The criminalization of strikes since 2012
Translation of《盘点罢工工人被刑拘事件 ——我们唯有团结一致 》(Reviewing cases of strike workers’ detention: we must unite in solidarity) from the “Little iLabour” (小生) WeChat feed, reposted on iLabour here. Translated by Wen for Chuang. Background: This piece compiles a few examples of a...
“Workers’ democracy” and its discontents
Review by Wen for the Chuang blog Book: Workers’ Democracy in China’s Transition from State Socialism by Stephen E. Philion (Routledge, 2009) —– This blog has focused on contemporary struggles, especially those of migrant workers in the private and...
China Crash: The Faltering of Economic Transition
Photograph: Str/AFP/Getty Images from The Guardian. Article by Ralf Ruckus, reposted from Gongchao (September 20, 2015). —– In days of panic selling and bursting bubbles, the Chinese stock markets appear to be a casino of roulette bets on future economic...
Zombie factories, fallout from Black Monday & “the greatest military parade in Chinese history”: News round-up, Sept. 14
Photo by Eric Jenkins-Sahlin, from R&K. Highlights Zombie Factories Stalk the Sputtering Chinese Economy – NY Times, Aug 30 “To protect jobs and plants, the government and its state-owned banks sometimes keep money-losing businesses on life support by...
The Tianjin Explosion: A Tragedy of Profit, Corruption, and China’s Complicated Transition
Photo by EPA. Late into the night on August 12, two massive explosions rocked the Port of Tianjin, immediately killing dozens and injuring hundreds of people. The explosions appear to have been caused by several hundred tons of unsafely stored sodium cyanide, in the...
“In this way, our account drew on Jacques Camatte as much as TC to ask: How did Marxism become a theory of modernization? How did the theory of revolution against capitalism become a theory of how to carry out industrialization...” | @chuangcn interview w/ @endnotesjournal