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- One photo at a time, Thai fisherfolk try to hold those responsible for oil spills accountableFisherfolk in eastern Thailand have taken up the role of citizen scientists to document the long-lasting impacts of what is believed to be the biggest oil spill in the history of the country, and to obtain compensation from those [...]
- Nazareth Castellanos: “We should invest less in artificial intelligence and more in natural intelligence”“There are some amazing sides to the use of the internet and social media: never before have we had access to so much information and culture. I think it’s important not only to control how many hours we spend using technological devices but, [...]
- In Uganda, virus hunters search for traces of next pandemicA group of veterinarians and health workers are collecting and analysing samples from animals and humans at a tourist hotspot in Uganda to determine the presence of pathogens and viruses with the potential to cause a global health [...]
- The women workers of Vietnam’s silk farming industryVietnam’s nearly 4,500-year-old tradition of sericulture continues to provide a livelihood to numerous families. This time-honoured tradition is mostly carried about by women.
- Ricardo Patah of UGT Brazil: “For the work of the future, we need a union of the future”In an interview with Equal Times, Patah discusses the conditions that digital platform workers in Brazil face, particularly the country’s nearly 300,000 motoboys and the options available to unions for organising these [...]
- French farmer Cédric Herrou on his efforts to help migrants: “When we fight, everyone does what they know best”Farmer Cédric Herrou, who has found himself in the media spotlight for his work to help migrants in France, has denounced what he describes as “state racism” on several occasions. In 2019 he created the first farming community of the Emmaüs [...]