“Were We Not Promised To Be Free?”
The pandemic has revealed how the rapid urbanization fueling India’s economic ascent is rooted in migrant labor.
Winter 2026
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Belabored: Renewing Unions in the Age of Finance, with Alice Martin and Annie Quick
A new book, Unions Renewed, suggests that labor needs to update its playbook for a new period of capitalist development.
Gulf Dreams for Justice: From Rescue to Solidarity
The Gulf countries’ migrant labor regime is brutal. But calling it “slavery” obscures what is really a highly modern system of exploitation—and the struggles of workers themselves to change it.
How a Group of Migrants Fought for $15 and Worker Power—And Won
“You feel free—you feel this is your business,” says trafficking survivor Judith Daluz of the cleaning cooperative where she is now a worker-owner.
Chinese Labor Divided
China’s recent uptick in labor unrest has given leftists hope that the world’s largest working class is building a labor movement to match its scale. But Chinese workers are still far from having a national voice.
Occupy Central: The Migrant Workers in Democracy’s Blind Spot
Hong Kongers have never been quite comfortable discussing the 300,000 migrant domestic workers, most of whom are female, to which the city currently plays host. Complicating the discussion further is the media’s tendency to steer such discussions from issues of fair wages and workplace safety toward the still more vexing question of citizenship.
