Asia
Letters of support for Balmoral Estate Action Committee
October 6, 2009
Letters received by the WSWS on “Sri Lanka: An appeal to all workers by the Balmoral Estate Action Committee.”
Sri Lankan plantation workers support Balmoral Workers’ Action Committee
By our correspondents, October 6, 2009
Sri Lankan plantation workers discuss establishment of action committees in response to union betrayal of wage claim.
Indian drought exacerbates social crisis
By Deepal Jayasekera, October 5, 2009
The ongoing drought in India, whose immediate cause is an abysmal monsoon, has dealt a cruel blow to hundreds of millions of desperately poor agricultural labourers, small farmers, and their families.
Heavy US troop losses in insurgent attack in eastern Afghanistan
By Barry Grey, October 5, 2009
The United States military suffered its worst single-engagement losses in more than a year on Saturday, when several hundred insurgents attacked a remote outpost in northeastern Afghanistan, killing e...
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
October 3, 2009
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Thousands feared dead after Indonesian earthquake
By John Roberts, October 3, 2009
An earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale struck Indonesia on Wednesday, causing enormous destruction in and around the Sumatran city of Padang.
Sri Lanka: SEP election team campaigns among cinnamon peelers
By Ratnasiri Malalagama and Panini Wijesiriwardane, October 3, 2009
Cinnamon workers and small producers are among poorest section of the rural population in Sri Lanka.
US faces worsening military situation in Afghanistan
By James Cogan, October 3, 2009
The anti-occupation insurgency has spread from the southern provinces that border Pakistan to the capital Kabul and northern provinces.
US continues to pressure Iran after Geneva talks
By Peter Symonds, October 2, 2009
Following international talks in Geneva, President Obama has again warned Iran that it faces “increased pressure” if it fails to take “swift action” to meet its nuclear obligations.
UN official fired over criticisms of Afghan election fraud
By Joe Kishore, October 2, 2009
Peter Galbraith, the second-ranking official in the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA), and the agency’s top-ranking US official, was dismissed over his criticisms of the Augus...
Former detainee describes conditions in Sri Lankan internment camps
By Subash Somachandran, October 2, 2009
A young Tamil girl recently released from the military-controlled Manik Farm internment centre spoke with the WSWS about her experiences in the war zone and the squalid camps.
Sixty years after the Chinese Revolution: Lessons for the working class
By John Chan, October 1, 2009
Communist Party bureaucrats today will join hands with the representatives of global capitalism in toasting the formation of the Peoples Republic of China. These celebrations are not at variance with ...
