Asia & the Pacific

Climate crisis cries out for social change

The climate crisis has surged to the forefront of many discussions recently, from mainstream news networks to everyday conversations between…

September 10, 2019

Dialectics of change in Hong Kong: The contradiction of two antagonistic systems

What is the biggest problem that months of increasingly violent protests in Hong Kong have exposed? Many people, especially younger…

September 10, 2019

Recontextualizing Gandhi

As a Muslim woman born in a rural village in Gujarat, India, I experienced Gandhi as a figure whom you…

September 5, 2019

Hong Kong: Google censors China

Google stripped away the illusion that the continuing protests in Hong Kong are about democracy when on Aug. 20 the internet…

September 4, 2019

Roots of the Kashmir conflict

The writer is a Muslim woman born in a rural village in Gujarat, India. India, one of the oldest civilizations,…

August 29, 2019

Justice demanded for “comfort women”

Three young activists, biking across the U.S. from Los Angeles to New York City, stopped in Philadelphia on Aug. 26 to…

August 29, 2019

Philadelphians rally in solidarity with Kashmir

Dozens of supporters rallied in solidarity with Kashmir at Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia Aug. 17. The action was called by…

August 21, 2019

Solidarity with the people of Kashmir

Workers World Party has always recognized the right of the people of Kashmir to self-determination. WWP considers Kashmir to be…

August 21, 2019

Follow the money behind Hong Kong protests

Aug. 19—​Since this article was written on Aug. 15, hundreds of thousands of Chinese people have demonstrated in support of…

August 16, 2019

The new Cold War against China

During the Cold War and the struggle that put the USSR and China on one side and imperialism, headed by…

August 14, 2019