The Government say things are getting better. They say jobs are being created. They say wages and prices are stabilising, whatever that means.
Cambodian textile workers have been on strike since before Christmas demanding a new minimum wage of $160 a month. Currently they get about $80.
Once again, the international media has noisily greeted the arrival of a new Iranian president, seeing in him the ultimate triumph of diplomacy, moderation and wisdom.
Today in Johannesburg the biggest ever gathering of leaders of global capitalism is taking place to honour Nelson Mandela.
The dispute is framed by the attempt to control a small uninhabited archipelago located between Okinawa and Taiwan in the East China Sea.
As is well known Raul Castro - Head of State and leader of the Government of the Republic of Cuba – has said he wants to unify the two _pesos_ in use in Cuba.
If we were moralists, we’d say that there is something obscene in the daily drama bourgeois politicians of every stripe enact for us.