https://www.wsws.org/en/topics/country/as-indhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/06/osxk-j06.htmlSouth Korea: Kakao platform workers to strike over wages and bonuses; India: Maharashtra women workers rally in Mumbai to demand government status; Punjab state-operated service centre employees still on strike; Australia: 400 INPEX LNG production workers walk out in NT for higher pay; Adelaide nurses and midwives strike for better wages.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:19:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/ce3a080e-3ad7-476a-9b5c-6a055d81b84O/osxk-j06.html2026-06-06T00:19:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/04/yoot-j04.htmlAlmost two months on, hundreds of workers remain in jail on trumped-up charges of violence and disorderly conduct, while labour activists whom the authorities claim instigated the protests are being held without charge under the draconian National Security Act.Thu, 04 Jun 2026 01:40:57 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/e07d0cf3-ee3b-489e-990f-e8683040c6cO/yoot-j04.html2026-06-04T01:40:57Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/29/tqqp-m29.htmlThe new BJP government in West Bengal is using communalism, repression and anti-poor demolition drives to divide workers and impose the burden of economic crisis, now aggravated by the Iran war, on the working class.Fri, 29 May 2026 23:08:41 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/4968666f-fed0-41cf-bcc7-0805756204fI/tqqp-m29.html2026-05-29T23:08:41Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/22/xtjc-m22.htmlSouth Korea: Samsung Electronics union suspends planned walkout; India: Punjab municipal sanitation workers still on strike; Gig workers across India strike over rising fuel costs and declining wages; Air India ground staff hold one-day strike in Mumbai; 20,000 South Australian nurses resume industrial action for better pay and conditions; Maintenance workers strike at Woodside’s LNG production plants.Fri, 22 May 2026 21:34:02 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/a7ab97e0-2931-4411-aa38-748f4f66bd1L/xtjc-m22.html2026-05-22T21:34:02Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/20/vvyq-m20.htmlIndia’s far-right BJP government has raised petrol and diesel prices just days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi exhorted Indians to slash energy and fertiliser consumption in response to the ever-widening economic fallout from the illegal US-Israeli war on Iran.Wed, 20 May 2026 01:39:31 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/9bf5dced-6504-4bf8-80e5-0d90c440c98M/vvyq-m20.html2026-05-20T01:39:31Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/19/fzqc-m19.htmlThe banning of the docudrama reveals the depth of relationship now established between Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-supremacist government and the murderous Zionist Netanyahu regime.Tue, 19 May 2026 01:53:09 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/5f964252-63c9-4370-a32e-f7af47c2e7eA/fzqc-m19.html2026-05-19T01:53:09Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/16/ktrv-m16.htmlThis speech was delivered by Deepal Jayasekera, General Secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka), and Dilaxshan Mahalingam, a leader of the IYSSE (Sri Lanka), at the 2026 May Day Online Rally, organized by the WSWS and the ICFI.Sat, 16 May 2026 03:26:01 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/c2420725-bdd9-4ea1-8008-889759e8681G/ktrv-m16.html2026-05-16T03:26:01Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/11/lfsh-m11.htmlThe results of the five Indian state and territorial assembly elections announced Monday, May 4, point to a deepening crisis of bourgeois rule and the urgency of arming the working class with a revolutionary socialist program and strategy.Mon, 11 May 2026 00:57:59 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/798c752f-34d1-4a96-b2ab-6b6e1caa268L/lfsh-m11.html2026-05-11T00:57:59Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/27/gmsq-a27.htmlPolice from the state of Uttar Pradesh are fanning out across the country to arrest political activists simply for being present at the recent workers’ protests near New Delhi.Mon, 27 Apr 2026 01:12:27 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/17b60173-7626-4951-bc72-b3fb8ae376bH/gmsq-a27.html2026-04-27T01:12:27Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/20/mxkr-a20.htmlTens of thousands of unorganized workers are demanding substantial wage increases to keep up with spiking rent, utilities and food costs. Mon, 20 Apr 2026 03:12:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/87269532-105e-4709-9476-c603a303d8cN/mxkr-a20.html2026-04-20T03:12:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/11/frpd-a11.htmlFilipino pulp mill workers’ strike enters second month; Health workers strike over real wage cuts in Tasmania, Australia.Sat, 11 Apr 2026 01:30:28 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/3ff57952-9cf8-41f8-b1be-06f91ca0a11C/frpd-a11.html2026-04-11T01:30:28Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/04/xgre-a04.htmlDoctors strike across Sri Lanka; Australian rail workers locked out by state government over limited work bans.Sat, 04 Apr 2026 04:02:03 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/2005e6f0-b257-408a-99c3-45ae56c7af0D/xgre-a04.html2026-04-04T04:02:03Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/02/ugql-a02.htmlAs the war enters its second month, the price of Brent crude, the global benchmark, has risen by 63 percent from its pre-war level, eclipsing the previous record monthly rise of 46 percent following Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990.Thu, 02 Apr 2026 03:24:52 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/6a01a288-a29f-4e6e-9689-9feb7d9837fN/ugql-a02.html2026-04-02T03:24:52Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/03/31/xugo-m31.htmlThe war’s most immediate impact has been on India’s liquid petroleum gas supply, but its fallout threatens to spread across the economy, driving up inflation, especially the cost of food and transport. Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:40:27 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/7ce69615-56d8-43e7-8c08-609c6c3c28eK/xugo-m31.html2026-03-31T00:40:27Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/03/28/xvsm-m28.htmlIndian transport workers protest over wages and against privatisation; Australian mining workers denied pay over partial strikes; New Zealand firefighters’ strikes continue.Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:48:02 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/fec4987b-af1c-4a33-8e9b-cfdccd0f5beB/xvsm-m28.html2026-03-28T00:48:02Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/03/19/wjfo-m19.htmlThe only country that New Delhi has condemned is Iran, for daring to defend itself. Thu, 19 Mar 2026 01:34:49 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/c70e1458-9cc7-4c22-b80f-8ebcdec1befE/wjfo-m19.html2026-03-19T01:34:49Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/02/28/pwzf-f28.htmlIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a two-day visit to Israel this week, choosing to further elevate India’s “strategic partnership” with Israel at the very point that Washington and Tel Aviv are poised to launched a criminal, unprovoked war on Iran.Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:21:17 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/b3a87d56-37b8-4dfb-9f46-561a6c6edafE/pwzf-f28.html2026-02-28T00:21:17Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/02/17/zqou-f17.htmlFaced with intensifying global strategic conflict and growing economic turbulence, including Trump’s tariff war, the Indian bourgeoisie is determined to intensify the exploitation of the working class and rural poor. Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:29:09 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/1212f44d-4fbd-4e0c-afe4-170e0cc066eK/zqou-f17.html2026-02-17T00:29:09Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/02/14/uyim-f14.htmlThursday’s action was a further indication of the mass social anger against Modi’s far-right, Hindu supremacist government and the state of Indian society more generally.Sat, 14 Feb 2026 01:59:49 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/ab275b4e-1c95-402a-91a1-4d99d2a7e0dG/uyim-f14.html2026-02-14T01:59:49Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/02/11/icja-f11.htmlIndia's new labour codes dismantle legal protections governing wages, job security and working conditions, and dramatically curtail workers' legal right to strike. Wed, 11 Feb 2026 02:24:36 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/e19aa731-ff8d-441f-8388-bc4357553aaD/icja-f11.html2026-02-11T02:24:36Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/01/26/objg-j26.htmlThe WSWS calls for the immediate reinstatement of Lora Santhakumar and the defence of her right, and the right of all academics, university workers and students, to oppose war without fear of reprisalMon, 26 Jan 2026 01:03:31 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/298f16f8-0094-4ecd-8d1f-c6556b8ea44K/objg-j26.html2026-01-26T01:03:31Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/12/27/bgwe-d27.htmlThe Modi government is gutting the rural job “guarantee,” fulfilling a longstanding demand of the most rapacious sections of the ruling class who have long derided its cost and complained that it “boosts” rural wages.Sat, 27 Dec 2025 01:16:51 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/0146192c-a629-4a56-8001-f92ff85f58dM/bgwe-d27.html2025-12-27T01:16:51Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/12/27/zoew-d27.htmlGig economy food delivery workers strike across India, Bangladeshi hospitality staff demand minimum wage and a strike by Australian rail maintenance workers enters its third week.Sat, 27 Dec 2025 01:01:54 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/5d236c76-cc03-4320-b004-b572b6b56c4H/zoew-d27.html2025-12-27T01:01:54Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/12/16/ohrn-d16.htmlIndia’s demonstrative display of the “warmth” and “strength” of its decades-long strategic partnership with Russia was meant as a message to Washington that New Delhi will not allow the US to define its relationship with Moscow. Tue, 16 Dec 2025 02:42:12 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/64cdccc0-8f98-4173-8ca9-79828cbbb08A/ohrn-d16.html2025-12-16T02:42:12Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/11/21/ikrv-n21.htmlAround 22,000 public sector workers are on strike in Uttarakhand, India, demanding permanent jobs, while more than 23,000 Sri Lankan doctors are protesting budget cuts.Fri, 21 Nov 2025 22:51:32 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/6cf317d1-4cba-4ce9-a5fd-7c5c3e1e6fbC/ikrv-n21.html2025-11-21T22:51:32Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/11/18/gndy-n18.htmlThe Trump administration’s imposition of 50 percent tariffs on most Indian exports has led to devastating job losses in numerous industries in just the past three months.Tue, 18 Nov 2025 01:59:24 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/95d68908-0ab9-4649-9fe7-fa5481c4f6aG/gndy-n18.html2025-11-18T01:59:24Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/11/17/rhea-n17.htmlPakistan has blamed India for a November 11 suicide bombing in the heart of Islamabad that killed 12 people and injured dozens more. Mon, 17 Nov 2025 02:42:51 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/d0ae7b36-78d1-4904-b2c0-676cc78a260A/rhea-n17.html2025-11-17T02:42:51Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/11/14/rejx-n14.htmlThe strike will involve Unite union members across five sites—Liverpool, Reading, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Stirling.Fri, 14 Nov 2025 18:01:26 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/870c2438-3e56-42ad-bf1d-bd81191f716M/rejx-n14.html2025-11-14T18:01:26Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/11/08/wgnh-n08.htmlThousands of National Health Mission (NHM) workers held a three-day statewide strike in Assam on Monday demanding permanent jobs and equal pay for equal work.Sat, 08 Nov 2025 03:13:36 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/aafa69bf-8f9a-4af9-8226-849aa75a553D/wgnh-n08.html2025-11-08T03:13:36Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/31/ghwk-o31.htmlIndia: Striking ASHA workers in Kerala attacked by police; Bangladesh: Dhaka police attack protesting madrasa teachers; Australia: Genex Power hydro project workers strike over unsafe accommodation; Thousands of Tasmanian public sector workers hold rolling stoppages.Fri, 31 Oct 2025 19:46:58 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/0e9fdf2f-1d1a-4e30-b6fc-0786381a3adD/ghwk-o31.html2025-10-31T19:46:58Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/29/yhue-o29.htmlOn September 24, security forces opened fire on unarmed protestors opposing the Indian central government’s oppressive rule of the region, killing four and wounding more than 150.Wed, 29 Oct 2025 22:59:34 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/7a5c5956-bb4a-44c4-83f8-4e16c9b9253A/yhue-o29.html2025-10-29T22:59:34Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/28/zdyw-o28.htmlThe accident in Minjur, Tamil Nadu, was a product of decades of deregulation, privatisation and cost-cutting pursued by successive central and state governments with the backing of the Stalinist parties and trade unions.Tue, 28 Oct 2025 23:14:37 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/fd6e46d8-fbd6-4973-90ed-71eba6ea83cD/zdyw-o28.html2025-10-28T23:14:37Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/25/mbvc-o25.htmlPakistan and Afghanistan agreed to a shaky truce last weekend in talks mediated by Qatar and Turkey after more than a week of military clashes, in which scores and likely hundreds died.Sat, 25 Oct 2025 01:21:09 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/0468817e-fb04-4d78-a376-0fd30314f5eN/mbvc-o25.html2025-10-25T01:21:09Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/17/zouv-o17.htmlThe Madras Rubber Factory (MRF) Employees Union (MEU) working with the Stalinist CITU federation betrayed an indefinite strike at an MRF plant.Fri, 17 Oct 2025 00:05:50 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/9893467c-1542-4d5f-8eaa-a89df301741M/zouv-o17.html2025-10-17T00:05:50Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/05/pzyw-o05.htmlMillions of people, including one million in Rome alone, took to the streets this weekend in opposition to the genocide against the Palestinians and Israel’s deportation of over 400 flotilla activists after their ships and cargoes were violently seized.Sun, 05 Oct 2025 21:09:52 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/3e88ebba-8d67-437c-9032-b8156e71dc6O/pzyw-o05.html2025-10-05T21:09:52Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/04/bnqc-o04.htmlThe Dissanayake government’s attack on Mannar residents follows its repudiation of election promises to delay the environmentally controversial project.Sat, 04 Oct 2025 04:40:59 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/25dea376-3635-4d42-b2d5-849ea01a550M/bnqc-o04.html2025-10-04T04:40:59Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/03/kclx-o03.htmlThe film-star turned politician Vijay and his upstart TVK party make populist promises appealing to mass anger over chronic poverty and joblessness, but their criminally negligent treatment of their supporters has tragically laid bare the reactionary, class character of their politics.Fri, 03 Oct 2025 23:48:45 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/0e0b3be8-bc33-4e14-905f-1ac39e71b4bE/kclx-o03.html2025-10-03T23:48:45Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/09/27/izef-s27.htmlUtility workers protested across Pakistan against electricity privatisation, staff shortages and IMF austerity measures, while hundreds of bus drivers in two Australian states stopped work to demand decent wages.Sat, 27 Sep 2025 01:06:20 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/8ff24858-d72b-456b-a68d-76b39fac66dF/izef-s27.html2025-09-27T01:06:20Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/09/24/fsrp-s24.htmlTata Consultancy Services (TCS), India’s largest IT company, has initiated the biggest retrenchment in its history, eliminating around 12,000 jobs.Wed, 24 Sep 2025 23:10:06 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/5f9ff502-b34b-4c81-810d-59b191bc69fH/fsrp-s24.html2025-09-24T23:10:06Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/09/09/mkyi-s09.htmlThe pro-big-business DMK Tamil Nadu state government, which has long been promoted by the Stalinist CPM as “progressive,” has repeatedly used police violence against sanitation workers protesting privatization.Tue, 09 Sep 2025 02:15:26 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/6a152adf-0293-4a0b-a43e-8e25a0ec5d3A/mkyi-s09.html2025-09-09T02:15:26Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/09/08/ecnq-s08.htmlAlthough India and Pakistan came to a shaky truce on May 10, India has continued its suspension of the Indus Water Treaty, with New Delhi now vowing that it will never return to it in its present form.Mon, 08 Sep 2025 00:51:37 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/22504c55-32a2-41f6-b82e-4adc43692b0C/ecnq-s08.html2025-09-08T00:51:37Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/09/02/yvjt-s02.htmlWhile the attendance of many of the 20 leaders at the summit was unremarkable, the presence of the Indian prime minister—his first visit to China in seven years—triggered alarm bells in Washington.Tue, 02 Sep 2025 05:17:33 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/d212e128-25f0-4cff-a474-368991f0c5cE/yvjt-s02.html2025-09-02T05:17:33Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/08/28/kybj-a28.htmlThe tariffs threaten to badly destabilize an Indian economy that already confronts slowing growth and is characterized by low private investment and mass unemployment and underemployment.Thu, 28 Aug 2025 03:18:34 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/841b09fe-0a70-4e66-96a7-5c7304ee3b2B/kybj-a28.html2025-08-28T03:18:34Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/08/09/klgr-a09.htmlIn a desperate bid to arrest the rapid erosion of US imperialism’s global economic and geopolitical power, Trump is threatening, bullying and attacking Washington’s ostensible allies, no less than those it has long identified as its strategic adversaries.Sat, 09 Aug 2025 03:33:35 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/6220d11a-cbda-4c3a-b882-bb65f7f688fK/klgr-a09.html2025-08-09T03:33:35Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/07/26/iprq-j26.htmlHyundai workers in Korea reject union-management pay deal; 30,000 public hospital nurses in India continue indefinite strike over pay and staffing shortages; Australian mining workers strike and rally over wages.Sat, 26 Jul 2025 00:14:37 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/5ea91031-705d-40e7-aaa1-6cd0de738bcN/iprq-j26.html2025-07-26T00:14:37Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/07/10/dnvq-j10.htmlThe strikers voiced their opposition to the lengthening of the work day, the spread of precarious contract-labour jobs, privatization, the evisceration of public services, and legislation that will illegalize most strikes.Thu, 10 Jul 2025 02:23:41 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/1d77a252-c39b-4e37-b014-d73444841feB/dnvq-j10.html2025-07-10T02:23:41Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/07/09/rxhr-j09.htmlThe deal marks a significant expansion of New Delhi’s strategic build-up in the Indian Ocean region against China.Wed, 09 Jul 2025 03:29:05 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/591e1d64-b51b-495d-a0ca-596bad03489C/rxhr-j09.html2025-07-09T03:29:05Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/07/08/xygm-j08.htmlIndustrial accidents have surged under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, whose alignment with global capitalist interests has further eroded work safety protections.Tue, 08 Jul 2025 03:38:14 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/3080f5c6-fb7a-4b9a-aff9-3176aba46dbP/xygm-j08.html2025-07-08T03:38:14Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/07/03/avxd-j03.htmlThe gathering, clearly directed against China, was held amid a massive escalation of US-led militarism in Europe, the Middle East and globally.Thu, 03 Jul 2025 04:05:11 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/8c4fd620-a357-46f3-a851-9e378507a11B/avxd-j03.html2025-07-03T04:05:11Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/06/26/zetn-j26.htmlNew Delhi’s principal concern is to continue to expand the Indo-US strategic alliance, whereby it has integrated itself ever more fully into American imperialism’s offensive against China in return for Washington’s support in realizing the Indian bourgeoisie’s great-power ambitions.Thu, 26 Jun 2025 02:10:22 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/2b0ae55d-ce12-4031-96e5-5255e96bc74P/zetn-j26.html2025-06-26T02:10:22Z