Global Left Midweek – November 22, 2023
Portside
Living through a historic moment
Living through a historic moment
Living through a historic moment
Global Left Midweek – November 15, 2023
Portside
Moment of truth in Myanmar
In Bangladesh Garment Worker Wages Were Increased to $112 a Month, They Are Demanding More
Teen Vogue
"We will protest till the end of our breath,” one protester tells Teen Vogue.
Global Left Midweek – Asia Focus
Portside
Palestinian voices and news from around Asia
Photographs of Portsmouth Square
Stansbury Forum
In presenting these images of Portsmouth Square, in San Francisco’s Chinatown, I’ve tried to keep in mind some of the ideas of Paul Strand, the great modernist and realist photographer.
Global Left Midweek - March 16, 2022
Portside
The war continues — as the fight for democracy and equality deepens and broadens
labor
How the Asian American-led 1982 Garment Strike Shaped Three Decades of Labor Activism
Prism
What made the strike successful were two factors: collective action under common goals and the willingness for immigrants, especially women, to be unapologetically vocal about their concerns. Its lessons about racism and justice are still relevant.
Garment Workers Win $22 Billion in Historic Victory Against Wage Theft
Waging Nonviolence
The PayUp campaign has clawed back $22 billion from apparel companies owed to factories and workers, and they’re just getting started.
Corona Couture and the Fast-Fashion Face Mask
Jacobin
The fast-fashion industry has long been known for exploitative practices, which have continued during the pandemic, despite the health risk to garment workers. “Fashion masks,” substitute actual protection for mere simulation.
labor
Workers’ Rights in Globalised Industry – How Can We Protect Them?
Morning Star
IndustriALL general secretary Valter Sanches explains what trade unions can do to tackle abuses stretching across international supply chains
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