Asia & the Pacific

The real criminals behind Pakistan’s factory fires

The deadly fire of 1911 — which killed 146 workers, mostly immigrant women and girls — and the ensuing publicity,…

September 27, 2012

Stop U.S. machinations in the Middle East!

Washington and the corporate media alike have made it obvious that U.S. imperialism — and its colonialist allies in Europe…

August 20, 2012

The Gu Kailai trial & the struggle in China

A spectacle directed at the left as world capitalist crisis deepens   Gu Kailai’s trial and conviction for the alleged…

August 15, 2012

Clinton’s Africa tour advances U.S. militarism, attacks on China

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton toured nine African countries over an 11-day period beginning Aug. 1. During the tour…

August 8, 2012

China and the Olympics

China’s Olympic triumphs prove once again the transforming nature of revolutions. The People’s Republic of China sent its first delegation…

August 1, 2012

Mass march rejects U.S.-Pakistan deal

A deal in early July papered over frayed relations between U.S. imperialism and Pakistan’s government. But it did little to…

July 17, 2012

Africans applaud China’s role in development

An op-ed piece by Dambisa Moyo in the New York Times takes a firm position that the role of the…

July 16, 2012