Kazakhstan: The Working Class Attempts to Find its Voice?
Submitted by Internationalis... on Jan 10 2022 17:47
On 2 January, in response to a sudden increase in gas prices, protests and blockades rose up in the oil city of Zhanaozen in the Mangistau region, western Kazakhstan. The revolt has now spread across the country, including Almaty, the largest city in the country, and Nur-Sultan, the capital. It has forced the current president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, to sack his cabinet, declare a state of emergency and rescind the rise in gas prices (for six months). Despite this, the unrest continues.
National Revolt in Kazakhstan
Submitted by Andrew Heggie on Jan 5 2022 23:59
Over the past two days there have been mass protests, and talk of revolution in the central Asian Country of Kazakhstan. This Article will aim to give readers a very general idea of the situation as of January Fifth 2022.
Kazakhstan: who ordered the killings and tortures?
Submitted by Gabriel Levy on Dec 13 2015 11:11
Four years after the massacre of striking oil workers by security forces at Zhanaozen in western Kazakhstan, the campaign to unmask those who gave the orders goes on
"Roza is a leader: that's why they jailed her"
Submitted by Gabriel Levy on Dec 7 2013 17:56
An interview with TATIANA M., an independent trade union activist in Kazakhstan, about the case of Roza Tuletaeva and other oil worker activists jailed after the 2011 strike and massacre at Zhanaozen
Support Pussy Riot by all means. But support the Kazakh oil workers too
Submitted by Gabriel Levy on Sep 2 2012 13:20
A campaign is building to free oil worker activists jailed in Kazakhstan, where last year's strike culminated in a massacre that left at least 16 dead and 64 wounded
Kazakh union leaders facing threat of abduction by the state
Submitted by working class s... on Feb 13 2012 19:52
Union leaders from Kazakhstan are seeking support and solidarity as they face they very real and imminent threat of abduction by the state following their role in an oil workers strike last year, in which the Kazakh government massacred scores of striking workers.
Solidarity aid appeal for striking oil workers in Kazakhstan
Submitted by Kadir Ateş on Jan 5 2012 17:16
An appeal for assistance for oil workers involved in a bitter and violent dispute with their state-owned employer.
Striking workers slaughtered in Kazakhstan
Submitted by working class s... on Dec 16 2011 20:56
Police have opened fire on striking oil workers in Kazakhstan. Independent reports claim that up to seventy people have been killed, and five hundred injured.
