Sacked after participating in September general strike Socialist Action Hong Kong Hong Kong is facing wave of corporate ‘white terror’ – dismissals, spying and intimidation – against workers and trade unionists that voice support for the mass protest movement. Nathan Leung Lai Pong, a member of Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong) and an outsourced worker at […]
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Dikang is a contributor to chinaworker.info. Police violence dictated from above fuels unprecedented mass anger The political crisis in Hong Kong has taken a new sharp turn. On September 4, the government made an apparent u-turn with Chief Executive Carrie Lam announcing the formal withdrawal of the hated extradition law. This is a step she […]
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The following is the text of a leaflet issued by Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong) for the coming days of mass protests: Reject fake compromise! Beware of emergency laws! Spreading the revolution to China is essential for success! Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam has announced her amendments to the extradition law, which triggered […]
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This resolution was unanimously agreed at August meeting of CWI’s International Executive Committee. We are rapidly approaching a decisive turning point in world relations with a slowdown in the world economy increasingly pointing towards a deeper downturn, including the possibility of a 2008-9 type financial crash. Such a development would find capitalism far less prepared […]
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Luo Ding is a contributor to chinaworker.info. While Hong Kong has been convulsed by the biggest mass protests in its history, large demonstrations against construction of a polluting waste incinerator plant have rocked Wuhan, central China. A week of large street protests began in Yangluo, an outer sub-district of Wuhan, on June 28, when around […]
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Dikang is a member of Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong). After Legco is stormed government prepares to launch massive counter-offensive On July 1, the 22nd anniversary of the handover and a traditional day of mass anti-government protest, Hong Kong’s mass struggle against the unelected government’s extradition law entered a new phase. For almost a […]
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Vincent Kolo is a contributor to chinaworker.info. Rising U.S.-China Tensions: A New Era of Conflict The escalating U.S.-China conflict is nothing short of a major crisis for global capitalism. With negotiations having all but collapsed there seems to be no “exit ramp” from the trade war that began in July 2018. This crisis points to […]
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Vincent Kolo is a contributor to chinaworker.info. Incredible movement in Hong Kong. Sunday, June 16’s demo was two million, outnumbering last Sunday’s one million, which opened the floodgates. This means more than 1 in 4 of Hong Kong’s population (7.5m) joined the march. A statement on behalf of the Chief Executive Carrie Lam, who may […]
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Dikang is a member of Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong). Protests escalate as government refuses to bend over extradition law One million marchers on June 9 vented their anger and defiance against the government’s proposed amendments to the extradition law. It was the biggest demonstration in Hong Kong since the handover to Chinese rule, […]
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