Wukan peasant victory sets stage for Chinese turmoil
Submitted by Django on Jan 9 2012 19:56
Adam Ford reports on the Wukan rebellion and asks what it means for the future of social struggles in China
The villagers of Wukan in south-east China appear to have won a victory over the misnamed Communist Party regime, and prevented the sale of some communal land. This triumph is the result of direct action, direct democracy, and the community’s ability to get the word out, in spite of government censorship.
A short review of Chinese community and workplace struggles in 2011
Submitted by bulmer on Jan 9 2012 04:52
This is my first post, hopefully the first of many. I will be blogging a lot about China and Hong Kong, so this should give an idea of what's to come. I just want to do a short review of what has been happening in China in 2011 from labour and community resistance point of view. Obviously, the story of what happened in the village of Wukan is the stand out story of the year but it's not the only thing to happen.
Looking at the site China Strikes, you can see the amount of industrial disputes happening all around China. Workers are seeing that they are the backbone for the economic growth in China and in the last few years have become increasingly prepared to fight for better pay and conditions.
Workers' struggles in East Asia (December 2011)
Submitted by Spartacus on Jan 8 2012 09:36
Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around East Asia during December 2011 and related resources. The most important stories appear on my Twitter feed as soon as I find them: http://twitter.com/spartacusnews.
This month there has been news from Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Mongolia, Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand. Signifcantly there has been both a wave of strikes and a number of land protests building simultaneously - these have continued into the first week of 2012 (though not covered here).
The most important stories:
Workers' struggles in East Asia (November 2011)
Submitted by Spartacus on Dec 7 2011 11:16
Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around East Asia during November 2011 and related resources. The most important stories appear on my Twitter feed as soon as I find them: http://twitter.com/spartacusnews.
This month there has been news from Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, North Korea, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. The main development to watch is the upsurge in strikes in China, which has been continuing for more than a month now.
Chinese police arrest strikers
Submitted by Django on Dec 6 2011 14:03
Police in Shanghai have arrested around a dozen workers following ongoing strike action at an electronics factory.
The arrests resulted from workers blockading heavy equipment which was being removed from the Singapore-owned Hi-P International plant. The factory is being closed down, and according to the strikers, relocated to the Shanghai suburb of Nanhui where new staff will be hired.
Fetishism of digital commodities and hidden exploitation: the cases of Amazon and Apple
An essay written by the Wu Ming Foundation around the time of Steve Jobs' death which lays out the facade of the corporate 'miracle' and argues against net-fetishism.
[The original version of this essay was published on Giap on 26 September 2011, several days before Steve Jobs died. The French version was published on Article XI on the eve of Jobs' death.
Workers' struggles in East Asia (October 2011)
Submitted by Spartacus on Nov 5 2011 08:23
Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around East Asia during October 2011 and related resources. The most important stories appear on my Twitter feed as soon as I find them: http://twitter.com/spartacusnews.
This month there has been news from Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, North Korea, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand.
Workers' struggles in East Asia (September 2011)
Submitted by Spartacus on Oct 7 2011 10:42
Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around East Asia during September 2011 and related resources. The most important stories appear on my Twitter feed as soon as I find them: http://twitter.com/spartacusnews.
This month there has been news from Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, North Korea, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
Workers' struggles in East Asia (August 2011)
Submitted by Spartacus on Sep 1 2011 13:32
Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around East Asia during August 2011 and related resources. The most important stories appear on my Twitter feed as soon as I find them: http://twitter.com/spartacusnews.
This month there has been news from Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.
The most important stories:
Workers' struggles in East Asia (July 2011)
Submitted by Spartacus on Aug 4 2011 13:51
Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around East Asia during July 2011 and related resources. The most important stories appear on my Twitter feed as soon as I find them: http://twitter.com/spartacusnews. There is also this news forum thread for China.
This month there has been news from Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, North Korea, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The most important stories:
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