Asia
Wildcat strikes push China to write new anti-labour laws

Striking Honda workers, 2010.
By Ellen David Friedman

Typhoon Haiyan bears down on the Philippines.
Brian Manning (1932-2013): Charlie India Echo Tango calling Timor Leste

On November 3, 2013, Brian Manning – veteran Northern Territory communist, trade unionist, campaigner against racism
General Vo Nguyen Giap (1911-2013): Military hero, revolutionary intellectual, environmentalist

General Vo Nguyen Giap, second from left, with Ho Chi Minh, in 1957.
Malaysia: PSM members win RM200,000 settlement in false imprisonment case

Celebrations following the release of the EO6. Ex-detainee Choo Chon Kai in centre.
Malaysia: Kampong Hakka -– when 100 years of community residence does not matter
By S. Arutcheclvan, general-secretary, Socialist Party of Malaysia

Socialist Party of Malaysia's general secretary S. Arutchelvan being arrested.
Pakistan 'anti-terrorism' court jails left-wing activists for 10 years for protesting

Baba Jan addressing displaced villagers in Hunza Valley in 2010.
By Haseeb ur Rahman


