Tag: china

Opinion: Filth: Racist Scaremongering Around Covid-19 Is Nothing New. We Have Always Blamed Racial Others for Disease
Eleanor Penny
Western governments have every reason to opportunistically stoke sinophobia, it helps them to distract us and to dodge blame. But what they are doing is nothing new. A glance over the history of colonialism and race-making reveals a longstanding tradition of scaremongering about racial others as founts and bearers of disease, writes Eleanor Penny, in part two of a series on 'filth'. 
5 Reasons the Strike in China is Terrifying! (to Transnational Capitalism)
Ashok Kumar
As the unprecedented strikes at footwear factories in China near the two week mark, the 48,000 workers involved seem only to be escalating the activity. The demands for significant wage increases and structural change have resonated with local organizations which have called for global solidarity actions. As it all kicks off at this 'backbone shop', Ashok Kumar considers why it's not just Nike and Adidas who should be afraid.

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