Asia and Oceania

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on the election results.

The Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued a statement protesting the price hike on LPG cylinders.

A march was held from Purana Paltan intersection in Dhaka to Nawabpur as part of a nationwide protest program demanding the cancellation of the trade agreement signed with the United States. 

A joint demonstration was organised on the 3rd of May at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, by Left parties—Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (ML), Revolutionary Socialist Party, Forward Bloc, and CGPI. 

1st of May, International Workers' Day, was celebrated with demonstrations and parades across Asia. In many countries, workers, students, progressives and communists organized marches, mass rallies and demonstrations to mark the occasion.

In his speech at a discussion meeting organized by the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) on the occasion of the historic Khapra Ward Martyrs' Day, Kazi Sajjad Zahir Chandan said, "The brave martyrs of Khapra Ward fought and gave their lives to establish the rights of the workers and farmers. They dreamed of establishing an exploitation-free socialist state, and we must continue our fight to realize that dream and aspiration."