Yearly Archives: 2015

As reported previously, workers in South Korea are facing sustained attacks on their rights and wages by government and companies. Many sectors are fighting back (see here, here and here) but this week, unions united with a number of other groups to stage a mass rally calling on the government […]

This year has seen a marked increase in mobilisations by a number of racist, far right and fascist organisations throughout Australia (see here and here). These mobilisations have been countered by a number of labour, anti-racist and anti-fascist activists. Unfortunately, the far right is continuing to organise and have called […]

The seafood industry is one of the most exploitative sectors in Thailand, abusing mainly migrant workers from neighbouring Myanmar. For workers, the ability to organise has decreased since the military took over last year. Nevertheless, this week, around 1,500 workers employed at the Golden Prize tuna canning factory went out […]

A worker was murdered and another three were injured last week, in two separate attacks against writers and publishers in Bangladesh. These incidents are not isolated. This year alone, there have been four internet bloggers murdered orchestrated by fundamentalist forces, both within and outside the government, to stifle debate on […]

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 […]

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 […]