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Women of different nationalities are out on the streets protesting for women’s rights. Socialist Action reporters International Women’s Day, celebrated annually on 8 March, is a day to commemorate the struggle of women for their rights. ...

Wage gap has widened and sex discrimination in the job market is rampant Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info China Central Television’s gala to celebrate the Lunar New Year is reportedly the most watched television programme in the world. It is broa...

The Hong Kong government is hoarding cash for an eventual bailout of bankers and speculators as financial storms gather in mainland China Dikang, Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong) There was a strong sense of déjà vu about the budget presented...

Popular mood shows anti-austerity socialist policies would win huge support Nicos Anastasiades, Xekinima (CWI Greece) On 20 February, Greek negotiators agreed a four month extension of the current bailout programme with its creditors (the Troik...

Four billionaires ‘created’ every week while workers fight to collect their wages chinaworker.info The world’s biggest annual migration is under way with the majority of China’s 270 million migrant workers making their way home to provinces far...

50 years since the assassination of the black revolutionary Hugh Caffrey February 21 marks 50 years since the assassination of the black revolutionary activist Malcolm X. As the United States is shaken by mass protests in hundreds of cities aga...

Campaigners against government’s water tax are targeted in police crackdown Socialist Action (CWI) reporters A police crackdown in Ireland has so far seen 17 people arrested for taking part in protests against austerity polices and the governme...

Hong Kong court finds employer guilty of torture-like crimes Vincent Kolo, Socialist Action (CWI) in Hong Kong Tuesday 10 February will be remembered as an important date in the long struggle of migrant domestic workers against abuse and discri...

China’s leaders in tough balancing act between growing debt mountain and falling growth rate chinaworker.info China’s central bank (PBOC) announced on Wednesday 4 February a half percentage point cut in banks’ reserve requirement ratio (RRR) in...

Right-wing pan democrats floating new “compromise” proposals Dikang, Socialist Action (CWI) in Hong Kong The demonstration on Sunday 1 February from Hong Kong’s Victoria Park was the first mass mobilisation since the epic Umbrella Revolution. T...