Pakistan
Pakistan: Massacres of the Pashtoon peoples
America’s bloody imperialist war in Afghanistan spills into Pakistan
Around the world
USA
US: ‘Fannie Mae’ and ‘Freddie Mac’ mortgage banks nationalisation
Sign of deepening economic crisis
USA
US: “Some kind of populist uprising needs to happen”
Anti-war activist challenges Nancy Pelosi, Democratic House Speaker, for Congress
Egypt
Egypt: Fire at parliament’s upper house exposes Mubarak’s regime
Scandal and corruption of elite while masses on breadline
Georgia
Russia/Georgia: War exposes limits of West
Major capitalist powers jockey for influence at expense of peoples of the region
Pakistan
Pakistan: Water and sanitation workers’ protest
Struggle over pay and conditions in Balochistan province
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Government uses war to steam-roller victory in provincial elections
Opposition trounced but United Socialist Party still biggest left force
South Africa
South Africa: General Strike paralyses the country
Workers feel their power
Pakistan
Pakistan: General Musharraf resigns as president
Will this end the country’s political crisis?
Malaysia
Malaysia: Growing political uncertainty amid global economic slowdown
Independent working class policies vital