During 2015 economic crisis continued to ravage the planet. Workers and unemployed people everywhere found themselves under attack by corporations and governments. Work harder for less, with less security and less safety, with weaker contracts, fewer regulations – these are the rules imposed on the workers of the world. To keep […]
Yearly Archives: 2016
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As reported last week, anti-racist activists right across the world took to the streets in their thousands to oppose racism and fascism and to stand in support of refugees. The international day, declared M19, was observed right across the globe over the weekend of March 19 to 21. Check out the photos and reports from many […]
An anti-racism rally has been organised in Melbourne Victoria on Sunday April 3. The rally is in response to the concerted effort by far right and fascist forces to organise and become a serious political movement in Australia. History shows that in times of economic crisis, far right and fascist […]
The city of Hong Kong has around 300,000 domestic workers, mainly women from Indonesia and the Philippines. A new report has found that the working conditions for many of them are still very oppressive, with as many as 50,000 of them working in conditions of forced labour. Unfortunately this is […]
A recent report on factories in Udyog Vihar, Haryana state, reveals that companies exploit the fact that the workers are new to the industry, and still have some families and land in the villages, to enforce long work days and piece work rates. In addition, most workers are also exploited […]
Anti-racist activists right across the world took to the streets in their thousands to oppose racism and fascism and to stand in support of refugees. The international day, declared M19, was observed right across the globe over the weekend of March 19 to 21. In Australia, the annual Palm Sunday […]
The Malaysian police have shut down a Marxism course organised by the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM), in a new escalation of state repression. The police cited reasons of public safety and violence as the reasons to shut down the course, and alleged that they had received complaints about it. […]
In another sign of the savage exploitation that workers in Pakistan have to endure, 10 coal miners were recently killed in a methane gas explosion. The disaster happened in Al-Hussaini coal mine in Kyber Pakhtoonkhaw province. Subsequent bad weather and poor rescue equipment further hampered the rescue efforts. These deaths […]
The thousands of workers employed at the new Tata factory in Gujarat face precarious employment condition, long days, low wages and unrelenting pressure to work harder. The Indian made car, the Tata, was supposed to be the pride of Indian industrial achievement but for the workers making this car, there […]
Activists in Thailand are using the proposed vote for a new constitution, which would cement the military’s role in Thai politics, to show opposition to the military junta. Given the level of repression in Thailand, activists like Anurak Jeantawanich, face constant surveillance and harassment from the authorities. In an unrelated […]