Lower numbers reflect need for clear strategy of mass action against authoritarian rule
Socialist Action reporters
For the 16th year running tens of thousands of Hong Kong people turned out on Sunday July 1 for the annual ‘7.1’ anti-governm...
Yet again Hong Kong organised a powerful act of defiance on 1989 massacre anniversary
Vincent Kolo, Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong)
Around 115,000 people, Hong Kongers plus thousands of mainland visitors, turned out for this year’s June...
‘Mongkok riot’ trials reveal a political agenda to deter the younger generation from resisting repression
Dikang, Socialist Action
Hong Kongers young and old have been shocked and outraged by the six-year jail sentence served on former localis...
Strikes by truck drivers in more than 12 regions confirms growing trend of ‘multi-province’ industrial action
chinaworker.info reporters
Truck drivers across China have taken part in strikes and protests over increased fuel costs and road tolls a...
‘Historic’ deal shows US power in decline and bigger storms ahead
chinaworker.info reporters
President Donald Trump met North Korea’s Kim Jong-un in Singapore on 12 June. The summit has been hailed as historic. Trump, true to form, also seems to ha...
Statement by Solidarity / Socialist Party Members of Parliament, Ruth Coppinger, Paul Murphy and Mick Barry
A massive 66.4 percent voted ‘Yes’ in the 25 May referendum, to overturn the ban on abortion (‘8th Amendment’). This is a political earthqu...
'Historic' agreement reached in Singapore is high on symbolism but low on substance
Editorial from Offensiv, weekly newspaper of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden) from 14 June 2018.
Despite all the commotion, the actual outcome of ...
Metal tariffs trigger angry reaction from US allies while talks in Beijing stall
Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info
The world has moved closer to a trade war on multiple fronts as Trump’s administration rolls out its aggressive ‘America First’ ...
2017 saw the weakest full-year improvement in air quality since the start of Beijing’s “war against pollution”
Dikang, chinaworker.info
The new Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) was unveiled at the March National People’s Congress (NPC) ...
Escalation of tit-for-tat conflict between world’s largest economies
By Vincent Kolo
The trade conflict between China and the US has escalated in recent weeks. Beijing initially believed it could ‘manage’ relations with the unstable US admini...
