Monster demo over TV licenses organised at five day’s notice
Dikang, Socialist Action (CWI) in Hong Kong
A huge crowd turned out in Hong Kong on Sunday to vent their anger over the government’s decision to favour two big business groups with so...
Forbes rich list says 400 wealthiest people became 150 billion US dollars wealthier last year
Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info
“The rich are getting richer,” declared Russell Flannery, the bureau chief for Forbes Shanghai. The US magazine unveile...
Thousands protest against CCP officialdom over media lies and inadequate relief efforts • Suppressed CCTV news report says official bungling aggravated flooding
chinaworker.info
The city of Yuyao in Zhejiang province was hit by the region’s wor...
Shenzhen factory workers’ representative held by police for five months
chinaworker.info
On Wednesday 23 October, Wu Guijun, a migrant worker in Shenzhen, will have been held in police detention for five months. Wu has only very recently been f...
New generation can learn from experience of Malaya Communist Party leader
CWI Malaysia
Chin Peng, the former guerrilla leader of the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM), died in Thailand on 16th September at the age of 88. His party had not been active...
Over 100 workers at McDonald's supplier fighting for equal pay and conditions
chinaworker.info
GUANGZHOU Over 100 migrant workers at Hong Kong-owned Luen Shing Industries Limited have been in dispute with the company since August. According to ...
Standing up against fascism and injustice until the end
Alexandros Prantounas, Xekinima (CWI Greece)
“On a day like this
It’s fine to die
A beautiful death,
Standing up,
In full public view”
‘Killah P’, from the CD ‘Zorya’
Ca...
Workers’ representatives held in police cells for weeks – protest against the criminalisation of workers’ struggle
chinaworker.info
A chorus of protests grows louder over the extra-legal detention of Shenzhen workers’ representative Wu Guij...
Popular Front’s alliance with ‘Nidaa Tounes’ provokes big turmoil on the left
Serge Jordan, CWI
In the aftermath of the cold murder of the left Nasserite leader Mohamed Brahmi on 25 July, a cascade of mass protests shook every corner of Tunisia...
Regime risks internal earthquake, as power struggle sharpens
Sally Tang Mei-Ching and Vincent Kolo
The outcome of the five-day trial of former top Chinese politician Bo Xilai in August wasn’t what Chinese leaders intended – in that it further e...
