Bangladesh: migrants export class struggle In recent days over 800 Bangladeshi workers have been deported by the Kuwaiti government for organising strikes and violent protests.
Workers riot in China Migrant workers rioted for three days in a town in eastern China in a fresh sign of rumbling social unrest running up to the Beijing Olympics.
One worker killed as security guards attack Indian diamond workers strike Violence rocked India's diamond capital Gujarat last Sunday as at least 40,000 angry workers who have been demanding better pay for a while, attacked small factories and homes of their owners.
Strikes and riots at 2010 World Cup building site Workers have still not resumed work at Mpumalanga's 2010 World Cup stadium after workers downed tools in a wage protest.
Riots in Weng'an County, southwest China, 30th June 2008 10,000 people riot in a southwestern province of China after the rape and murder of a 15-year-old…
Egypt cracks down post-strike Rob Ray reports for Freedom Newspaper on continuing crackdowns on civil liberties in Egypt
Mahalla riots, Egypt, April 6-7th 2008 After a government crackdown on workers throughout Egypt, Ghazl el-Mahalla erupts in two days of rioting.
Clashes outside courts in Mahalla al-Kubra, Egypt Around 300 people were involved in clashes with Egyptian security forces as, friends and family rallied in support of those detained for their part in last week's clashes.
500 Zambian miners fired after violence during strike The workers walked out on Monday in protest at low pay and dangerous working conditions in the…
Urban riots and their reportage - Tom Jennings, 1992 Tom Jennings’ 1992 essay on current affairs media and their coverage of urban riots
Prisoner riot reverses smoking ban A smoking ban at 18 prisons in Quebec was reversed this week after a riot by prisoners.