Recent mass protests in Indonesia against the government's bank bailout policy show the extent of the crisis in the country Read more...

In collaboration with Chinese socialists, the League has produced the first issue of Workers Power in Chinese. Read more...

Rix Bragg looks at the recent clampdown on opposition movements in China Read more...

For the first time in many years, Beijing celebrated the anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic with a military parade. President Hu Jintao watched from Tiananmen, the Gate of Heavenly Peace, as the latest weaponry passed him by. Unmanned drones, cruise missiles, nuclear-enabled missiles trundled past and, as official commentators emphasised, these were not only made in China but designed in China. Read more...

The 77 day stand-off between workers at the Ssangyong Motors plant and police ended on 5 August after police special units assaulted the roof, beating union members and arresting 96 of the strikers. Read more...

A heroic struggle by South Korean car workers has been viciously attacked by armed police and bosses’ thugs. But it has also ignited a wave of solidarity action, writes Simon Hardy Read more...

Peter Main argues that ethnic riots in China are the fault of capitalist exploitation and deliberate racial discrimination by the Chinese state Read more...

The Japanese Communist Party has seen massive growth in the last year. Chris Brennan examines why Read more...