MAOISTS in the Philippines say that they are foiling the army in its attempts to clear land for a large-scale mining project.
The guerilla New People’s Army (NPA) announced details on Monday of its recent sniping operations against troops — part of its bid to stop the project’s development.
It claimed to have left three soldiers dead and one wounded during its attacks on their camps in Samar province.
From summit to summit, imperialist companies and governments cut, delay or water down their commitments, warn the Communist Parties of Britain, France, Portugal and Spain and the Workers Party of Belgium in a joint statement on Cop30
One of the major criticisms of China’s breakneck development in recent decades has been the impact on nature — returning after 15 years away, BEN CHACKO assessed whether the government’s recent turn to environmentalism has yielded results
Huge protests against corruption and preventable deaths during flooding have rocked the government — the masses are not likely to be able to take direct control in their own interests yet, writes KENNY COYLE, but it’s a promising show of people power


