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...
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.
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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...
