As previously reported, both Iraqi and migrant workers are the losers in the present reactionary war in Iraq. Latest reports suggest that sectarian killings are increasing, see here and here. With the number of reactionary and imperialist actors involved in this fight, alliances are very fluid and subject to change […]
Yearly Archives: 2014
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The Australian government has reached new levels of repression by conducting acts of piracy in the Indian Ocean and taking control of two boats of asylum seekers. The first boat, containing 41 people was forced back and handed over to the Sri Lankan government whose trampling of human rights is […]
It has been almost two months since the military coup in Thailand and the military is continuing to suppress dissent via detaining and arresting people. Many activists have reportedly fled the country. In recent news, Thanapol Eawsakul, a journal editor was detained for a second time and made to sign […]
As reported previously, the strike by thousands of steel workers in Warzipur in northern India has been fraught with many difficulties. This week, after remaining on strike for over a month, management finally agreed to implement the workers demands. This is a great victory for workers and an example to […]
With rising tensions among the major countries of East Asia, the Japanese government has enacted new legislation that allows the Japanese military to take offensive action. This policy shift was greeted with anti-war demonstrations of tens of thousands of people. Subsequent to this change, the Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, […]
In another case of migrant workers getting caught in political problems in their host country, over 200,000 Cambodian migrant workers ran away from Thailand fearing arrest and persecution following the military coup in Thailand. Many have come back to situations of poverty and facing a very hostile workplace climate. Earlier […]
The Israeli state has engaged in collective punishment of the Palestinian people, since the death of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank. Israeli air strikes have caused injuries and destruction, see here and here. Palestinians have been targeted in revenge attacks, including a teenaged boy who was tortured and […]
The Australian government has been accused of intercepting a boat of 153 Tamil asylum seekers, and handing them over to the Sri Lankan navy without processing their claims. According to relatives, at least 11 asylum seekers on board the boat are fleeing Sri Lanka because of torture. They fear further […]
Thousands of migrant workers from South Asia are stuck in Iraq, without work but unable to return home. Many of the workers want to flee the renewed sectarian fighting, but their employers withhold their passports. In at least one case, migrant construction workers went on strike in the city of […]
The National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) Week celebrations are held across Australia each July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Its origins can be traced to the emergence of Aboriginal groups in the 1920′s. It is a time to […]