The last few weeks have not been kind to workers in Pakistan. Following the fire at the shipbreaking yard a month ago, injured workers and families of those who died have not yet received any compensation. The 1,500 workers employed at the PepsiCo plant in Lahore are still fighting for […]
Monthly Archives: December 2016
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The suffering and casualty toll to working class communities has only increased in the last few months with the latest military offensives in Aleppo, Syria and Mosul, Iraq. Both of the wars in Syria and Iraq have seen the involvement of multiple reactionary and imperialist forces. The last few months […]
The period under the dictatorial rule of President Marcos between 1972 until 1981 is characterised by the routine beatings, arrests and murders of labour and human rights activists. President Marcos was expelled via a popular uprising in 1981 and died in the USA a few years later. The current Filipino […]
AAWL is concluding this year’s series of film fundraisers by turning its focus to Africa with the screening of ‘The First Grader’. The film takes a personal story to focus on the failed Mau Mau national liberation movement and the struggle by former activists to be recognised in an independent […]