Australia’s brutal treatment of asylum seekers and refugees has claimed another victim, with the death of an Iranian Kurdish man, Fazel Chegeni. He had been detained in the detention facility on Christmas Island. A riot subsequently broke out in the detention centre with asylum seekers protesting against the conditions of […]
Monthly Archives: November 2015
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While the use and production of asbestos is banned in many industrialised countries, asbestos continues to be used widely in less industrialised countries. The use of asbestos is very widespread in parts of Asia, with an increasing number of local organisations being formed in an attempt to stop its use. […]
In Paris, the product of the slaughter unleashed by Western powers on the Middle East has returned home in the form of murder. Racist backlash and more war is to follow. This was the aim of the terrorist operation. This is also the aim of the Western governments, who want a return […]
In Australia this year we have seen a marked increase in mobilisations by a number of racist, far right and fascist organisations. These mobilisations have been countered by labour and anti-racist activists. But the far right is continuing to organise and they have called a new round of demonstration for Sunday 22 […]
At least 25 workers were killed and over 100 injured earlier this week, when the four storey factory that they were working in collapsed on them. This collapse is just the latest criminal disaster that has killed workers in Pakistan (see here) and has sad echoes of the Rana Plaza […]
The collapse of a building under construction in the central Chinese city of Beiwudu in Wuyang county, which killed 17 workers and injured many others, is unfortunately not an isolated incident. Latest reports put the number of major structural building failures so far this year at over 80, causing deaths […]
For the last few years, Indonesian workers have staged massive protests in an ongoing attempt to achieve a living wage. The last twelve months has seen deteriorating economic conditions and increasing number of workers being dismissed. Nevertheless, workers have continued to organise and protest. At the end of October, over […]
The conditions that migrant workers have to endure in the rich Gulf countries of West Asia have been well documented before (see here). The Kafala system in force in countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE, is one of the main reasons that workers are left powerless and often […]
While the recent upsurge of violence in Israel and the Occupied Territories has been well documented, the reality is that normal life is becoming impossible for most Palestinians. The reality for Palestinians is that any show of peaceful popular dissent is targeted by the Israeli military and police apparatus, including […]
As reported last month, truck drivers employed by the large food company Pulmuone have undertaken strike actions against low pay rates, long hours and unsafe working conditions. The company has not only refused to negotiate, but have kept up unrelenting pressure on workers aided by the actions of police and […]