Bangladesh garment workers stage biggest wage hike protest DHAKA (Reuters) - About 50,000 garment industry workers held their largest protest so far in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka to demand an increase of more than 1-1/2 times in the minimum wage, police and labor officials said on Saturday. "Our backs are against the wall, so... Continue Reading →

[Bangladesh workers are treated like slaves under capitalism. They work long hours in terrible, dangerous conditions for little pay. They produce for the First World. The answer is revolution. -- NP] Bangladesh workers set fire to their factory (AP) DHAKA: Hundreds of Bangladeshi garment workers set fire to their factory on Wednesday to demand a... Continue Reading →

[Revolution is the solution -- NP] Only one in 10 Bangladesh garment plants safe: Engineers Dhaka: Only one in 10 garment factory buildings inspected by engineers from a top Bangladesh university were structurally sound, underlining the scale of safety problems for the world's second-biggest clothes producer, the head engineer said. Building and factory owners rushed... Continue Reading →

[Capitalism will always mean poverty. It is a system based on inequality and injustice. If we want justice, then we must fight for revolution, for new socialism, for Leading Light Communism -- NP] TEKANI, Bangladesh (AP) — Moushumi's family now has one of the largest homes in their village — two bedrooms plus a living... Continue Reading →

[Only after multiple, high-profile disasters in the industry, only after the deaths of over 1,000, are unions allowed to form. Only after so much blood, is the industry wage improved. While these reforms are fine, they are simply reforms. They are mere crumbs. Too little, too late. Exposing reformist ploys to quash more radical trends... Continue Reading →

[The true cost of capitalist fashion... -- NP] Bangladesh toll 547; smell proof number will rise By FARID HOSSAIN DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Ten days after the horrifying collapse of a garment-factory building, life has become still more gruesome for crews working to recover bodies at the site. The death toll rose to 547 on... Continue Reading →

[Bangladesh is one of the poorest countries in the world. The poor peoples of Bangladesh have nothing to lose but their chains. Bangladesh's garment industry has recently been in the spotlight due to disasters caused by unsafe and poor working conditions. Here is some background information on Bangladesh's garment industry. -- NP] Special Report: How... Continue Reading →

[The struggle against the capitalists and the inhumane working conditions in Bangladesh is part of a bigger struggle to liberate poor peoples everywhere. Fight back! Execute capitalism! All Power to the people! Poor people of the world unite! Build New Power! Global People's War! Follow the Leading Light! Be the Leading Light! -- NP] Thousands... Continue Reading →

[Hundreds die in a Bangladesh factory disaster. More victims are found. This is the price that is paid in human blood to satisfy capitalist consumerism. Third World people pay the price to keep First World people comfortable. This disaster is simply a symptom of a much larger problem. Billions suffer under inhumane conditions. The entire... Continue Reading →