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Calls for increased welfare spending and affordable housing are deafening, but this government only listens to the rich Dikang, Socialist Action John Tsang’s sixth budget presented at the end of February resembles all the others – stingy beyond...

CCP leader Xi Jinping three times wealthier than the whole British cabinet Vincent Kolo On March 5, the world’s wealthiest-by-far political assemblies will open for business in Beijing. The annual sessions of the NPC and it’s sister body CPPCC ...

Villagers in Shangpu occupy public square and demand democratic vote over land seizures Zhang Shujie and Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info Yet another Guangdong village has risen in revolt against illicit land sales. Yet another tense standoff is ...

But Park Geun-hye’s right-wing agenda will face mounting mass resistance CWI reporters in South Korea On 25 February, Park Geun-hye of the right-wing Saenuri (New Frontier) party, and daughter of assassinated military dictator Park Chung-hee, w...

For a mass struggle of workers and poor to defeat imperialism and fundamentalist reaction Leila Messaoudi, Gauche Révolutionnaire (CWI in France) The sudden decision for a direct French military intervention in Northern Mali has not come from n...

We wish all our readers and supporters a Happy New Year  chinaworker.info As families gather to celebrate the Spring Festival, chinaworker.info wishes to extend greetings to working class communities everywhere. While we take time to enjoy the ...

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 ...