From First News Sri Lanka - Face To Face. June 18, 2024. Att Swasthika Arulingam, President, United Federation of Labour, & Barath Arullsamy, Vice President CWC: Workers' Rights in Tough Economic Times. Listen to the discussion HERE … [Read more...]
A TURNING POINT FOR INDIA
FROM WORKERS’ INTERNATIONAL NETWORK The shock result of India’s parliamentary elections is a sign of the volatility of the world today: no more so than in its most populous country. The ruthless communalist business regime of the aspiring dictator Narendra Modi has been in power already for ten years. His election in 2014 and re-election in 2019 had been greeted with jubilation by the … [Read more...]
Interview with Sri Lankan union activist Swasthika Arulingam: Aragalaya, IMF and what is happening today
On Friday, February 1st 2024, Roger Silverman from WIN and Nikos Anastasiadis from Internationalist Standpoint interviewed Swasthika Arulingam, a trade union activist from Sri Lanka. She described the process behind the huge 2022 uprising that ousted the longstanding authoritarian Gotabaya Rajapaksa, its strengths and weakenesses, and what is the state of consiousness, the Left and the movement … [Read more...]
SRI LANKA AT THE CROSSROADS
Sri Lanka at the Crossroads (youtube.com) Sri Lanka stands at a precipice. On the one hand, it grapples with the most severe economic crisis in its independent history. The worsening crisis is inflicting untold hardship on its people. The spectre of social unrest hangs heavy in the air. The economic fallout has ushered in a potential political sea change, drawing parallels to the revolutionary … [Read more...]
Kashmiri Women Weave Tales of Resistance
http://www.marxistreview.asia/kashmiri-women-weave-tales-of-resistance/ On October 10, in response to the call of the Awami Action Committee, women of all ages with the children from all over Pakistan administrated Kashmir poured into the streets and roads and shouted their demands so loudly that they shook the fragile foundations of reactionary religious bigotry and oppressive state violence. … [Read more...]
Kashmir shuts down on 5 October strike
Asian Marxist Review On the call of Awami Action Committee, Kashmir witnessed another wave of historical protests and strikes. Thousands of men, women, and youth participated in the protests. Every town, district, and city in all three divisions (Poonch, Muzaffarabad, and Mirpur) saw a total shutdown, and rallies were organized. This new wave of protests came after the state’s crackdown and … [Read more...]
Kashmir Rejects State Repression
See full article here - http://www.marxistreview.asia/kashmir-rejects-state-repression/ On the eve of 29 September, the state police of Kashmir in collaboration with Pakistan’s police unleashed brutal crackdown in Kashmir, arresting dozens of protesting activists and sabotaging peaceful protest camps during night long houses raids. In the morning, the SSP Sidhnoti demanded additional 600 troops … [Read more...]
State Crackdown: Dozens arrested in Kashmir
Full article - Asian Marxist Review On the eve of 29 September 2023, the Kashmir state police, in association with the hundreds of policemen from Pakistan, cracked down in Kashmir and arrest dozens of protestors and including leaders of Awami Action Committee. Prior to that, hundreds have been named in different FIRs registered by the state of Kashmir for protesting and demanding cheap … [Read more...]
Asian Marxist Review – Summer Marxist School 2023: A Great Step Forward!
August 3, 2023 By Badar Rafiq A three-day Summer Marxist School, July 21 to 23, was organized by The Struggle at Koiyan in Rawalakot, Poonch district of Pakistan held Kashmir. Hundreds of revolutionary youth from all over the country and its held areas arrived at Rawalakot on July 20 to participate in the School, where they were warmly welcomed by the organizing committee … [Read more...]
