25,000 textile workers protest against poor wages
Textile workers are on the move again. More than 25,000 textile workers defied a ban on protests in emergency-ruled Bangladesh to demand back pay and bonuses in one of the country’s biggest industrial zones. The workers walked off the job in Tejgoan…
Nuclear deal with US provokes crisis
Industry enriches bosses but endangers life and the environment Nuclear deal with US provokes crisis All essential commodity prices in India have sky-rocketed, while the foreign exchange reserve is at its peak. But that does not alter the hunger and…
Anarchism or Marxism?
What are the political differences between anarchism and marxism, and do they still matter in the new international situation? There are areas of common ground between anarchism and marxism – in opposing bureaucracy, for example, and in seeking the…
British rule in Asia: the poisoned legacy
The British empire dominated South and South East Asia, maintaining its power through the cynical manipulation of ethnic and religious division, alongside brutal repression. It could not, however, hold out against rising workers’ and nationalist…
60th anniversary of independence: India, Pakistan and the permanent revolution
How was India liberated? Which forces came to power after the withdrawal of British troops in 1947? The Indian bourgeoisie under the leadership of Indian National Congress, M.K. Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru never lived up to its own claims. Its role as a…
