Around the World in 8 Minutes- Episode 12
In this episode, we bring you ground report from the International women’s day march in New Delhi. We also look into the aviation workers’ strike in Kenya.
Socialist Revolutionary Workers’ Party vows to resist South African government’s privatization move
The working class majority can never escape the shackles of inequality and poverty if we continue on this disastrous path, says Irvin Jim of NUMSA
Swaziland: Trade unions boycott King Mswati’s businesses after bar on strike
King Mswati spent more than $74 million on his birthday while claiming that there are not sufficient funds to raise the salaries of public servants who have lost purchasing power by more than 14% in the last two years
Public transport workers win wage hike after nine-day strike in India
Transport workers in Mumbai went on strike for nine days protesting low wages and attempts of privatization of the city’s buses
Thousands of Argentine workers march to denounce Macri’s austerity measures
In order to reduce the fiscal deficit as demanded by the IMF, the administration of the ruling right-wing party Cambiemos announced new increases in the tariffs of public transport, electricity, water and residential gas.
The battle continues against neoliberalism and the global right
The year witnessed struggles across the world, most often led by trade unions, against neoliberalism and the related rise of the right-wing
India’s urban and rural working class to embark on two day nationwide strike in January
The shutdown in rural India coinciding with the trade union’s strike will unite the farmers and workers to challenge the pro-corporate and anti-people rule of far right BJP government.






