Asia

Great Game II: America Lashes Out on the Borders of China and Russia - by Loren Goldner

Ret Marut — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:57:02 +0000

Most of Goldner's work is available on the Break Their Haughty Power website.

War on the streets in Armenia

little_brother — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:07:51 +0000

Eight people, including a child, were killed by police and around 100 were injured including 33 police. An apparently unrelated border fire-fight on 4/3/08 in the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, disputed with neighbouring state of Azerbaijan with whom Armenia is still technically at war, broke a ceasefire agreed in 1994, killing 12 Armenian conscripts.

Burma: International power play?

Rob Ray — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 22:39:42 +0000

In the aftermath of the Burmese protests, in which hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets alongside Buddhist monks, there has been mounting international pressure on China and India to pull back their substantial economic support to the country.

Garment workers struggles escalate again in Bangladesh

Ret Marut — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 22:46:28 +0000

The trouble began on Saturday morning at the Nasa Group factory. Supposedly one of the more 'responsible' employers - Nasa supply Primark in the UK and Wal-Mart in the USA amongst others - Nasa workers had been on strike for 2 days demanding payent of wage arrears, bonuses and extra holiday allowances.

Jute workers attack union leaders in Bangladesh amid wider unrest

Ret Marut — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:10:01 +0000

Jute unrest

Bangladesh: 100 hurt as garment workers clash with police

Ed — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 15:55:03 +0000

The fighting broke out as police charged baton on the garment workers fuming over unconfirmed reports that one of them was killed Thursday over the theft of a cellphone set.

1912: The Lena Massacre

Alex... — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 11:33:13 +0000

Situated in the dense forest of south-east Siberia, the massive goldfields that lined the river Lena were, at the turn of the century, amongst the most profitable enterprises in the Russian Empire. The Lena Gold Mining Joint Stock Company (Lenzoloto), the principal owner of the majority of goldfields in the region, was running at profits of 7,000,000 roubles a year.

Student revolt: riots across Bangladesh

Ret Marut — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:03:27 +0000

Despite apologies for the assault from the government, their withdrawal of troops from Dhaka campus and the promise of an official enquiry, unrest has spread and become a more general protest against the caretaker government and its long-running State of Emergency.

China: miners strike attacked

catch — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 06:47:47 +0000

Radio Free Asia reported that the security guards set about the workers and in the ensuing clash at least one worker and one security guard died. The conflict lasted about two hours, during which time the workers vented their anger by attacking company offices and two nearby police vehicles they believed had been used to transport management's hired security guards to the mine.

1918: Rice riots and strikes in Japan

catch — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:46:11 +0000

1905-1918 in Japan was called the Era of Popular Violence (民衆騒擾期, minshû sôjô ki). This began with the Hibiya Incendiary Incident (日比谷焼討事件, Hibiya Yakiuchi Jiken) - a citywide riot in Tokyo that started with a banned protest in Hibiya park; against the terms of the Portsmouth Treaty which ended the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-1905.