Workers' struggles in East Asia (April 2013)
Submitted by Spartacus on May 4 2013 04:52
Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around East Asia during April 2013 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, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
Workers' struggles in East Asia (March 2013)
Submitted by Spartacus on Apr 2 2013 12:44
Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around East Asia during March 2013 and related resources. The most important stories appear on my Twitter feed as soon as I find them: http://twitter.com/spartacusnews.
For more news from China (in Chinese) see JTTP.cn and Jasmine Revolution. For news found from other regions, see here.
This month there has been news from Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Workers' struggles in East Asia (February 2013)
Submitted by Spartacus on Mar 2 2013 14:07
Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around East Asia during February 2013 and related resources. The most important stories appear on my Twitter feed as soon as I find them: http://twitter.com/spartacusnews.
For more news from China (in Chinese) see JTTP.cn and Jasmine Revolution. For news found from other regions, see here.
“Rusty Calley is a Scapegoat”: Culpability in the My Lai Massacre
Submitted by Rebelde on Feb 9 2013 14:22
This piece I wrote provides a critical historical analysis of the 1968 My Lai massacre in Vietnam, specifically looking at culpability at all levels within the military leadership.
On the morning of March 16, 1968, members of the US Army Charlie Company entered the hamlet of My Lai 4 in the South Vietnamese village of Song My. They were expecting to locate and engage the Vietcong’s 48th Local Force Battalion.1 What they found instead were unarmed residents eating breakfast and preparing for the day.
Workers' struggles in East Asia (December 2012 & January 2013)
Submitted by Spartacus on Feb 9 2013 14:02
Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around East Asia during December 2012 & January 2013 and related resources. The most important stories appear on my Twitter feed as soon as I find them: http://twitter.com/spartacusnews.
I was on holiday from halfway through December to halfway through January, so I've rolled both summaries into one and they're perhaps not as extensive as usual.
Workers' struggles in East Asia (November 2012)
Submitted by Spartacus on Dec 12 2012 10:30
Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around East Asia during November 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, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The secret wars of the CIA - John Stockwell
Submitted by wojtek on Dec 11 2012 14:52
A lecture by John Stockwell given in October, 1987 on the inner workings of the national security council and the CIA's convert actions in Angola, Central America and Vietnam.
John Stockwell is the highest-ranking CIA official ever to leave the agency and go public. He ran a CIA intelligence-gathering post in Vietnam, was the task-force commander of the CIA's secret war in Angola in 1975 and 1976, and was awarded the Medal of Merit before he resigned. Stockwell's book In Search of Enemies, published by W.W. Norton 1978, is an international best-seller.
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British intervention in Asia
Submitted by wojtek on Nov 10 2012 13:17
A Freedom article dated December, 1945 denouncing British intervention in Indonesia and Indo-China on behalf of Dutch and French colonialism and calling for solidarity and internationalism among workers. Reprinted in Neither East nor West: Selected Writings 1939-1948.
Our War Minister, Mr. J. J. Lawson, chose the moment British marines, soldiers and airmen were shooting down the people of Southern Asia to pay respect to the British soldier:
Workers' struggles in East Asia (October 2012)
Submitted by Spartacus on Nov 8 2012 11:32
Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around East Asia during October 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, Myanmar, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. I haven't had time to check the JTTP.cn or Jasmine Revolution website this month, but they're worth a browse for the photos even if you can't read Chinese or be bothered to use Google Translate.
Workers' struggles in East Asia (September 2012)
Submitted by Spartacus on Oct 5 2012 11:52
Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around East Asia during September 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, Laos, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
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