The International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers’ Federation has strongly condemned the brutal campaign waged by employers on workers and unions in Faisalabad, Pakistan. As part of this campaign workers have been attacked by armed men employed by factory owners, some have been shot while others have been badly beaten.

On November 21st, 1927, under the leadership of Peng Pai, pioneer of the Chinese Communist revolution as well as committed socialist, the country’s first rural Soviet administration was established in area of Hailufeng, Guangdong province. Thus began the first chapter of the Communist movement in China.