iPhone workers go on strike in China
Sean Ambler Thu, 29/03/2012 - 09:16Hundreds of workers who make iPhones at the Foxconn factory in Shanxi Province, China have gone on strike demanding better pay and conditions. Read more...
Egypt: counter-revolution in heartland of the Arab Spring poses new challenges
Simon Hardy Thu, 29/03/2012 - 09:14The victory of the Islamists in the parliamentary elections is a dangerous sign, warns Simon Hardy Read more...
Uprising in Afghanistan after Korans burnt by US soldiers
Simon Hardy Mon, 27/02/2012 - 11:35Mass protests against the occupation and the puppet government have broken out as Afghan people are outrage over another insult by foreign troops Read more...
The Indian Trade-Union Movement – a short overview
Uslan Yentik Thu, 23/02/2012 - 11:44Uslan Yentik provides a history of the various trade union federations in India and the work of the New Trade Union Initiative Read more...
India: striking for workers rights
Uslan Yentik Mon, 20/02/2012 - 17:24Millions of workers are due to strike at the end of February demanding higher wages in what will be a massive general strike
France’s New Anticapitalist Party in Crisis
Marc Lasalle and Dave Stockton Mon, 20/02/2012 - 16:02Marc Lasalle and Dave Stockton report on the growing crisis in the NPA as it heads closer to the presidential elections Read more...
The Syrian Revolution, imperialist rivalries and the left
Statement by the League for the Fifth International Wed, 15/02/2012 - 12:58The thirtieth anniversary of the Hama massacre, in which 20,000 perished, reminds us that the Ba'athist dictatorship and the al-Assad dynasty, which has ruled Syria since 1971, is no novice when it comes to the slaughter of its own people. Famed for their intransigence, the son Bashar could say, like the father, Hafiz; "I am in blood stepped in so far that should I wade no more, returning were as tedious as go o'er." (Shakespeare's Macbeth). The regime marked the anniversary with a new massacre, killing 200 by heavy bombardment of the rebellious Khalidiya neighbourhood of Homs. Read more...
Greece: heading for a social explosion
Statement by the League for the Fifth International Tue, 14/02/2012 - 11:27On the night of 12 February, the Greek parliament adopted the latest package of savage austerity dictated by the EU, the IMF and the European Central Bank, the so-called Troika. The pro-imperialist puppet government of Prime Minister Lucas Papademos agreed to another 15,000 sackings in the public sector, the repeal of labour protection laws, and a slashing of the monthly minimum wage by 20 per cent, from €751 to €600, and pensions. Unemployment now stands at 20.9 percent with half of the young unemployed. Moreover, it is widely expected that the next meeting of the EU ministers will demand even more drastic measures. Read more...
1917 in Russia - two revolutions and a turning point in history - the first workers state. First published in 1987 this is an updated version using re-edited material serialised in Workers Power in 2007.
First published by Workers Power in 2000.