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Mahmoud Beheshti Langroodi was released last Tuesday after judicial authorities at Evin prison agreed to temporarily release him on condition he terminate his hunger strike. Mahmoud had been in prison since mid-October and had been on a hunger strike for 21 days. The situation for workers in Iran is very […]

The uprising and subsequent civil war in Syria has not only devastated that country but has become a theatre of war for competing local, regional and imperialist powers. The recent direct military intervention of Russia has led to a realignment of some of these forces. The losers of this war […]

The last few years has seen an increasing number of workers coming to Australia on a number of different visa status. The increasing use of temporary workers has also led to an increase in the exploitation of these workers (see here, here and here). The most recent example to come […]

Despite the continued and ongoing repression by the Israeli army and police forces, widespread resistance by Palestinians against the Occupation continues. Thousands of Palestinians are in Israeli jails, while every day more are targeted for detention. In the last couple of days of this week, another three Palestinians were killed […]

While a recent report has put the number of refugees and displaced people in the world at 60 million, the highest ever, the Australian government continues to implement its draconian and cruel anti-refugee policies. For International Human Rights Day on 10 December, a series of protests were held around Australia, […]

The last few months in South Korea have seen a number of mobilisations by workers in defence of their rights and conditions amid a continual crackdown by the South Korean government (see here, here, here and here). This repression culminated this week with the arrest of Hang Sang Kyun, the […]

In an escalation of the ongoing targeting of unions in Australia via a Royal Commission (see here and here), this week two leaders, John Setka and Shaun Reardon, of the powerful Construction union (CFMEU) in the southern state of Victoria were arrested. They were charged with blackmail in relation to […]

The campaign by garment workers for a living wage of US $177/month has seen a number of actions in the last few weeks culminating in the global day of action on 10 December. In addition to mobilisations in Cambodia itself, a number of solidarity actions were held around the world […]

Coimbatore in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu had been a textile manufacturing hub for many years before turning into an automotive parts centre in recent years. The area has also been a site of continual industrial struggles as workers defend their rights to secure employment and a living […]

China has for many years been the ‘factory’ of the world due to its low wage and high output production formula. A recent report into the toy manufacturing industry is the latest of a line of reports exposing the human toll of the Chinese economic miracle. The report found an […]