Where is China going? Over the last decade, China has become western capitalism’s primary competitor on the world market. Chinese imperialism has spread its influence into many regions previously dominated by the US, setting the stage for intensifying rivalry. We publish below an analysis of China’s economic and political development since 2016, written by Fred Weston as the preface to the new Chinese translation of China: From Permanent Revolution to Counter-Revolution released by Wellred Books.
The Malayan “Emergency” While the collapse of the British Empire is often portrayed as the result of benevolence, this could not be further from the truth. This article, from a new booklet published by the Revolutionary Communist Party – the British section of the Revolutionary Communist International – examines the real role of British imperialism during the 1948-60 Malayan “Emergency”.
India: Samsung workers win union recognition – now the real fight must begin! Nearly 1,500 workers at Samsung’s massive plant in Chennai have battled the courts and the corrupt state government, both of which lined up behind their predatory multinational employer, to win recognition of their union. In addition to a 212-day legal fight, they launched a strike last September, which lasted 38 days. Overcoming vicious repression, hundreds of arrests, and all manner of underhanded manoeuvres from the bosses, they finally forced the Tamil Nadu Labour Department to register the Samsung India Workers‘ Union (SIWU) on 27 January.
