In the fifth part pf 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, the birth of an indigenous capitalist class is and its symbiotic relationship with the ruling British imperialist power is explained. The Indian National Congress soon came to represent the national aspirations of the … [Read more...]
CLASS STRUGGLES IN INDIA – Part 2
Here is the second 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. In this section the writer explains the foundations of the British occupation. THE BRITISH RAJ In 1609, a pirate from England – a country located in a part of an offshore island off the coast of Europe – … [Read more...]
The Meaning of May Day
A WIN discussion May 2025. See the discussion HERE. The protests and marches that were organised by trade unions across the world on May 1st clearly showed the international nature of the organised labour movement, and the common class interests of workers in all countries. Our WIN meeting on May 11th discussed the significance of May Day and consider both the improvements in working conditions … [Read more...]
CLASS STRUGGLES IN INDIA – Part 1
We are serialising exclusively here a new book on the history of class struggles in India, written by a long-time supporter of the Workers’ International Network. We start with the introduction, in which the writer’s credentials are presented and the book’s overall scenario is described. PART 1: INTRODUCTION From the late ‘70s to the mid-90s, and again in recent years, I spent several years … [Read more...]
MAY DAY GREETINGS FROM THE WORKERS’ INTERNATIONAL NETWORK
Humanity today is entering its most disturbed period in living memory. A recession and in all probability a disastrous slump lie ahead. Wars, civil wars and outright genocide are ravaging key flashpoints of our planet: in Gaza and the West Bank, in Ukraine, in Yemen, Sudan and the Congo, and menacing now the billion and three quarters inhabitants of India and Pakistan. The current furious … [Read more...]
The Message of May Day 2025
by Qamar Uz Zaman (published in Asian Marxist Review) May Day is not merely a date on the calendar; it is a revolutionary saga etched in blood. It is the legacy of Chicago’s martyred labor leaders who, standing on the scaffold, declared that though their voices might be silenced today, the grinding stone of their struggle would tomorrow shatter the mill of oppression. This is not just a … [Read more...]
The Peasant Movement in India
A WIN discussion, April 2025. Watch the recording HERE. While the Hindu supremacist group the RSS wields enormous power amongst a large section of the Indian masses, and its political party the BJP has combined this social dominance with political rule, alongside a succession of general strikes we have seen in late 2020 and early 2021 a vast multitude of peasant masses from neighbouring … [Read more...]
CLASS STRUGGLES IN ARGENTINA
A WIN discussion March 2025. See the recording HERE. South America’s second largest economy Argentina has witnessed a kaleidoscopic variety of political upheavals: Juan Peron’s populist-bonapartist regime, a guerrilla insurgency, a brutal military dictatorship, a “dirty war” costing 30,000 lives, defeat in the Falklands war, continuing turmoil and instability, and since October 2023 the rule of … [Read more...]
NIKE DO YOU SEE US NOW?
Support women Nike sportswear workers from 25 garment worker unions in India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Cambodia and Bangladesh, coordinated by Asia Floor Wage Alliance and Global Labor Justice. The message they are sending could not be clearer: *Pay us what you owe us. *Treat us with respect. *And if you're going to be running advertisements promoting the image of "strong women", … [Read more...]
Bread and Roses – A Celebration of International Women’s Day
See the recording HERE. We are living through an era of almost unprecedented crisis, in terms of repression, genocide and war. And both as workers in struggle and as custodians of family welfare, women face especially intense hardship. International Women’s Day – a day founded by and for working-class women – falls on March 8th every year. The Workers’ International Network joined forces … [Read more...]