In stark contrast to its current disarray, Sri Lanka’s labour movement was once influential. One of Asia’s first trade unions was formed by printers in Colombo in 1893 in the teeth of opposition from the British colonial administration and European-owned business interests.
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What happened to the labour movement in Sri Lanka ?
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India: Interview with Colin Gonsalves, distinguished lawyer, winner of 2017 Right Livelihood Award | Jyoti Punwani
13 November 2017The distinguished lawyer spoke to Jyoti Punwani about his journey from IIT Bombay to fighting for the wretched of the earth in the apex court.
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Video recordings from Anti Nuclear World Social Forum 2017 / Forum Social Mondial Antinucléaire (Paris, 2-4 November)
12 November 2017See programme details here: http://fsm-antinucleaire2017.nuclearfreeworld.net/programme/
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Stay . . . or Go : What drives young workers in Nepal to migrate or not in search of work ? - An info story from the ILO
12 November 2017Stay... or go? It’s a question tens of thousands of young people in Nepal are facing. With few opportunities at home, many young Nepalese seek work abroad.
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South Africa: An incredible account of a corrupt business family and its undue influence in corridors of power
by , 12 November 2017Bloomberg - Newsweek: "The Brothers Who Bought South Africa" by Matthew Campbell and Franz Wild — The [African] continent’s most important economy now appears to function for the benefit of one powerful family.
