The last week has seen more Chinese workers die in coal mines due to accidents caused by unsafe working conditions. In the first case, at least three workers were killed in Jixi City when the mine flooded, with others still missing. Later in the week, an explosion at another coal […]
Monthly Archives: August 2014
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While the recent bombings in northern Iraq by the USA military have been publicised as a ‘humanitarian’ gesture, the reality is that they are primarily to protect USA assets in Erbil, including a CIA base, safeguard US oil companies, and prop up the Iraqi government. Meanwhile, most of the on […]
Amid off and on peace talks, the military aggression by Israel against Palestinians in Gaza is now well into its second month. The Palestinians are determined this time that without justice, there cannot be peace as they strive for the ending of the economic and political blockade of the Gaza […]
In a sham election process, the leader of the military coup, General Prayuth Chan-ocha, has been elected by a hand picked legislature to be the new Prime Minister of Thailand. This attempt to legitimise the military coup is undermined by the repression that the army continues to wield, click here […]
The news this week that James Foley, a journalist from the United States of America, was murdered in Iraq, has once again thrown the spotlight on the fact that hundreds of journalists are killed while doing their job. The International Federation of Journalists (IJF) has condemned this killing as well […]
It has been over three months since 24 union members at NXP semiconductors in the Philippines were sacked for trying to negotiate a new contract. The workers, their communities and their union have remained strong against this global company’s attempt to smash the union and decrease wages and conditions. Solidarity […]
As reported previously, workers in Bahrain have endured mass repression as they have struggled to open up democratic spaces. The government is now trying to neutralise workers’ power by setting up a yellow, pro-government union federation. In neighbouring Qatar, while the government is trying to deflect criticism about its appalling […]
On Saturday the 30 August, the ‘The World Congress of Families’ will be holding an international conference in Melbourne, Australia. Behind a seemingly innocent title, a number of far right organisations that espouse anti-women, anti-gay, and fundamentalist Christianity are the organisers of this conference. These organisations are a threat to […]
In Gaza and the occupied territories 1,965 Palestinians have been confirmed dead from Israeli attacks and 370,000 displaced in Gaza alone. Meanwhile Palestinian activists are still being arrested, including some who were released in earlier prisoner-swap deals with Israel. Anti-Israel protests continue around the world, including an occupation of the […]
In a long running dispute that began almost four years ago at the Swiss company of Syngenta, fifty workers are still fighting to have their contracts made permanent, while the sacked union leader is also still battling to get his job back. Syngenta is a global company specialising in the […]