Peter Taaffe's Asian tour

SOCIALIST PARTY general secretary Peter Taaffe has been on a successful tour of South Asia, speaking at public meetings, discussing with socialist activists, and with fellow members of the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI).

In Malaysia, he discussed with members of the Malaysian Socialist Party and on 19-20 March he addressed the conference of the Socialist Movement, Pakistan (CWI) in the city of Lahore.

For a full report of Peter's visit to Pakistan see Pakistan- Musharraf rule shaky as poverty rockets on the CWI website: www.socialistworld.net

Peter then travelled to Sri Lanka to attend the United Socialist Party (CWI) congress in Colombo where he introduced the discussion on international developments. This was supplemented by Khalid Bhatti of the Socialist Movement, Pakistan, GC Jagadish of the New Socialist Alternative (CWI India) and Sevarajan from the Socialist Party of Malaysia.

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