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Disastrous Floods in Bangladesh and Northeast India

The monsoons in South Asia bring regular flooding to the region. In recent years, these floods have been exacerbated by rampant and unsustainable construction across the hilly north and northeast. Today, eastern Bangladesh and northeastern India are victims of this development. Bangladesh’s floods come right after a momentous political revolution that overthrew the dictatorship of […]
Bangladesh

29 de ago de 2024
The Garment Workers' Struggle Continues

The Garment Workers’ Struggle Continues
The garment workers of Bangladesh have been struggling for decent conditions of work and living wages since for nearly a decade. The movement has reached a pinnacle in the aftermath of the Rana Plaza factory collapse in November last year which took the lives of more than 1000 workers! 
Bangladesh

05 de nov de 2013

Call for International Solidarity to Bangladeshi Workers

Call for International Solidarity to Bangladeshi Workers
Amirul Haque Amin – president of the National Garment Workers Federation (NGWF) of Bangladesh – in reply to a solidarity motion sent by CSP-Conlutas and other Brazilian unions, summarized the total death toll and injured workers at Rana Plaza tragedy and asked for an international solidarity campaign to support the victims.
Bangladesh

23 de mai de 2013

The Workers of Bangladesh Need Our Solidarity!

The Workers of Bangladesh Need Our Solidarity!
On the 26th of April Bangladesh was shaken by the worst industrial disaster in the history of the country. The collapse of the Rana plaza structures have left up to 550 dead and nearly a thousand injured many of whom are still trapped in debris! This disaster and the one at Tazreen garments preceding it have […]
Bangladesh

05 de mai de 2013

On the Garment’s Workers Struggle in Bangladesh

On the Garment’s Workers Struggle in Bangladesh
The garment workers in Bangladesh are up in arms against the cronic exploitation and mistreatment meted at them by the garment bosses. The tipping point was reached when the 8 storied tall Rana plaza collapsed killing several hundreds of worker’s families living there. Already reports are coming out involving workers attacking textile factories burning them […]
Bangladesh

01 de mai de 2013

Shahbag Mass Awakening

Shahbag Mass Awakening
The ongoing protests began on 5th of February. The people were out demanding death sentence for all war criminals. The war criminals were those charged with crimes against humanity during the revolutionary liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971, they are popularly called ‘Rajakars’ who betrayed their motherland and sided with the US aided Pakistan army […]
Bangladesh

24 de fev de 2013