State Repression Against Left Activists Escalates
On 14 August, left activist Chai Xiaoming was tried secretly by the Intermediate Court in the eastern city of Nanjing on the charge of “inciting subversion of state power”. The verdict and sentence of the court have not been made public but the Nanjing Public Prosecutor’s Office submitted a proposal of 3 to 5 years […]
Ardern’s Labour Party Sweeps Board in Election — But is New Zealand Immune to Mounting Crises?
New Zealand’s election returned a landslide victory for Jacinda Ardern’s Labour Party. Labour won 64 seats, with the closest party behind them the National Party with 35 seats. This is the first time that any party has won an outright majority in New Zealand’s 120 seat assembly since a new form of voting was introduced […]