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The deep crisis of Chinese capitalism is beginning to spur the masses into action.

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By Raju Prabath Lankaloka Barely a month after the Chinese Communist Party’s pompous 20th Congress, anger from below is bursting to the surface.Recently, the Foxconn mega-factory in Zhengzhou, Henan, saw violent confrontation between workers and the police over wage theft by management. And in the past few days, large and violent protests have been reported in many major cities, targeting the regime’s draconian lockdown measures, which have become a focal point for widespread discontent.As we have long predicted, the deep crisis of Chinese capitalism is beginning to spur the masses…

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Solidarity with the mass protests demanding the lifting of lockdown restrictions in China.

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Solidarity with the mass protests demanding the lifting of lockdown restrictions and for an anti-pandemic effort that is scientific, democratic and for the people! Some Revolutionary Communists in China November 30, 2022 【聲援群眾要求解封的抗議，支持科學、民主與人民的防疫！】 Since mid-November 2022, many mass protests demanding the lifting of lockdown restrictions have taken place in mainland China. On November 14, tenants in Guangzhou’s Haizhu protested against lockdown measures; on November 22-23, Foxconn workers in Zhengzhou protested demanding freedom of movement, subsidies and the implementation of promised reforms; on November 24, a fire broke out in an…

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Demand Protection of Human Rights and Livelihood of the Local Villagers of Dhinkia, Odisha

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By Sevvilam Parithi, Tamilnadu Writers, Artists, Human Rights Activists and Well-known PersonalitiesDemand Protection of Human Rights and Livelihood of the Local Villagers of Dhinkia, Odisha The South Korean Company POSCO backed out from Odisha due to a long struggle of the local communities. However, the Odisha state Government is allowing Jindal to take over the lands and livelihood of the same local villagers. The struggle for the protection of local resources, livelihood, human rights and environment is going on. The state Government has unleashed severe repressive methods on the activists…

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Qatar World Cup: Sports washing and hypocrisy

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By Raju Prabath Lankaloka The top national football teams from around the globe are currently facing off in Qatar, competing in the FIFA 2022 World Cup.Since 2010, when Qatar was chosen to host the World Cup, endemic corruption, bribery, and brutal exploitation of migrant workers have plagued the country, the sport, and its international organisation, FIFA.Football supporters, activists, and human rights groups have put pressure on national teams to protest against the Qatari regime’s repression of human rights, as well as against FIFA’s corruption. Consequently, many fans have decided to…

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Textile factory in Australia in 1981

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On this day, 27 November 1981, 300 mostly migrant women workers at the Kortex textile factory in Brunswick, Australia walked out on strike when they were furious that Textile Workers’ Union officials failed to show up for a Friday meeting about their pay claim. They then made plans to picket the plant on Monday. As Monday morning came around, the women had assembled a mass picket at the plant, and marched to another nearby Kortex factory, where most workers joined them on strike. Together, speaking a mixture of Turkish, Arabic,…

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202 YEARS SINCE THE BIRTH OF FRIEDRICH ENGELS

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“All my life I’ve been doing what I was meant to do—I’ve been playing second fiddle—and I think I’ve done my job pretty well. I was glad that I had such a great first violin like Marx.” Friedrich Engels. “After his friend Karl Marx (who died in 1883), Engels was the most remarkable scientist and teacher of the modern proletariat in the entire civilized world. Since the fate of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, the life work of both friends has become their common cause. Therefore, in order to understand what…

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Municipal Socialist Alliance Press Conference — Shadow Council Announcement

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Socialist Action Canada The Municipal Socialist Alliance is a coalition of socialists, labour unionists, community organizations, and social justice activists, who are presenting a team of candidates to fight for the interests of workers, tenants, women, LGBTQIA2S+ folks, racialized people, seniors, and all who seek a city and world without exploitation and oppression. The fledgling Municipal Socialist Alliance exceeded most expectations by garnering 14,870 votes across Ontario, despite getting almost zero coverage in the commercial mass media, amid a very low voter turnout to boot (about 29 percent in Toronto).…

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 HAWAI’IAN SUGAR WORKERS

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◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇ From the time the US came to dominate Hawai’i, the sugar industry dominated the islands’ economy. By 1900, the economy was controlled by the “Big Five” sugar companies: Castle & Cooke, Alexander & Baldwin, C. Brown & Co., American Factors (now Amfac), and Theo J. Davies & Co. There had been prior efforts to unionize. In 1889, Japanese union organizers were lynched. Workers went on strike in 1909 and again in 1920, winning some gains, but leaving the fundamental structure intact. In 1946, sugar workers began to organize through…

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Unchecked impunity for crimes against media workers in South Asia:

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From: the IFJ’s monthly media bulletin for South Asia’s Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) In FocusUnchecked impunity for crimes against media workers in South Asia: Despite promises of reform, protection and justice, journalists and media workers in South Asia face increasing violence, harassment, legal threats and killings. The majority of cases do not reach South Asia’s legal systems, and even cases with a strong political will can languish behind systemic inadequacy, scapegoating or a failure to materialise rhetoric. In 2022, the IFJ documented the killings of eleven South Asian journalists for their work. Not…

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