Hong Kong
Hong Kong: Dockers’ strike shines a spotlight on Li Ka-shing’s business empire
Li Ka-shing owns 13 percent of the world’s port capacity and much more besides…
Around the world
Pakistan
Pakistan: May Day demonstration in Sindh
Photos of May Day demonstration in Sindh
Nigeria
Nigeria: Militarisation of May Day rallies
DSM comrades arrested and detained
Europe
Europe: EU austerity budget – cuts, cuts, cuts
Irish Presidency brought unprecedented levels of cuts to the EU budget.
Scotland
Scotland: Anti-Bedroom Tax Federation launched
Writing off of any debt accrued due to the bedroom tax, supporting the building of new social housing, opposing all cuts and austerity measures
Britain
Britain: Break with Thatcher’s legacy!
Socialist policies needed
Israel / Palestine
Israel: Social worker union prepares for the coming battle
SSM member, Suiher Daska and other left candidates were elected to the leadership of the union on the background of the coming struggles against austerity
Sri Lanka
Review: Reporting genocide in Sri Lanka
"Still Counting the Dead: Survivors of Sri Lanka’s hidden war" by Frances Harrison
Britain
Britain: MPs refuse to outlaw caste discrimination
Hundreds of people protested outside London’s Houses of Parliament on 14 April to demand that caste oppression in Britain be outlawed.
South Africa
Review: ‘South Africa – The Massacre that Changed a Nation’
A surprisingly devastating critique of the ANC’s failure to ensure ‘a better life for all’; BBC2 April 24th and online