Protest: Trade Unionists Say 'Free the Hong Kong Alliance organisers!

11/01/2024

Trade unionist Lee Cheuk-yan and human rights lawyer Chow Hang-tung could be imprisoned for ten years. They are going on trial, charged with inciting subversion under Beijing’s “National Security Law” for protests and vigils upholding the memory of the Tiananmen Square massacre and the 1989 democracy movement. Against authoritarianism rising in Hong Kong and worldwide, join our protest, led by trade unionists in solidarity with our comrades.

HK League of Social Democrats forced to disband

01/02/2024

Hong Kong’s most prominent working-class political party, the League of Social Democrats, has dissolved. LSD organisers, including its chair, Marxist and feminist veteran Chan Po-ying, and leading LGBT+ rights activist Jimmy Sham, announced the disbandment to a press conference on Sunday 29 June.

International Working Women’s Day protest: solidarity with political prisoners in China & HK

11/04/2024

International Working Women’s Day was founded by working-class women fighting for better working conditions and the right to vote. On Saturday, 8 March, we will honour this tradition by protesting in solidarity with women political prisoners in Hong Kong and China.

Protest: Trade Unionists Say 'Free the Hong Kong 45!'

02/07/2024

On 19 November, 45 defendants in the trial of the Hong Kong 47 democratic activists were sentenced to years in prison, including trade union leaders Carol Ng and Winnie Yu, and socialist politician and activist Leung Kwok-hung. Democracy and freedom to organise are as vital as oxygen for our movement. On 30 November, join our trade unionists’ demonstration to support our sentenced comrades and all those fighting for democratic and workers’ movements in Hong Kong.

Five years since police brutality at Prince Edward Station

22/01/2024

Stop police brutality! Free all political prisoners! Solidarity with democratic & labour activists! Sanctuary & equality for everyone fleeing tyranny!

Trade unionists & democrats convicted: free the Hong Kong 47

16/12/2023

The no-jury landmark trial of the Hong Kong 47, presided over by three specially designated national security judges has convicted 14 out of 16 activists of taking part in a "conspiracy to commit subversion".

Article 23: Hong Kong's repressive new "security law"

09/04/2024

On 19 March, the Hong Kong Legislative Council, now completely devoid of oppositional voice, unanimously passed a new security law. In addition to the National Security Law imposed on Hong Kong in 2020 by Beijing, new offences have been created — treason, insurrection and sabotage which are punishable by up to life; imprisonment, secession, sedition, subversion against the Chinese government, external interference, theft of state secrets and espionage.

Protests against Apple spread to Leeds: join us!

10/12/2023

Join us to protest exploitation and abuse by corporate giant Apple and the Chinese state. Power and freedom to workers, East and West, against corporate and state bureaucrat power and profit!