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The role of labour activism in Vietnam’s coronavirus success In February, garment workers at Praegear Vietnam launched a strike to demand the factory implement measures to protect workers against the coronavirus. In response, local union officials organised training and talks by medical experts, and the company introduced such things as free masks, (...)
American slavery: Separating fact from myth – The origins of wealth inequality and the roots of discrimination today People think they know everything about slavery in the United States, but they don’t. They think the majority of African slaves came to the American colonies, but they didn’t. They talk about 400 years of slavery, but it wasn’t. They claim all Southerners owned slaves, but they didn’t. Some argue (...)
Hong Kong police’s sweeping new powers include warrant-free raids and ordering internet firms such as Facebook to remove content Police can raid premises without a court warrant, seize equipment from social media giants and demand information from political groups operating outside city. Failure to comply with new regulations decided at meeting of Committee for Safeguarding National Security will lead to HK$100,000 Bne, (...)
Hong Kong, Changed Overnight, Navigates Its New Reality In a city where China has made some ideas suddenly dangerous, people are trying to figure out where the boundaries lie, and how their lives have changed.
A barge draped with enormous red banners celebrating China’s new security law was sailing across Hong Kong’s famed Victoria Harbor only hours (...)China ends Hong Kong autonomy Beijing hopes that the imposition of the ‘National Security Law’ will mean the end of the democratic movement in Hong Kong. Colin Sparks argues that they are likely to be disappointed.
The Hong Kong police have wasted no time in using the new national security law. Adopted unanimously, of (...)Hong Kong’s new era of terror The criminalization of dissent in Hong Kong takes place within a global wave of national militarization and securitization.
On Tuesday this week, national security laws that prohibit acts of secession, subversion, foreign interference, or terrorism in Hong Kong were passed unanimously by (...)Hong Kong schools told to remove books that might fall foul of the legislation Education Bureau orders schools to assess their books and immediately remove those that ‘possibly violate’ the law. Principals appeal for clearer guidance on review process as critics issue warnings about infringements on academic freedom.
Hong Kong education officials have told schools to (...)Coronavirus, vaccine and treatment: it is morally indefensible for a nation to keep life-saving drugs for itself The world eagerly awaits new vaccines and drugs to combat COVID-19. To deal with a global pandemic, the production of new treatments needs to be scaled up towards supplying the whole world – and as quickly as possible. Borderless open and collaborative science and the free exchange of knowledge (...)
The Far Right in today’s world: Formidable but not Unbeatable From a webinar organised by Focus on the Global South.
The Covid-19 pandemic has frozen much social and economic life throughout the world, but it has not stopped political polarization. In the US, there has been a welcome push-back from the left as millions of people throughout the country (...)Open letter : WHO underplaying risk of airborne spread of Covid-19, say scientists Open letter says there is emerging evidence of potential for aerosol transmission.
The potential for Covid-19 to spread through airborne transmission by lingering in the air is being underplayed by the World Health Organization, a group of scientists have said.
In an open letter due to be (...)An end to Hong Kong as we know it? Beijing enacts new security law aimed out stamping out opposition to ruling communist party, extinguishing business interests and fragile democratic freedoms along with it.
The Law of the People’s Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative (...)USA: The Movement for Black Lives Is Different This Time Late May and early June saw the biggest wave of mass rebellion in the United States since the 1960s. Protests erupted in every major city and in all fifty states, demanding an end to racist police brutality. The character of these uprisings has been less like protests and more like rebellions, (...)
Mindanao (Philippines): Overcoming the Covid-19 Pandemic – Lessons from the “dulet” The author of this essay is Minted sa Inged (MSI) Alim “Kim” Bandara, is a member of the Supreme Council of Chieftains of Timuay Justice and Governance (TJG) or Kesefanangguwit Timuay. The Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown in Mindanao reminded many Teduray and Lambangian (T&L)! of old (...)
Hong Kong: As one of the organizers of the union battlefront, I have something to say In the face of unknown terrors, Hongkongers will persist in their struggle.
About the June 20 referendum
The National Security Law is imminent, and though many people are looking forward to the actualization of the “laam chau (攬炒)” (“if we burn, you burn with us”) strategy, it doesn’t mean that (...)Hong Kong activists must learn from dissent in mainland China Only by building resilient organizations can we keep the movement alive.
To Beijing, Hong Kong has long been feared as the foothold where Western forces can creep into mainland China and “corrupt” its people with dangerous ideas like free speech and association. Indeed, Hong Kong people have (...)‘Revolution everywhere’: A conversation between Hong Kong and Lebanese protesters The momentum for liberation is never lost; it simply picks up at different speeds in different places, at different times.
‘The people want the downfall of the regime’: Lebanon in struggle Lausan Collective (LC): Can you tell us a bit about why the protests in Lebanon began?
Joey Ayoub (JA): (...)Protests erupt in Sudan as calls mount to ’correct’ the revolution One person reported killed as ’million-man march’ calls on prime minister to accelerate implementation of reforms
Tens of thousands of Sudanese took to the streets across the country on Tuesday to pressure transitional authorities for greater civilian rule after the overthrow of longtime leader (...)National security law: Hong Kong libraries pull books by some localist and democracy activists for review At least nine titles by Joshua Wong, Horace Chin and Tanya Chan are not available to the public. Bar Association chief and authors themselves call for authorities to justify their policy decision.
Hong Kong libraries have taken at least nine titles written by localist or democracy advocates (...)USA: Rethinking Socialism From Below in the Age of COVID and Black Lives Matter On April 9, the day after Bernie Sanders announced he would suspend his campaign for the U.S. presidency, the newly formed Greater Lafayette Indiana chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America held its biweekly Zoom meeting. The chapter had come to life in the midst of the COVID pandemic, (...)
Israeli leftists who emigrate are not heros Activists who leave the battle are not weaklings, but also not heroes.
To be clear: I don’t judge anyone who decides to leave the country and reside abroad. This is a personal decision, just like the decision to keep religious commandments, be vegetarian or, as strange as it might seem, to (...)
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