Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, par ZHANG Yueran
What the world remembers about the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests were the students. But above all, it was a mass workers’ uprising for socialist democracy.
Public discourse on the 1989 Tiananmen Democracy Movement has been dominated by two narratives. The most prevalent interprets the (...)
, by The Irrawaddy
The brutality of Myanmar’s junta has unmasked the generals in command but also influential Buddhist monks who were previously revered as significant religious figures.
Ashin Chekinda was known for his Buddhist programs for teenagers during the holidays, attracting hundreds of youngsters (...)
, by KADIRGAMAR Ahilan
Since the end of the war, Sri Lanka’s economy is being transformed through a rapid process of financialisation. Such widespread financialisation facilitated infrastructure development, a real estate boom linked to urbanisation and expansion of credit leading to increasing indebtedness of the (...)
, by NUPL (Philippines)
Military, police and politicians should stop labelling civic activists as terrorists!
1. Concept
In an article published by the International Peace Observers network (IPON)”,” red tagging” or “red baiting”
“describes the practice of state actors to publicly and detractively classify (...)
, by Mujibnagar Union Landless Cooperative Samity of Charfashion Upazila
Today, November 30, 2022, Bakul Begum, the leader of Ward No. 9 Mujibnagar Union Landless Cooperative Samity of Charfashion Upazila of Bhola District, Central Leader of Bangladesh Kishani Sabha, wife of Alam Bachchu, Central Member of Bangladesh Krishok Federation and President of Bhola (...)
, by DALE Gareth
“The present white paper movement is irreducibly Chinese, defined by that country’s extremely harsh lockdowns and ultra-repressive governance. And yet, in another sense, it is universal. It’s the latest in a series of emancipatory struggles that have arisen during these turbulent years of pandemic (...)
, by ASH Alec
In March 2020, after a panicked six weeks of chaos while Covid-19 spread in Wuhan and out, life in China returned to almost normal just as the rest of the world went into lockdown. By that summer, an image of thousands of swimmers without facemasks crowded in a Wuhan public pool became a symbol (...)
, by LI Promise
People in China are taking mass action to challenge authoritarian rule, capitalist exploitation, and a deadly lockdown policy. Socialists around the world can work in solidarity to support this movement. Here’s how.
The current protests in China signal one of the largest mass mobilizations in (...)
, by Yun Dong
Young, angry protesters in Shanghai confronted the police that encircled them, calling for freedom and shouting, “Aren’t you supposed to serve the people?!” Hundreds had gathered in the evening of November 26th on Urumqi Road in Shanghai, which has served as the symbolic site to hold vigils to pay (...)
, by FRIEDMAN Eli, GOODMAN Amy
Unprecedented protests have erupted in multiple Chinese cities over President Xi Jinping’s strict zero-COVID policies, which have resulted in extended strict lockdowns across the country. The protests were triggered by a deadly fire Thursday at an apartment building in Urumqi, the capital of (...)
, by Chinese and Hong Kong socialists
This is an expanded version of a letter written by Chinese and Hong Kong socialists on the mainland and overseas on the night of 26 November 2022, when protests first erupted. The abridged Chinese version first appeared in Borderless Movement on 27 November. This version has been revised (...)
, by SRIDHAR Devi
The zero-Covid policy is damaging the economy, but to reverse it risks loss of life, economic damage and the emergence of new variants
Protesters across China have made one thing very clear: after three years of harsh restrictions, many people are tired of their government’s pursuit of an (...)
, by McMURRAY James
From Xinjiang to Shanghai and Beijing, protests are creating a rare sense of unity that Xi Jinping cannot afford to allow
China’s heavy-handed zero-Covid policy was intended to save lives. Now, it’s having devastating consequences. Last week, a fire killed at least 10 people, including children, (...)
, by FRIEDMAN Eli
Protests in China are shining a light not only on the country’s draconian population management but restrictions on workers everywhere.
For a few days in April, my timeline was dominated by images of a ninety-five-year-old woman in Shanghai battling with the “Big Whites”—government workers and (...)
, by DAVIDSON Helen , YU Verna
Beijing students shout ‘freedom will prevail’, as Urumqi fire prompts levels of disobedience unprecedented in Xi era
Police officers detain people during a protest against Covid curbs in Shanghai. 02:07 ’Xi Jinping, step down!’: anti-lockdown protests spread across China – video
Protests against (...)
, by CHIH-CHUNG Chen, PEI-JU Teng
Taipei, Nov. 26 (CNA) Student groups and NGOs expressed their disappointment Saturday evening at the failure of a referendum initiative that would have lowered the voting age in Taiwan from 20 to 18, and they hinted at other steps to address the issue.
The referendum, which asked voters to (...)
, by WIJEDASA Namini
Sri Lanka’s embassies have repeatedly warned the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and other authorities of glaring shortcomings in the handling of local labour in West Asia–including an urgent need for Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) attachés in these missions to have minimum (...)
Following article is based on the presentation made by the writer at the 4th International Research Symposium titled ‘Sri Lanka in crisis: Search for a way out’ organised by the National Centre for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences.
Let me begin by providing a brief critique of (...)
, by ABBAS Zaigum
Though the Pakistani politics was always dominated by the security establishment, a new consensus, however, emerged after the ouster of General Pervaiz Musharraf in 2008.
This consensus allowed for a hybrid democracy and return of the exiled political leadership. The hybrid democracy meant (...)
, by HIOE Brian
The 2022 midterm elections have, in some ways, been characterized by the absence of any animating core issue.
In part, this is due to the fact that local elections–also referred to as nine-in-one elections–are not primarily about cross-strait relations. Instead, they are focused on local, (...)
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