Asia

Japan rearms under Washington’s pressure − a wake-up call to the antiwar movement

The Dec. 16 announcement by Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of a new defense strategy, while doubling military spending by…

December 28, 2022

Assassination spotlights Japan’s global role

Shinzo Abe, the right-wing former Japanese prime minister, was assassinated July 8 during an election campaign rally in the city…

July 11, 2022

Rasmea Odeh speaks out against police crimes

Workers World reprints here a speech by Palestinian activist, Rasmea Odeh, originally circulated by the Fight Back News Service. Odeh…

September 4, 2015

Zimbabwe and the killing of Cecil

It has taken the illegal and cruel killing on July 1 of a beloved lion named Cecil by a stereotypically…

August 4, 2015

Para terminar el conflicto entre China y Vietnam

Editorial Workers World-Mundo Obrero Un peligroso conflicto ha estallado entre la República Popular China y la República Socialista de Vietnam…

May 27, 2014

90 years after death, Lenin’s contributions appreciated

Lenin is the recognized leader of the political party that directed the working-class’s seizure of state power in Russia in…

January 31, 2014

U.S. & Japanese imperialism threaten China

The capitalist press is busy speculating on the motives of the People’s Republic of China in setting up an Air…

December 5, 2013

No to Pentagon pressure on China

All over the world, but especially in the East Asia and Pacific region, people are worried about a deliberate provocation…

November 30, 2013

U.S. and Japan sign military pact

The wars the Pentagon has been waging to grab control of North Africa and Southwest Asia haven’t gone well for…

October 11, 2013

From Pinochet to Suharto, U.S. supported dictators who ‘killed their own people’

“He is killing his own people.” How many times have we read and heard that? It is the endlessly repeated…

September 9, 2013