- Enemy of Nuclear Arms: Nobel Peace Prize Winners
- Lebanon Primer
- Samsung Strike in India
- Cambodian Labor Leader Chhim Sithar
- Background of Sri Lanka Power Shift
- Myanmar Unions on the Spot
- Women Get to Work in Bangladesh
- Vietnam’s Strategic Narrative
- Seoul Climate Protest Draws 30,000+
- Honoring Elias Khoury
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Enemy of Nuclear Arms: Nobel Peace Prize Winners
Julian Ryall / Deutsche Welle (Berlin)
Nihon Hidankyo (the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Victims’ Organizations) has been campaigning since August 1956 for greater health care provisions for survivors of the attacks — known as “hibakusha,” or “bomb-affected people” — as well as a blanket ban on the development and use of nuclear weapons.
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Lebanon Primer
Lara Deeb, Maya Mikdashi, Tsolin Nalbantian and Nadya Sbaiti / Middle East Research and Information Project (Ardmore PA)
This primer situates the latest Israeli war on Lebanon and resistance to it within the broader context of Lebanon’s political development and its relationship to Palestine.
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Samsung Strike in India
Arun Janardhanan / The Indian Express (Noida)
The labour strike at Samsung’s plant in Sriperumbudur, just outside Chennai, has stretched into its second month, with over a thousand workers demanding the recognition of their union and improvements in working conditions. The continuation of protests, despite talks, was followed by a crackdown from the Tamil Nadu police.
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Cambodian Labor Leader Chhim Sithar
François Camps / Equal Times (Brussels)
Cambodian trade union leader Chhim Sithar, 36, was recently released after spending two years in prison. She was convicted by the Cambodian regime for ‘inciting’ public disorder. Her crime? Advocating for the rights of workers at NagaWorld, the largest casino in Cambodia, located in the heart of the capital, Phnom Penh.
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Background of Sri Lanka Power Shift
Pitasanna Shanmugathas and Balasingham Skanthakumar / Jurist News (Pittsburgh)
Sri Lanka elected Anura Kumara Dissanayake as its new president, marking the first time in the country’s history that a candidate outside the two major political parties has won the presidency. The expectation is that his government will transform the political culture where politicians lord over the people in between election day.
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Myanmar Unions on the Spot
Khaing Zar Aung / Jacobin (Brooklyn)
Democratic forces in Myanmar have been fighting for more than three years against a military junta. Unions are a crucial part of the resistance movement, and the government has cracked down on them with deadly force.
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Women Get to Work in Bangladesh
Asad Islam and Fariha Kabir / East Asia Forum (Canberra)
Women played a crucial role in the recent protests that led to the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government in Bangladesh. The protests highlight the growing recognition of women as equal partners in Bangladesh’s development and the need for the country to fully embrace their leadership potential.
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Vietnam’s Strategic Narrative
Vu Le Thai Hoang and Ngo Di Lan / The Diplomat (Arlington VA)
Vietnam, an arguably emerging middle power, has maintained a coherent and consistent strategic narrative since the end of the Cold War. Now, under the leadership of General Secretary and President To Lam, this narrative is subtly evolving.
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Seoul Climate Protest Draws 30,000+
Sebin Choi and Daewoung Kim / Reuters (London)
With temperatures exceeding 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit), protesters young and old marched in the country’s biggest demonstration so far this year, snarling traffic in central Seoul. They waved large banners reading “Climate justice,” “Protect our lives!” and “NO to climate villain (President) Yoon Suk Yeol’s administration”.
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Honoring Elias Khoury
The Loss Jill Schoolman / Archipelago Books (Brooklyn)
The Man Robert Inlakesh / Palestine Chronicle (Mountlake Terrace WA)
His Thinking Ilan Pappé / Middle East Research and Information Project
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