Asia
Progressive and left voices in Bangladesh give their views on the recent mass upsurge and assessment and expectations of the interim administration in place.
Ammar Ali Jan (People’s Rights Party, HKP): ‘You have to embed yourself in the movement of history’
Ammar Ali Jan discusses the challenges of building a new workers’ party in Pakistan — and the Haqooq-e-Khalq Party's recent victories for Lahore’s most vulnerable workers.
An interview with Farooq Tariq on the political situation in Pakistan, Bangladesh and India.
India's RSS and the global far-right: Expanding links, growing ambition
Dipankar Bhattacharya — As the RSS readies for its centenary in 2025, we will see more attempts to sell itself as a global role model and India as the ideological destination for 'National Conservatives' from around the world.
The horrific rape and murder of a 31-year-old postgraduate trainee doctor in Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital has triggered a massive people's assertion in West Bengal powered by a remarkable women’s initiative called 'Reclaim the Night'.
Reviving worker’s power in Singapore: Left activists speak
A new generation of left activists is emerging in Singapore, determined to rebuild people’s power. An interview with two activists from Workers Make Possible.
Singapore’s grassroots groups launch ‘The People’s Manifesto’ (plus full text of manifesto)
Adi R discusses “The People’s Manifesto”, which was publicly launched at a 250-strong “Town Hall” meeting in Singapore on August 3.
Charting a new course for Hong Kong’s struggle
Yuet Zi — Five years have passed since Hong Kong’s mass movement of 2019. Despite the regime’s repression and white terror, the embers of resistance still smoulder in the hearts of every Hongkonger, unquenchable.
The BMP’s resolute struggle for socialism in the Philippines
Rasti Delizo — The enduring struggle for the socialist transformation of the Philippines resolutely marches onward in the early half of the 21st century.
Bangladesh: The ‘Global South’ debt crisis intensifies
Michael Roberts — The overthrow of the Sheikh Hasina’s dictatorial government in Bangladesh is a startling outcome of the economic nightmare that many so-called developing economies are experiencing.
India: Marxist Coordination Committee merges with CPI(ML) Liberation
CPI(ML) Liberation — The unification of Jharkhand’s two leading Left forces, CPI(ML) Liberation and Marxist Coordination Committee, was announced on 10 August.
Today’s Uzbekistan and the left: An interview with three Uzbek Comrades
LeftEast interviews three people from Uzbekistan’s leftist circles about the state of the country’s political economy under Mirziyoyev, the role of Soviet nostalgia, the conditions and potential for the fledgling Uzbek left.