The last week has seen a number of industrial incidents claiming the lives of several workers. In Ahmedabad, five workers were killed when they were overcome by poisonous fumes while cleaning an effluent tank. A sixth worker died in hospital the day after. In eastern India, nine workers were killed […]
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In a tragic incident, at least six workers were killed, with many others injured, when a fire engulfed their textile factory in Munshiganj, near the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka. The Ideal Textile Mill factory was located in a mixed residential and industrial area in a multi storey building. The fire was […]
This week we learnt of the sad death of an Indigenous comrade from the northern state of Queensland, Australia, who was one of the central figures in the fight to recover their Stolen Wages. Our brother had started working in 1948 at the age of eight and was the face […]
This week, the anti-military junta and democracy activist Suthachai Yimprasert died peacefully at the age of 61. Suthachai had a long history of activism and was a survivor of the massacre of hundreds of students by the military on October 6, 1976 at Thammasat University. Suthachai was a lifelong opponent […]
Textiles workers at the Bravo Tekstil factory in Istanbul, Turkey are taking action after their factory suddenly closed down. There are about 140 workers at this factory and they claim that apart from their severance pay, they are also owed around three months’ wages. Most of the production of the […]
The imprisoned labour activist Reza Shahabi, this week temporarily halted his prison hunger strike after seven weeks. His decision to suspend his hunger strike was as a result of the promises made by a senior intelligence official that they would address Reza’s concerns. Given the repression and treachery of the […]
A coalition of religious conservatives and far right groups have again come together to organise a rally against women’s right to choose. Abortions were finally decriminalised in the state of Victoria in 2008, but there are still many barriers to working class women in Australia in realising their choices. The […]
In a horrifying industrial incident, Dhirendra Verma and Dilip Kumar Verma, were killed when the crushing mill they were inspecting started functioning again. Three other workers who were also inside managed to escape with only minor injuries. For workers at this company, Ambuja Cement, located in Chhattisgarh’s Balodabazar district, central […]
The escalating war of words between US President Trump and North Korean Chairman Kim, is dangerously increasing tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Given the destruction that the USA military caused in North Korea during the war in the early 1950’s, and its use of nuclear weapons on Japan in 1945, […]
The 45th anniversary of the declaration of martial law by the late dictator Ferninand Marcos on September 21 was used by activists to stage a major demonstration against the policies of the current government of President Duterte. All the major labour and progressive groups were present in these protests against […]