Following high profile cases such as those of Julian Assange and Dominique Strauss Kahn, there has been much debate recently about rape and sexual assault.
Sarah Wrack, first published in "Socialism Today, magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI Eng...
South African press announces founding of Workers’ and Socialist Party
socialistworld.net
Having already reported here on the important launch of the Workers’ and Socialist Party, a new party for the mass of South African workers, initiated by ...
HKSM driving instructors sacked for forming trade union – show your solidarity!
Jaco, Socialist Action (CWI) in Hong Kong
Three driving instructors, two of whom have been sacked, from Hong Kong School of Motoring (HKSM), started a hunger strike...
Last weekend’s air pollution levels in Beijing were 40 times WHO safety limits
chinaworker.info reporters
“I love our city, but I refuse to be a human vacuum cleaner!” This was one of thousands of comments from Beijingers via social media last ...
CCP dictatorship employs familiar ‘carrot-and-stick’ tactics to quell protests, but for how long?
Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info
The strike last week by journalists at the Southern Weekend newspaper in Guangzhou was a courageous protest against...
Open letter from 70 intellectuals warns of “violent revolution” without a change of course
chinaworker.info
Warnings of revolution in China are coming thick and fast as Xi Jinping and his new leadership team take the helm. An open letter callin...
Marchers demand Chief Executive CY Leung’s resignation and one person one vote
Dikang, Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong)
An estimated 130,000 joined protest marches on 1 January against Hong Kong’s leader Leung Chun-ying, also known as “CY”. ...
How to decipher changes at the top and the new CCP leadership’s emphasis on “deeper reform”?
Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info
Xi Jinping, the new general secretary of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party), has lost no time establishing an image as a ...
Election sees big defeat for incumbent Democratic Party
chinaworker.info
Shinzo Abe and the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) swept the Japanese election on 16 December, gaining 294 seats in the 480 seat lower house. Together with its junior coali...
Only mass struggle against capitalism and for safe clean alternatives can avert a climate catastrophe
This year's climate negotiations, “COP 18” (UN Conference of the Parties) took place in Doha, Qatar, from 26 November to 7 December, with represe...
Imperialism and the quest for global hegemony is behind the rare earth battle
Li Yong and Moby, chinaworker.info
Rare earth elements are considered ...
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