Bangladesh

Death-trapped in a burning cage - the Ashulia inferno

Submitted by Red Marriott on Nov 27 2012 00:05

Comments on the horrific fire of Saturday 24th November 2012 that swept through a Bangladeshi garment factory.

Bangladeshi workers fight back against corrupt bosses

Submitted by working class s... on Oct 23 2012 13:28

15,000 Bangladeshi garment workers blockade a key highway in protest at unpaid wages. Meanwhile, bosses at the company – who supply Primark and New Look – are arrested on embezzlement charges in the country’s largest ever corruption case

Return to work at Ashulia

Submitted by Red Marriott on Jun 25 2012 20:44

Garment workers resume work with issues unresolved...

Resistance is high; garment workers force shutdown in 350 factories

Submitted by Red Marriott on Jun 18 2012 17:12

The resurgence of unrest in the Bangladeshi garment sector continues with over 500,000 workers now locked out in Ashulia...

Return of the repressed; new days of rage for garment workers - and the disappeared...

Submitted by Red Marriott on May 27 2012 16:52

After a long period of relative quiet, workers are again taking mass action in the Bangladeshi garment industry. Also; some comments on the recent wave of political 'disappearances'.

The policeman's new clothes - new styles of repression in the Bangladeshi garment industry

Submitted by Red Marriott on Jan 12 2012 01:10

How new policing methods have, for the moment, dampened workers' struggles.

Gamekeepers turned poachers; villagers cop the robbers

Submitted by Red Marriott on May 5 2011 00:20

A late night burglary in a Bangladeshi village sparks off a day of rioting as the law'n'order situation is turned upside down...

Crisis activity and communisation - Bruno Astarian

Through the lens of recent struggles in Greece and Bangladesh, Bruno Astarian examines what distinguishes proletarian activity in times of insurrection from that of everyday class struggle, how this could lead to a process of communisation, and what such a process might involve.

Workers' struggles in Asia (December 2010)

Submitted by Spartacus on Dec 31 2010 04:42

Casual workers at a Hyundai factory in South Korea staging a sit-in strike.

Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around Asia (focusing on East Asia) during December 2010 and related resources. The most important stories appear on my Twitter feed as soon as I find them: http://twitter.com/spartacusnews.