WSWS (2025-02-08). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific. wsws.org India: Assam oil refinery workers protest two-tier wages; Pakistan: Educators demonstrate over tax rebates; Australia: Vocational teachers at Victoria University demand pay rise; New Zealand medical laboratory workers strike.

Michael Schwalbe (2025-02-07). The Palestine Exception to Free Speech is Un-American. counterpunch.org One of the small ironies of the Vietnam era was that people who saw themselves as fervent patriots often sported pins and bumper stickers repudiating the First Amendment. That's the constitutional amendment, as not everyone seems to know, that protects five key freedoms: speech, religion, the press, assembly, and petition. What did those pins and bumper stickers say? America: Love It or Leave It.

aljazeera (2025-02-07). Trump's gutting of USAID sends chill through Southeast Asia. aljazeera.com NGOs across Southeast Asia say they will struggle to continue their work without US funding.