Nepal: Systemic change or a shift to the far-right?
By Haris Qadeer Published by Asian Marxist Review Following the overthrow of the government in September last year as a result of the “Gen Z” uprising in Nepal—a South Asian country situated between China and northern India—general elections were held in March this year. The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), which gained significant momentum from this uprising, secured a majority and formed … [Read more...]
Japan election: from stagnation to stagflation
By Michael Roberts In Japan, a general election is taking place tomorrow, just months after Sanae Takaichi became the nation’s first female prime minister. Takaichi is an arch-conservative, ultra nationalist and a devotee of Margaret Thatcher. She became prime minister last October by winning an internal party race for the presidency of the beleaguered governing Liberal Democrat Party … [Read more...]
ASIA – THE YOUTH ARE FIGHTING BACK
A WIN Zoom discussion, September 2025. Watch it HERE. A massive youth uprising has been sweeping Asia in recent years, its latest outbreaks in Indonesia and Nepal. WIN was proud to welcome activists from both countries to the first of two weekly zoom meetings, this week Indonesia, the next Nepal. Comrades from around the world were invited to meet them, hear their on-the-spot reports, and … [Read more...]
The student movement in Bangladesh: A torrent strong enough to make rivers shake!
By Omer Abdullah Khan (Asian Marxist Review) Like in other parts of the world, South Asia has also experienced significant social and political upheavals in recent years. This new wave of movements in the region began when Sri Lankan students and workers successfully ousted their corrupt and unpopular president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Since then, these movements have gradually spread across the … [Read more...]
Hindutva Faces a Major Setback in the Jammu Kashmir Elections
By Farooq Sulehria and Haris Qadeer Despite its malicious strategy of communal gerrymandering to win the Legislative Assembly elections in Indian-administered Jammu Kashmir (JK), the right-wing Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was rejected by a thumping majority. Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI(M)) candidate Yusuf Tarigami retained his seat for a fifth time, defeating a … [Read more...]
THE TAIWAN ELECTIONS: WHAT NOW?
A WIN discussion January 2024. See it here On Sunday January 13, presidential and parliamentary elections were held in Taiwan, in a very polarised atmosphere. The Western powers celebrated the victory of the pro-Western DPP (Democratic Progressive Party) candidate Lai Ching-te. Was this a major blow for China, or a pyrrhic victory for the DPP? Discussions about a possible military … [Read more...]
Ten Years of Belt & Road
Ten Years of Belt & Road (youtube.com) A WIN Discussion, January 2024. China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has probably channelled the biggest export of capital in the post WWII period. Although it started with great promise, a 10 year review now finds that developing countries are in as much debt to China as they have been to the IMF. BRI has been characterized by loans rather than … [Read more...]
THE USA AND CHINA – Is there a danger of a new world war?
A Workers’ International Network meeting - May 2023 THE USA AND CHINA Is there a danger of a new world war? - YouTube The United States of America is by far the most powerful country in the world, economically, politically and militarily; but it is in terminal decline. China still has nowhere near the power of the USA, but its economy has grown at an unprecedented rate over the last … [Read more...]
Chinese Investment and Trade Union Rights
A Workers’ International Network meeting - March 2023 THE SUPPRESSION OF THE ROSSING MINERS: Chinese investment and trade union rights - YouTube In August 2020 Namibia's Rössing mine was bought up by China’s state-owned China National Uranium Corporation Limited (CNUC). Its first decisive act was to fire the branch executive committee of the Mineworkers’ Union of Namibia, … [Read more...]