Asia & the Pacific

Protest in Indonesia hits U.S. attack on immigrants

The following edited excerpt is from a Feb. 6 press release by the Indonesian Front of People’s Struggle (Front Perjuangan…

February 21, 2017

China takes another big step away from CO2

The contrast couldn’t be sharper. On one side of the world, a president takes office and makes his first priority…

January 24, 2017

El calentamiento global, Trump y China

El año 2016 que acaba de terminar fue el más caliente registrado. Así fue 2015. Y 2014 anteriormente. Cada año,…

January 18, 2017

Tillerson, Exxon Mobil and the South China Sea

Donald Trump may like to surprise people, but he has followed exactly what previous presidents have done in selecting a…

January 17, 2017

Women & the All India Trade Union Congress

Amarjeet Kaur is National Secretary of the All India Trade Union Congress. Martha Grevatt interviewed her Oct. 7 during the…

November 20, 2016

A century of struggle: The All India Trade Union Congress

Amarjeet Kaur is National Secretary of the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC). Martha Grevatt interviewed her Oct. 7 during…

November 4, 2016

Behind Duterte’s shift toward China

An announcement by President Rodrigo Roas Duterte of the Philippines, made during a state visit to Beijing on Oct. 20,…

October 27, 2016

Why Hiroshima and Nagasaki were incinerated

Barack Obama is scheduled to visit Hiroshima on May 27, the first sitting U.S. president to do so. Obama’s visit…

May 20, 2016

New Philippines president to face big challenges

By Prof. Jose Maria Sison The author is chairperson of the International League of Peoples' Struggle and chief political consultant…

May 12, 2016

China, U.S. and global warming, part 3: Coal miners in crisis

In this series, we’ve compared the response to global warming by the Chinese and U.S. governments. With roughly one-fifth of…

March 21, 2016