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LSD legislator from Hong Kong to speak in support of young socialist Zhang Shujie, forced to flee China chinaworker.info Hong Kong legislator ‘Long Hair’ Leung Kwok-hung is in Sweden to attend a seminar in the Riksdag (parliament) on state repr...

Repression against left activists increasing in China By CWI reporters The ongoing and intensifying state crackdown in China, increasingly targeting left activists and critics, is highlighted by the case of 24-year old Zhang Shujie, a supporter...

Two-weeks imprisonment for protest action against MTR fare rises is part of government drive to criminalise struggle Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong) reporters The verdict from Hong Kong’s Eastern Magistrates’ Court yesterday is an ominous w...

Socialist Action protests against racist march • Recent anti-migrant propaganda originates from Government House Dikang, Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong) On Sunday 9 October, the racist network ‘Caring Hong Kong Power’ (CHKP) gathered around...

August’s explosive events revealed a class society in crisis Sarah Sachs-Eldridge, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales), first published in Socialism Today On Thursday 4 August police shot dead Mark Duggan on the streets of Tottenham. Loca...

Thousands of farmers and students join protest marches in at least six cities Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info At the time of writing it seems China’s rulers have succeeded in quelling a daring weeklong wave of street protests in Inner Mongolia. ...

500,000 protest votes against the political establishment and fake democracy – crucial lessons in the struggle for democratic rights By Dikang and Jen Left, Socialist Action The first anniversary of the ‘516’ elections in Hong Kong is an occasi...

New foreword to the traditional Chinese edition of ‘Tiananmen 1989 – Seven Weeks That Shook The World’ Dikang, Socialist Action (CWI Hong Kong) This book about the bloody Beijing massacre of June 4, 1989, was first published in simplified Chine...

140 killed and 800 injured in worst ethnic clashes for decades in China’s Muslim-majority region Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.infoA peaceful sit-down protest in the capital city Ürümqi by around 300 Uighurs, the Turkic-speaking minority that is the dom...

China’s government is more afraid than ever of mass struggle The 20th anniversary of the mass movement that ended in the Beijing massacre shows that the spirit of struggle is alive in China and Hong Kong. Despite the best efforts of the Chines...