The International Situation: Capitalism in a State of Emergency

The International Situation: Capitalism in a State of Emergency

This text was written as background information for a broad discussion about the current situation, not as a programmatic document of Speak Out Now. Jan. 28, 2021 download .pdf The COVID crisis of 2020 has drawn into focus many of the interconnected crises of global...
Taiwan and the U.S. Presidential Election

Taiwan and the U.S. Presidential Election

This is a summary of conversations with individuals in Taiwan and their impressions of the response to Biden’s election. The U.S. elections have resulted in the defeat of Trump and a victory for Biden. While many in the U.S. and around the world feel a sense of...
Coronavirus Crisis Awakens a Sleeping Giant: China’s Youth

Coronavirus Crisis Awakens a Sleeping Giant: China’s Youth

This article is reprinted from The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/28/world/asia/coronavirus-china-youth.html Students have flooded social media to organize donations for Chinese doctors battling the coronavirus epidemic. Workers have marched in the...
Fightback Section (April 2013)

Fightback Section (April 2013)

Hong Kong, March 28 – PRESENT – More than 400 Hong Kong port workers have been on strike against their employer HIT, a shipping company owned by Asia’s richest man, Li Cheung Kong. The workers have been on strike since March 28 demanding a 20 percent pay rise. Even...