Asia-Pacific
China’s Position in the Hierarchy of Global Capitalism
The question of China’s place in the international order is central to characterizing where the world capitalist system is heading. This article is part of an ongoing and as yet unconcluded process of elaboration and discussion on the topic within the Trotskyist Fraction–Fourth International (as part of which we have been publishing a variety of contributions). The positions taken below are the author’s own and do not reflect those of the Trotskyist Fraction as a whole.
Juan Chingo
February 10, 2021The Communist Movement in India
The subcontinent is home to myriad communist parties — most of which practice class collaboration.
Sou Mi
February 7, 2021200,000+ Protesters Demand Repeal of BJP-Sponsored Anti-Farmer Laws
On January 26 in New Delhi, thousands of farmers disrupted Modi’s Republic Day military parade and occupied the Red Fort to protest three laws that would hurt farmers and increase privatization and capitalist profits.
K.S. Mehta
February 5, 2021Thailand Legalizes Abortion Up to 12 Weeks
The Thai senate has voted to make abortion legal in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, but will maintain penalties for abortions performed after this period. While the law is a step forward, it falls short of full decriminalization.
Otto Fors
February 3, 2021Indian Workers Ambush iPhone Sweatshop to Protest Unpaid Wages
Workers in the southern city of Bangalore stormed an iPhone manufacturing plant on Saturday, breaking windows and turning over vehicles. They demand their unpaid wages, as well as better wages and working conditions.
La Izquierda Diario Argentina
December 16, 2020Indian Farmers on Strike. They Should Continue — Indefinitely
Farmers in India led a nationwide strike yesterday, December 8, to mount the pressure on Delhi to repeal the three new agricultural laws passed by the Modi government. To win their demands, they, along with the hundreds of millions of workers in the country’s most strategic sectors, need to continue down the path opened by the strike.
Sou Mi
December 9, 2020Farmers Unions in India Call for National General Strike Dec. 8
Tomorrow, December 8, farmers unions across India have called for a strike to deepen their ongoing protests against three new laws passed by Modi’s BJP-controlled government that will give corporations immense bargaining power over farmers and effective control of the agricultural sector.
M.K. Kumar
December 7, 2020The Chinese State Places Limits on Technology Giants
On the geopolitical significance of the humiliation of Chinese millionaire Jack Ma.
Juan Chingo
December 7, 2020Over 300,000 Farmers Have Begun an Indefinite Siege on India’s Capital
In a powerful rebuke to Narendra Modi’s three pro-capitalist agricultural laws, hundreds of thousands of farmers have traveled from across India for protests in New Delhi and blockaded its main arteries.
Sou Mi
December 1, 2020A Tour of Views on China’s Relationship to Imperialism
To complement “China and Imperialism: Elements for the Debate,” which explores how to characterize China within the imperialist system, this article presents some of the alternative positions.
Esteban Mercatante
November 29, 2020