Asia
India: Stalinists proclaim right-wing AIADMK a pillar of their “Third Front”
By M. Kailasam, January 5, 2009
India’s two major Stalinist parties, the Communist Party of India-Marxist and the Communist Party of India (CPI), have formed an electoral and potential governmental alliance with a notoriously righ...
India: Honda workers wage tenacious struggle to defend their jobs
By an Indian correspondent, December 24, 2008
For several months, workers at the Honda-Siel plant in Rudrapur, India have surrounded the plant to prevent Honda from removing machinery from the plant and shifting it to a new facility in a special ...
US looks for other Afghan supply routes
By James Cogan, December 24, 2008
US supplies into Afghanistan are under threat due to the expansion of the Taliban insurgency and the growth of Islamist activity inside Pakistan.
Pakistan: Conditions attached to IMF “bailout” will exacerbate slump and poverty
By Vilani Peiris, December 16, 2008
A representative of the Royal Bank of Scotland has said that the “stabilization” program the IMF has imposed on Pakistan will result in up to three million job cuts and a further 5.6 million to 7....
Insurgent attacks on NATO trucks highlight US military crisis in Afghanistan
By Barry Grey, December 9, 2008
A series of attacks on US and NATO military equipment depots in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar have underscored the increasingly dire security situation facing American and allied forces ...
Afghanistan: A rise in civilian deaths and foreign troop fatalities
By Harvey Thompson, December 6, 2008
Conservative estimates put the numbers of Afghans killed in violence related to the occupation in 2008 at around 4,000. Over 1,000 service personnel have now been killed in Afghanistan, the majority b...
Mumbai atrocity: the dead end of communal politics
December 1, 2008
The Mumbai tragedy both stems from and will exacerbate the national and communal tensions that have plagued the Indian subcontinent since its partition in 1947, at the end of British colonial rule.
Japan sinks into recession
By Peter Symonds, November 19, 2008
The Japanese economy has officially entered recession for the first time since 2001 after the release of figures on Monday showing a second quarter of negative GDP growth.
Pakistani military launches new offensive in border areas
By James Cogan, November 17, 2008
A Pakistani military offensive against Islamist militants is now being extended into the tribal agency of Mohmand.
India: Graziano workers target of management harassment and state repression
November 17, 2008
Indian authorities responded to the death of the CEO of Graziano Transmission with mass arrests and pledges to provide employers increased police protection. 63 workers have been charged with the CEO...
Philippines: Employee association presses for quick electricity privatisation
By Dante Pastrana, November 15, 2008
Several articles published last month in the Philippine media confirm that the privatisation of the country’s electricity grid is proceeding with the complicity of the employee association MINTREA. ...
Iranian regime reacts to Obama’s election
By James Cogan, November 13, 2008
The Iranian view that Obama’s election would lead to a shift in US policy was reflected most clearly in a letter of congratulations sent to the president-elect by Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinej...
