🐍The Year of the Snake: Wish Freedom and Renewal for Political Prisoners in Jail Like other political prisoners in jail, Lee Cheuk-yan, former Secretary-General of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU), Carol Ng, former HKCTU Chair, and Winnie Yu, former Chair of

I love her reflection “I’m left with more questions than answers…Can we, with the global-local nexus of these platforms, ever fully decolonize the narratives we collect? How do we ensure our findings aren’t just reinscribing the very systems of oppression we claim to critique?

The contribution of Trump’s first week is to make class war very real and tangible.

South Korea did it. Brazil is doing it. But the U.S. couldn’t put Trump, who staged a coup, in jail. U.S. democracy is more fragile and easily manipulated than people thought. Now, Trump and his racist lackeys are becoming a global threat.

They refuse to recognize employment relationships. They hide behind terms like “partner” or “independent contractor.” They rewrite the rules of the game while we’re still arguing over the name of it. So maybe it’s time we stop playing only on their terms kriangsakth.medium.com/are-platform-w…

I’m so excited to share my recently launched Substack Asian Labor Futures! These are some of the highlights!! asianlaborfutures.substack.com

We shouldn’t aspire to be included in someone else’s digital future. We should be organizing to shape our own. It’s time to say: Enough. AI is just the latest frontier of exploitation—but it doesn't have to be another trap. asianlaborfutures.substack.com/p/toward-asian…

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Thailand is F***ked

As our shared understanding of technology is shaped by capitalism and patriarchy, here I want to challenge a new buzzword, “upskilling,” that hides the value of care, knowledge, and embodied expertise—especially the work of women and migrant workers. asianlaborfutures.substack.com/p/beyond-upski…

This shift means recognizing all forms of underpaid and undervalued work, including care and emotional labor, as deeply technological. It involves valuing the embodied expertise of women, migrants, and those dismissed as "non-experts. asianlaborfutures.substack.com/p/beyond-upski…

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In this edition, I raise a fundamental strategic question: how can we approach AI development in a way that places not just experts or NGOs, but data and platform workers themselves, at the center of shaping technological futures? asianlaborfutures.substack.com/p/from-stakeho…

In this weekend edition, I reflect on conversations with Kim Ji-su of the South Korean Rider Union and Raymond J. Kusnadi of Indonesia's SPAI through the lens of movement building. asianlaborfutures.substack.com/p/building-wor…

This is an invitation to those working in digital rights, tech policy, and trade justice. If we’re serious about challenging digital trade regimes, we need to start where workers are building confidence and power. We got to meet workers where they are. asianlaborfutures.substack.com/p/trade-agreem…

Decolonizing Our Dreams and Imagination This edition serves as a primer on imagination. It reminds us that imagination is both a crucial battleground and a muscle we must flex, and that we must practice it freely, without policing our collective dreams. open.substack.com/pub/asianlabor…

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There’s something bosses have always understood better than us: the festival is more dangerous than the protest itself. That’s why bosses would rather sponsor festivals and keep them under their watchful eyes! asianlaborfutures.substack.com/p/celebration-…