Workers' struggles in East Asia (April 2012)
Submitted by Spartacus on May 3 2012 12:04
Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around East Asia during April 2012 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 Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The most important stories:
-WSWS Asia 7: Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific (link 1)
Workers' struggles in East Asia (March 2012)
Submitted by Spartacus on Apr 7 2012 01:09
Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around East Asia during March 2012 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. Most notable has been to continuing strike wave in China and massive, widespread, militant protests against a proposed increase in fuel prices in Indonesia which appear to have been successful.
The most important stories:
Workers' struggles in East Asia (February 2012)
Submitted by Spartacus on Mar 1 2012 14:25
Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around East Asia during February 2012 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, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The most important stories:
-WSWS Asia 4: Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific (link 1)
Workers' struggles in East Asia (January 2012)
Submitted by Spartacus on Feb 5 2012 08:26
Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around East Asia during January 2012 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 Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. If you haven't already, I recommend checking out bulmer's blog and also this libcom article on the strike wave in Indonesia.
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.
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:
Workers' struggles in East Asia (June 2011)
Submitted by Spartacus on Jul 5 2011 02:39
Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around East Asia during June 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. I'm not going to go into detail or find lots of pictures because I'm still busy working on a set of tools that should make compiling these summaries and similar ones for other regions much easier and faster.
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