China’s dictatorship is haunted by the prospect of a new mass revolt
Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info
On 15 April 1989 Hu Yaobang, the former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, died of a heart attack. This became the start signal ...
What are the lessons of the island’s ‘sunflower movement’?
Taiwan has witnessed an unprecedented mass protest movement since 18 March when around 200 students occupied the main chamber of the Legislative Yuan (parliament) to stop the ratification ...
Demonstrators call for trade pact to be withdrawn and for president to step down
CWI reporters in Taipei
This was the biggest demonstration in Taiwan’s history. In a clear sign that the island’s mass protest movement is gaining rather than losi...
Tensions between powers worsen
Niall Mulholland, CWI
Crimea’s 16 March referendum saw an overwhelming majority vote in favour of joining Russia. According to the claimed official result, 96.77% voted ‘for’ integration and turnout was 83.1%. Ten...
Thursday 18th September is referendum day in Scotland. Discussions are taking place in workplaces, colleges, schools and communities all across the country. The run-up to September will be dominated by debate on how to vote and what might an independ...
Down with undemocratic Kuomintang rule – for a Taiwan-wide student strike as the next step!
Sally Tang Mei-ching in Taipei and Vincent Kolo
Tens of thousands of protesters have filled the streets around the occupied Taiwanese legislature for th...
Sexism, discriminatory laws and poverty hit women hard in China’s richest city
Sally Tang Mei-ching and Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info
For the fourth year in a row Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong) took the initiative to a public rally on In...
Long live working class internationalism in action! An example for other sectors.
Danny Byrne, CWI
Against the international backdrop, in which bosses and governments inflict a ‘shock and awe’ agenda of attack after attack on working people acr...
A mass movement must be built based on the working class
James Langdon, CWI Taiwan
The Ma government in Taiwan is desperately trying to lock in discussions with China over a trade agreement in goods. The urgency behind their attempts is shi...
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...
George Martin Fell Brown, Socialist Alternative (ISA in the United States)
(This article was first published on 1 June 2025)
As the Trump administra...
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