China
Barry Sheppard: Three theories of the USSR
"In the US and elsewhere, i
The most recent strike, one of the largest in China in
China: 48,000 Adidas, Nike, Timberland strikers need your solidarity
The strike at the Yue Yuen shoe factory in Dongguan, China, keeps growing: now 48
Discussion: Are Russia and China imperialist powers?
"Probably the most important Russian monopoly is Gazprom, the world’s largest gas co
Wildcat strikes push China to write new anti-labour laws
Striking Honda workers, 2010.
By Ellen David Friedman
BRICS lessons in (un)sustainable urbanisation
The South Durban Community Environmental Alliance takes on climate, BRICS, Transnet, truckers and b
Who really benefits from sweatshops?
Billionaire sweatshop sponger Bruce Rockowitz's CEO in October 2011 Rockowitz married Hong Kong pop
Extreme weather, more extreme greenhouse gas emissions beckon urgent activism
By Patrick Bond, Durban
Building socialism for the 21st century: interview with Michael A. Lebowitz
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Michael A. Lebowitz interviewed by Darko Vesić and Aleksandar Stojanović
May 7, 2013 -- Left East,suggested to Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal by Michael Lebowitz.
Darko Vesić and Aleksandar Stojanović: Capitalism has been in crisis for several years now and in response to this crisis the capitalist states practice so-called austerity measures. If we look at the historical dynamics of capitalism in the last half century, we see that they responded to the crisis of the 1970s with what is now called “neoliberalism”. If the restoration of growth is what must be carried out as a response to the crisis, we can say that neoliberalism of the 1970s was successful. Yet, can we say same of present-day “austerity measures”?
Hong Kong dockers claim victory after 40-day strike; Interview with dockers' leader
Workers and protesters holding a defaced portrait of Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing march on May Day, May 1, 2013. Thousands of workers, local labour rights groups, socialists and striking dockworkers joined in. The Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions said a record 5000 people took part in its march from Victoria Park to government headquarters before ending near tycoon Li Ka-shing’s Cheung Kong Center.
By Ellen David Friedman
May 7, 2013 -- Labor Notes -- The 40-day strike of more than 500 dockworkers at the Port of Hong Kong ended on May 6 with a settlement that included a 9.8 per cent wage increase, non-retaliation against strikers and a written agreement, all of which had been fiercely resisted by the four contractors targeted in the strike.
Strikers accepted the offer by a 90 per cent vote.