: Casualties of a rotten profit system
It is said that where labour is cheap, life is cheap. This is never more so than in the recent horrific deaths of over 400 garment workers crushed in a collapsed building in Dhaka, the […]