Laos

Laos Reaps Bitter Harvest of The Secret War: Ian MacKinnon

Article on the effects of cluster bombing of the nation of Laos during the Vietnam war, decades after the conflict ended.

Workers' struggles in East Asia (April 2014)

Submitted by Spartacus on May 17 2014 09:04
Workers at a shoe factory supplying many global brands on strike in China

Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around East Asia during April 2014 and related resources. The most important stories appear on my Twitter feed as soon as I find them: http://twitter.com/spartacusnews.

Workers' struggles in East Asia (January 2014)

Submitted by Spartacus on Feb 2 2014 05:58
Cambodian garment workers prepare to defence from police attack during a strike

Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around East Asia during January 2014 and related resources. The most important stories appear on my Twitter feed as soon as I find them: http://twitter.com/spartacusnews.

Workers' struggles in East Asia (February 2013)

Submitted by Spartacus on Mar 2 2013 14:07
Unemployed workers occupy a platform at Taipei Station, Taiwan

Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around East Asia during February 2013 and related resources. The most important stories appear on my Twitter feed as soon as I find them: http://twitter.com/spartacusnews.

Workers' struggles in East Asia (December 2012 & January 2013)

Submitted by Spartacus on Feb 9 2013 14:02
Workers in Wuhan, China protest over unpaid wages by dancing Gangnam Style

Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around East Asia during December 2012 & January 2013 and related resources. The most important stories appear on my Twitter feed as soon as I find them: http://twitter.com/spartacusnews.

British intervention in Asia

Submitted by wojtek on Nov 10 2012 13:17
British Indian troops under attack from Indonesian nationalists, November 1945.

A Freedom article dated December, 1945 denouncing British intervention in Indonesia and Indo-China on behalf of Dutch and French colonialism and calling for solidarity and internationalism among workers. Reprinted in Neither East nor West: Selected Writings 1939-1948.

Workers' struggles in East Asia (September 2012)

Submitted by Spartacus on Oct 5 2012 11:52
Workers on strike at an electronic factory in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, China

Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around East Asia during September 2012 and related resources. The most important stories appear on my Twitter feed as soon as I find them: http://twitter.com/spartacusnews.

Workers' struggles in East Asia (June 2012)

Submitted by Spartacus on Jul 4 2012 13:16
A police van after anti-police protests by migrant workers in Guangdong, China

Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around East Asia during June 2012 and related resources. The most important stories appear on my Twitter feed as soon as I find them: http://twitter.com/spartacusnews.

Workers' struggles in East Asia (October 2011)

Submitted by Spartacus on Nov 5 2011 08:23
Striking miners in West Papua, Indonesia resist attack by police

Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around East Asia during October 2011 and related resources. The most important stories appear on my Twitter feed as soon as I find them: http://twitter.com/spartacusnews.

Workers' struggles in Asia (December 2010)

Submitted by Spartacus on Dec 31 2010 04:42
Casual workers at a Hyundai factory in South Korea staging a sit-in strike.

Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around Asia (focusing on East Asia) during December 2010 and related resources. The most important stories appear on my Twitter feed as soon as I find them: http://twitter.com/spartacusnews.