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Hunger strike as punishment continues on Manus
Amnesty International has called out Australia’s refugee policies, saying that they compromise people’s right to life. This comes after reports of a hunger striking …
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New ‘foreign interference’ laws: Fear tactics to expand government powers
The government is introducing a range of new ‘foreign interference’ laws to Parliament. They are based on concerns held by the Australian Security Intelligence …
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China’s repression reaches Australia
China’s international state repression now reaches inside Australia, targeting its own overseas students, academics and Chinese-language media. Recent reporting on this activity in the …
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Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation profiteering from state repression
Hong Kong’s state-owned rail giant MTR has expanded aggressively overseas in the past decade. The company has exploited the worldwide mania for privatisation of …
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Manus refugees still in limbo
In April last year, the Papua New Guinea Supreme Court ruled that the Manus Island detention centre was illegal and must be closed. The …
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Dangerous turn in Korean nuclear conflict
In the past week the already tense situation on the Korean Peninsula took a new dangerous turn. After the North Korean regime, according to …
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Trump’s warmongering inflames global tensions
Donald Trump’s cruise missile attack on a Syrian airbase on 6 April, during a round of “beautiful chocolate cake” with China’s Xi Jinping, marks …
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Defend democratic rights in Hong Kong
‘Long Hair’ Leung Kwok-hung, the veteran democracy campaigner, and elected member of Hong Kong’s Legco, is being threatened with expulsion along with three other …
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Trump backs down over ‘One China’ policy
The deepening crisis in Washington, over the resignation of Michael Flynn and the Trump administration’s alleged contacts with Russian intelligence, has overshadowed the significance …
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US-China tensions add to Australian instability
Tensions between the United States and China, already high, are growing as the brash and unpredictable Trump moves into the White House. Australia’s ruling …
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Taiwan: Fighting for marriage equality
More than 100,000 people marched in Taiwan to demand marriage equality in December last year. The massive protest, and solidarity rallies around the world, …
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Anti-China rhetoric rising
Chinese students studying in Australia were labelled pests by Fairfax Media international editor Peter Hartcher last month, for allegedly acting as sinister agents for …
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Chinese regime turns Wukan into “war zone”
Wukan in southern China was described as a “war zone” last month as hundreds of heavily armed police descended on the village raiding houses, …
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Green China to save the world?
Earlier this year the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics announced that coal consumption in the country fell for the second year running. This was …
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Protests in Kazakhstan
A rising mood of discontent has erupted in Kazakhstan against the dictatorial Nazarbayev government. Thousands participated in countrywide protests on Saturday May 21, only …
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Conflict in the South China Sea – a socialist analysis
Tensions between the US and China over the South China Sea, which have been rising over the past year, could spike dramatically in coming …
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China’s ‘Cultural Revolution’ 1966-67
50 years ago the ‘Cultural Revolution’ began in China. Here we carry an edited version of article written by Peter Taaffe for the British …
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The truth about Australia’s refugee camps
Last week a number of media outlets in Hong Kong made sexist and racist attacks against our sister group (Socialist Action) who have been …
