By Imran Kamyana, published in Asian Marxist Review, A Marxist Perspective of Asia & Beyond It has now been a month since the war of aggression by the United States and Israel against Iran began. Iran’s retaliatory actions against Israel and the Gulf states have transformed it into a regional war. However, when viewed in terms of its global repercussions and the indirect involvement of … [Read more...]
THE ASIAN YOUTH UPRISING: AN UPDATE FROM NEPAL
Win discussion February 2026. See it HERE. A wave of revolt is shaking Asia. Last week’s 300 million-strong general strike in India - the biggest workers’ mobilisation in world history - follows the aragalaya in Sri Lanka in 2022, the July revolution in Bangladesh in 2024, and a series of massive youth uprisings in just the last few months in Indonesia, Nepal, the Philippines and Iran. The … [Read more...]
India’s historic strike challenges Modi’s pro-US, pro-corporate laws – INDUSTRIAL SHUTDOWN- 300 million strike – the biggest general strike in world history!
Published in The Canary, 17 February 2026. On 12 February, a joint platform of 10 Central Trade Unions (CTUs) in India organised a nationwide strike to protest the Modi government’s anti-labour, pro-corporatisation, and pro-USA policies. Those organising the general strike include the Centre for Indian Trade Unions (CITU), the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), the All … [Read more...]
WIN BLOG – A DOOR THAT’S ALWAYS BEEN OPEN: India’s Journey From Protest to Real Power
At a recent meeting of the Workers' International Network, we had a robust debate on the prospects for socialist revolution in India. Here is a contribution to that discussion by a young worker comrade from Kerala, south India. The Wound That Never Heals They told us it was freedom. But in 1947, Britain didn’t just leave India—they split it in two. It wasn’t liberation; it … [Read more...]
INDIA: THE NEXT EXPLOSION?
A WIN discussion November 2025. See it HERE. Protests and uprisings have been sweeping throughout South and South-East Asia in the recent period. At our WIN meetings we have heard on-the-spot reports from comrades in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Kashmir, Indonesia, Nepal and the Philippines. But the dominant power in the region is India, ruled for almost twelve years now by a … [Read more...]
CLASS STRUGGLES IN INDIA – THE INVENTION OF PAKISTAN
Part 10 of our exclusive serialisation of a new book on the history of class struggles in India, written by a long-time supporter of the Workers’ International Network. At every stage, whenever the call had been given for a real mass struggle – whenever the eyes of the people were lifted beyond their daily misery to the hope of a worthwhile future – communal prejudices had faded into the … [Read more...]
The Conundrum of Nepal’s ‘Gen Z’ Rebellion: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
by Dr Maya John In South Asia 14/10/2025 This article is based on the discussions with activists from Nepal and other participants at the online meeting recently organized by Workers International Network (WIN). On September 8, mass protests erupted in Kathmandu (Nepal) after calls for agitation were made by NGOs, social media influencers, and prominent netizens. The trigger appears to … [Read more...]
No Peace, Without Justice! Let Palestine Live!
Downloadable journal of Frontline Socialist Party, Sri Lanka, Foreign Affairs Committee, Sept 2025 … [Read more...]
CLASS STRUGGLES IN INDIA – THE FORGOTTEN REVOLUTION
The ninth part of our exclusive serialisation of a new book on the history of class struggles in India, written by a long-time supporter of the Workers’ International Network. India gained its independence through one of the greatest mass movements in history; and the full story still cries out to be told. How did it come about? How did the Indian National Congress come to lead it? What role … [Read more...]
NEPALI YOUTH FIGHT BACK!
A WIN discussion September 2025. See it HERE. A wave of protest has swept Asia over the last three years, from the Sri Lankan Aragalaya in 2002 and the Bangladeshi July revolution in 2004 to the ongoing anti-monarchist demonstrations in Thailand and the current youth uprisings in Indonesia, Nepal and the Philippines. Last week over 40 young Indonesian visitors attended our … [Read more...]