Workers at Bosch, a vehicle industry components manufacturing company, have been on strike since September 26. They are demanding more pay and better benefits like medical facilities and hospital expenses. On October 10, the Karnataka government declared the strike illegal, and then on October 14, 150 striking workers were arrested. […]
Monthly Archives: October 2014
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It has been over 20 years since the Royal Commission into the horrific death rate of Aboriginal people in Australian jails. While there were over 300 recommendations from that investigation, very few have been implemented and Aboriginal people are still dying in jail. No one has ever been found guilty […]
The situation has intensified once again in Hong Kong after protesters re-took the streets in protest against new guidelines for the 2017 elections, which state that only Beijing-approved candidates will appear on the ballot paper. The Hong Kong Social Workers Union marched on to the steps of police headquarters to […]
October 17-25 is a week of action to free Ahmad Sa’adat, Georges Ibrahim Abdallah and all Palestinian Prisoners. As previously reported, thousands of Palestinian prisoners are languishing in Israeli prisoners. Many have been on hunger strikes in the past, and many continue to be. Free Our Comrades Free all Palestinian […]
Patiwat and Pornthip are the two latest victims of Thailand’s repressive Lese Majeste Laws. They’ve been charged with participated in the play, "The Wolf Bride" on the fortieth anniversary of the 14 October 1973 people's uprising in 2013. Another activist, Jaran Ditapichai has also been charged with Lese Majeste in […]
There has been a marked increase in the number of strike actions taken by workers in China. The manufacturing industry still accounts for most of these strikes, but there has been a noticeable increase across the construction industry. In China’s slumping property market, property developers are faced with increased creditors […]
As previously reported, Iraq and Syria have become theatres of death where imperialist, reactionary and fundamentalist groups are using warfare to carve out areas of influence, control and profit. In the small area of northern Syria, in and around the town of Kobane, the brutal and calculating results of these […]
The Sedition Act in Malaysia was created in 1948 by the British colonial government to stifle pro-independence activities. After independence, use of this Act by the Malaysian government was not widespread because the Internal Security Act (ISA) was the preferred method of silencing critics. After much community pressure, the ISA […]
The use of detention and imprisonment by the Israeli occupation forces is a long-used tactic to harass, intimidate and weaken Palestinian resistance to the occupation. A new report highlights the extent of this policy, by reporting that there are over 7,000 Palestinians in Israeli jails, many of whom are sick, […]
All over the world, one of the ways that employers and the State keep women un-organised is through the use of sexual violence against them. A group of women workers in the industrial area of KBN Cakung in Jakarta are making a film, see trailer, as the next step in […]