Industrial Workers of the World

http://chinastudygroup.net/

ChinaStudyGroup.net just relaunched. The people posting on the site now range from lib-com to Maoist to social democrat, but we're all anti-capitalist and interested in understanding different perspectives on China - including Chinese perspectives. Our political diversity and our emphasis on translating and introducing Chinese anti-capitalist perspectives means there's a lot of stuff on the site that may put off anti-authoritarians - defences of Mao's legacy and so on - but if you dig around a little you'll find some interesting things, and of course feel free to criticize anything you disagree with.

At this point we're looking for more stimulation. Also feel free to repost anything from there, as long as you indicate the source, and we'll do likewise. CSG is not a centralized organization and does not have a line, but we are united by:

* an opposition to the global capitalist system,

* an understanding that China has been increasingly integrated into that system since at least the 1990s,

* a concern for the well-being of people oppressed by that system,

* a sympathy for the egalitarian ideals of past Chinese revolutionaries, and

* critical appreciation for at least some of their efforts to forge a path beyond the capitalist system.

CSG remains convinced that by providing a forum for alternative perspectives, it will contribute to greater transparency and democracy, better understanding of China’s past and current developments, and moreover will help lend credence to the belief that another world is possible.

contact: chinastudygroup@gmail.com

China: the limits of ‘defending rights’ Translation of a post on the main Chinese leftist website Utopia on the limitations of ‘rights defending‘ strategies at the sharp end of China’s class war – the case of Liu Hanhuang, a young worker who lost his right hand in an industrial accident and having failed to get the compensation due via legal channels, ended up killing two of his bosses. http://meanwhileatthebar.org/blog/?p=286

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weiquan_movement