Fast Fashion Is Antithetical to Workers’ Rights

Teaser: Don’t believe the fashion industry’s stated commitment to support a living wage for Bangladesh’s garment workers. By Sonali Kolhatkar ’Tis the season for holiday shopping, and as American consumers ready their spending dollars, few of us are likely to link our gift buying to the high cost of low prices on the other side of the planet. This is especially true for what has come to be known as “fast fashion,” the clothing equivalent of a Big Mac: attractive, affordable, and throwaway. But the Bangladeshi women who toil as…

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International Conference on line November 26: GLOBALIZE THE INTIFADA

On November 26, 2023, the online International Conference “Globalizing the Intifada” is convened with the objective of supporting the 3rd Palestinian Intifada and supporting the struggle of the Palestinian people who are leading a War of National Liberation against the Nazi state of Israel, and his occupation army. The activists of Asia Commune and Marx International around the world are carrying out this joint task from Mexico, Canada and the United States, through Colombia, Ecuador, Panama to Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, and China, passing through Europe, and the United States…

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For the military triumph of the Palestinian militias! Weapons for the Palestinian militias! Long live the 3rd Intifada!

La Marx International “The outrages committed by the rebellious sepoys in India are truly frightening, frightening, indescribable as one is willing to face, only in wars of insurrection, of nationalities, of races… No matter how infamous the conduct of the sepoys may be, It is only the reflection, in concentrated form, of England’s own conduct in India, not only during the time of the foundation of her Eastern Empire, but even during the last ten years of a long established rule. To characterize that rule, Suffice it to say that…

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Government of Pakistan Released 80 Indian Fishermen Community Workers!

– Reported by Asia Commune / Nawaz Arain, Karachi Pakistan. According to official press release Government of Pakistan and Pakistan Fisher Folk Forum(PFF) & HRCP atotal 80 fisherman Community Workers belonging to the Indian Nationality released; All fisherman shall be handed over to Wahgah Borders in Punjab province. A journey arranged and logistics supported by Edhi Foundation with Pakistan Government. All workers on board to train at Karachi Railway Station to Lahore then move to Wahgah Borders and hand over to the Indian Government..

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Why We’re Seeing Shifting Patterns in Global Manufacturing

Teaser: Amid other crises, China’s economy has reeled from Western decoupling efforts. While several countries stand to gain from this process, it has only partially reduced China’s extensive global influence. By John P. Ruehl The 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Beijing on October 18, 2023, witnessed the usual smiles and handshakes. But China’s economic landscape, dependent on robust supply chain networks, is facing turbulent times. The U.S.-led trade war had already disrupted Chinese industry and supply chains before the COVID-19 pandemic further backlogged ports and…

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SA BDS Coalition protests AGOA – No Trade With USA Financing Genocide

31 October 2023 The South African Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (SA BDS) Coalition and other Palestine solidarity activists will protest on Saturday 4 November from 2pm-6pm outside Nasrec in Johannesburg against the African Growth and Opportunity Agreement (AGOA) forum in Johannesburg.   There can be no business as usual with the United States government while it sends weapons and military equipment to Apartheid Israel, proudly publicising to the world that they sent an ‘additional’ plane load of armaments, including munitions, that arrived in Israel after 7 October on top of the…

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A Very Shocking and Sad News. 

By Nawaz Arian November 5, 2023 ; Our strong &  Important Leader ** Comrade Kirtiman Ghosh ** passed away due to heart attack during our NHF meeting in * Konarak, Odisha*, India . Rest in peace; Deeply Condolence to Comrade family members, all friends and NHF workers from NAWAZ ARAIN Karachi Pakistan and Asia commune Pakistan Chapter members team, Human Rights Activists.  It’s a great losse of NHF, Hawker sangram Samiti and Hakwers Movment of India. Funeral is going to take place tomorrow morning in his hometown Kolkata, West Bengal,.. …

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What is happening today in Palestine…

–Sarah Ather What is happening today in Palestine is historical and transformative and precisely because of that confronting it is so difficult for those who benefit from the status quo. It brings to surface everything and everyone that has been keeping the colonial structures in place. This includes not just the people who are directly involved in the violence but also those who in the garb of producing solutions to the conflict have only been using it as a site to build their careers on. Palestine is waking up not…

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