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CHINA/HONG KONG Call for support of Hong Kong’s independent labour movement launched by the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions HKCTU
Please find below, the call launched by the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions HKCTU on 13 February as the trial of its General Secretary Lee Cheuk-yan is about to begin after the arrest of its President Carol Ng last month. We invite you to respond with a short message in English to hkctu@hkctu.org.hk (see…
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“Social murder…at the very least” Editorial of La Tribune des Travailleurs (Workers’ Tribune) Issue no.277 – 17 February 2021 published by the POID (Independent and democratic Workers Party)
By Daniel Gluckstein “Murder is an emotive word. In law, it requires premeditation. (…) How could “murder” apply to failures of a pandemic response? Perhaps it can’t, and never will, but it is worth considering.” This is how the editorial in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), published at the start of this month, began. The…
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CHINA/HONG KONG Release and Drop all Charges Against all the Trade Unionists Arrested!
On the morning of January 6, 2021, as part of a wave of arrests, Carol Ng, president of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU), Winnie Yu Wai-ming, president of the Hospital Authority Employees Alliance Trade Union, and other HKCTU activists were arrested. An interview with Carol Ng, president of the Hong Kong Confederation…
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CHINA/HONG-KONG « The severe attack against the resistant force will accumulate the anger of the society » — Chan Ka Wai, Executive Director, Labour Action China, Hong Kong
The Chinese Government wishes to devastate the resistant force in Hong Kong by the controversal Ordiance of Public Order. In the past, it was almost not used anymore, but now it is heavily used to limit the civil rights and to charge the activists. Moreover, it is a way to stop active social activists to…
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THAILAND “The people want a political reform, and the first step is to oust the military junta”
It began among students and young people. The military regime that has been in place since 2014 (1) imposed a dark period for the democratic movement. The « flash mobs » of February 2020 (2) gave new hope. The second stage of the mobilization took place in the summer of 2020, when new strata of students and…
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BURUNDI A census? The working class has no ethnicity
Imperialism is always on the lookout for ways to continue the demolition of the productive forces, starting with the working class and its organizations. On October 26, 2020, a nationwide census of civil servants began, as announced by the Minister of Public Administration. One hundred and nine (109) questions were asked to the workers in…
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UNITED STATES A massive repudiation of Trump… which makes independent workers’ politics more necessary than ever…
On November 7, the French POID had intended to organize a mass rally. The rally was not authorized by the authorities. The POID then said they wished to demonstrate. The demonstration was banned. A video rally was organised with the participation of thousands of workers. Comrade Alan Benjamin editor of Socialist Organizer (Etats-Unis) spoke at…
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BOLIVIA “A Genuine Victory of the People” — Interview with a Bolivian Labour Activist from El Alto about the Meaning of the October 18 Presidential Election
What is your assessment of the outcome of the October 18 presidential election that saw the defeat of the candidates who had supported the November 2019 military coup “Made in the USA” and overthrown President Evo Morales? The election marked a genuine victory of the Bolivian people. It was an overwhelming vote against the right-wing,…
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BELARUS « The outcome of the struggle against the dictatorship depends on the working class » — Interview with a member of the strike committee of the Remontajstroy plant in the city of Soligorsk
Our correspondents sent us this interview published on October 18 in the Polymïa (“The Flame”) newsletter, which states: “The eyes of the demonstrators are focused on the companies. Few dispute that the outcome of the struggle against the dictatorship depends on the working class. All hopes are focused on Soligorsk, the ‘miners capital’ (of the…
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NIGERIA Popular uprising against police brutality and oppression
Nigeria ranks first as Africa’s economy with the largest population in the continent. Currently, an important popular uprising is under way. It started at the beginning of October launched on the social networks to denounce police brutality and has now grown to a full-scale movement against the ruling power. If the origin of the movement…
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