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""I already bought you": abuse and exploitation of female migrant domestic workers in the United Arab Emirates" by Human Rights Watch
[New York: Human Rights Watch, 2014]
What’s the score sport ?
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/05/14/saudi-arabia-migrant-workers-electrocuted-decapitated-and-falling-death-workplaces
“Die first and I’ll pay you later”
https://www.hrw.org/report/2024/12/04/die-first-and-ill-pay-you-later/saudi-arabias-giga-projects-built-widespread
#exploitation #FIFA
#labormovement #migrantworkers #organize #SaudiArabia #Solidarity
Human Rights Watch · Saudi Arabia: Migrant Workers Electrocuted, Decapitated, and Falling to Death at WorkplacesScores of migrant workers in Saudi Arabia die in gruesome yet avoidable workplace-related accidents, including falling from buildings, electrocution, and even decapitation
#LabourRightsIndex: Europe leads world in decent work, US rated 20/100 for employment security (limited decent work)
#ArtificialIntelligence #Exploitation
"The Hidden Exploitation Behind AI" [ ± 1-3 min]
by Tegenlicht
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aIjmWICZyX0
Quote by Tl:
"May 13, 2025
#ChatGPT, Claude and more recently the launch of #Meta's AI app. Like it or not, the billionaire is shaping the way half the world uses technology. Generative AI is the latest buzzword in #SiliconValley. #BigTech giants are falling over each other to launch #chatbots and integrate AI assistants based on large-scale language models into their products. What's behind the shiny promise of #AI?"
https://www.europesays.com/2069264/ ‘You don’t mind being exploited’: Founder’s rant on corporate vs startup culture sparks debate | Trending #Burnout #business #CofounderPost #Entrepreneurship #exploitation #HustleCulture #StartupExpectations #WorkplaceCulture
"Over 190 years of colonial rule, the British collapsed India's institutions and economy, and destroyed the equivalent of $45 Trillion. This is the shocking story of how the British; through the East India Company first, then the Crown, actually accomplished such a horrible feat.
Special thanks to Shashi Tharoor for his book, "Inglorious Empire," which inspired this video."—Odd Compass
The Unmaking of India: How the British Impoverished the World’s Richest Country >
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#UK: #union members from around the country join megapicket with #Birmingham refuse workers
"Insurance" is an entire tranche of economic relations entirely created so that middle men can profit from misfortune.
Better societies would simply engage in social cooperations so that misfortune was covered by the community.
Why do immigrants get deported?
If they are getting deported, why does the state with basically limitless resources still allow them in?
It's all about control.
#immigrants #exploitation #explained #corporations #capitalism #deportation
(if somebody knows the source of the video, please reply and we will edit the post)
We built a world so dependent on systemic #corruption and #exploitation, even the victims will do anything to defend it.
- Musings at the End of the World #MATEOTW
810 #NoClimateSolution #RareEarthMining
#Corruption
This is what's called #ClimateColonialism. It is what you get when you keep combining #ClimateSolutions with profit bound #Capitalism.
This no reason to return to fossil fuels. They're just as bad or worse.
This is about #Exploitation of the Earth and #Indigenous people for the eternal excuse of #EconomicGrowth and #Consumerism .
So... who looked away ? You ?
"Revealed: How a leading Indonesian EV supplier covered up toxic pollution" [16:31 min]
by DW Planet A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g-nnMiaY14
Quote by DWPA:
"May 2, 2025
Leaked documents indicate that Indonesia's Harita Group contaminated Obi Island's water with toxic chromium and apparently misled investors in a $660M IPO – all to cash in on the soaring demand for battery materials."
Time stamps
00:00 Intro
00:48 Why nickel?
01:56 Harita’s role and history
04:08 What is hexavalent chromium?
05:00 The contamination
06:39 On the ground
08:46 The cover-up
10:00 Other problems
11:30 Where does the nickel go?
13:28 What now?
15:26 Possible solutions
#TakeCareForLife #TakeCareForEarth
#StopBurningThings #StopEcoside
#StopThePlunder #StopRapingNature
#ClimateBreakDown
#Billionaires buy politicians to write rules for themselves, to dodge #taxes, exploit workers, fuel division, pollute our #environment and destroy #PublicServices – all while raking in obscene profits.
www.ituc-csi.orgMay Day 2025: Take back democracy from the billionaire coup This May Day 2025, the global trade union movement is taking this message to the streets: There is an alternative to the billionaire vision of the world. As inequality deepens and democracy is undermined by a tiny elite, working people are rising up with a bold, hopeful plan for a just future – a vision built on solidarity, dignity and democracy that delivers. On May 1, trade unions will mobilise to take their demands to their governments. One week later, the ITUC will elevate these (…)
The new "int'l digital strategy" of the EU says "decoupling [from the rest of the world] is unrealistic and cooperation will remain significant across the tech value chain."
This is a good start to acknowledge that #DigitalSovereignty cannot simply mean #BuyEuropean; it must increase the people's #sovereignty to use our tech the way we see fit. And invest in tech that reduces risks of centralisation, mass #surveillance, economic #corruption, and #exploitation.
And no, #AIFactories ain't it.
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#Biden’s 2021 declaration came amid heightened public debate about the erasure of #IndigenousPeople in celebrations of Christopher Columbus, whose landing in North America led to centuries of #exploitation & #slaughter of #NativeAmerican populations.
#ColumbusDay has long been criticized by those who condemn the explorer for paving the way for European #colonialism, which brought catastrophic diseases & led to the decimation of Indigenous populations in America.