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Five women activists released in rare climb down by Beijing regime chinaworker.info reporters The five feminists whose detention over a month ago sparked a global protest campaign were released on Monday 13 April. The women’s release represents...

Police in Beijing change the charge against five jailed women activists to “disturbing public order” Sally Tang Mei-ching, Socialist Action in Hong Kong “Feminism is not a crime” rang out across Hong Kong’s Times Square, along with chants of “f...

Release the five women activists in China! Statement by Defend Chinese Feminists Campaign Five young women known for their “guerrilla art” style of raising awareness on women’s rights were arrested on the eve of International Women's Day, 8 Mar...

Socialist Action’s 2011 District Council election campaign resulted in new recruits, experience and publicity for a socialist alternative Dikang, Socialist Action We republish this article from 29 November 2011 about that year’s District Counci...

Its Tory-oriented anti-immigration, anti-EU rhetoric has been adapted to a right-wing populism aimed at winning voters fed up with the political establishment Hannah Sell, Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales) The UK Independence Party (...

Has the commemoration of International Women’s Day also now been outlawed in China? Sally Tang Mei-Ching, Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong) The Chinese dictatorship celebrated International Women’s Day by arresting women activists, a move tha...

Palestine’s team does not even have a national stadium – It’s twice been reduced to rubble by the Israeli army J M Roy, Socialist Action (CWI Hong Kong) Following the Palestine National Football Team around the country in a major tournament mig...

Dangers of “moderation” and domestication Danny Byrne, CWI Greece’s election of a Syriza-led government has encouraged anti-austerity Left forces throughout crisis-ravaged Europe and beyond. Nowhere is this more the case then in Spain, where a ...

More than a third of China’s top 100 billionaires sit in the national ‘parliament’ David Hundorf, chinaworker.info China’s ornamental ‘parliament’ the National People’s Congress (NPC) opens its annual session on Thursday in Beijing. The meeting...

International Women’s Day leaflet from Socialist Action (CWI supporters) in Hong Kong Fight against discrimination and violence against women For equal pay and strong public services Socialist Action will join thousands of others fighting fo...