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Fight against corruption at welfare contractor ISS leads to the ‘pinnacle of power’ in Hong Kong’s government Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info “Who took our money? ISS! Who sponsors corruption? CY’s wife!” This was one of the chants as over 60 re...

Main pro-Union (anti-independence) parties step up campaign ahead of independence referendum Philip Stott, Socialist Party Scotland (CWI) The growing conflict over Scottish independence has dramatically escalated following the coordinated inter...

Massive environmental destruction the true cost of nuclear power Dikang, chinaworker.info The nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in March 2011 was the second worst nuclear disaster ever, after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine...

Fight for a living wage met by brutal government crackdown David Hundorf, chinaworker.info When we march on International Women’s Day, 2014, special recognition should be accorded the women garment workers of Cambodia who staged a magnificent n...

Shock and disbelief as 29 are hacked to death at railway station Editorial statement, chinaworker.info The massacre at Kunming’s railway station on March 1 –known as the ‘3.1 incident’ – must rank as one of the most shocking acts of terrorism i...

Campaigning for WASP socialist alternative at May polls By Liv Shange, Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI South Africa) As South African President Jacob Zuma, last Friday, announced that the country’s next general elections will be held on May ...

‘Occupy SWD’ accuses government of covering up abuses by its private refugee welfare contractor ISS-HK Around 50 refugees with their families set up a protest camp outside the offices of the Social Welfare Department (SWD) in Hong Kong’s Wan Chai ...

But pro-western, right wing regime consolidates power Ukraine has seen the dramatic overthrow of corrupt and authoritarian president Viktor Yanukovich. But the lack of a working class alternative allowed reactionary forces, with western imperialis...

　 Banned in China – Socialist magazine celebrates 5 years of publication! Socialist magazine The March-April issue of Chinese language Socialist (社会主义者‏) magazine is out on the streets in Hong Kong. Next week the Taiwan and mainland China ed...

Kelly Bellin (Socialist Alternative CWI USA) Unless drastic action is taken to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases, the planet will heat up by a minimum of 4ºC by 2100, according to the most recent research. That takes the global forecast up t...