Kriangsak Teerakowitkajorn (Teera-Hong)
@kteerahong.bsky.social
Founder and Director of Just Economy and Labor Institute; SSRC Just Tech Fellow 2024-26; Coproducer and cohost of the Asian Labour Review’s Podcast, the Continent of Resistance; labor geographer
There’s something bosses have always understood better than us: the festival is more dangerous than the protest itself. That’s why bosses would rather sponsor festivals and keep them under their watchful eyes!
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October 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
There’s something bosses have always understood better than us: the festival is more dangerous than the protest itself. That’s why bosses would rather sponsor festivals and keep them under their watchful eyes!
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Originally published on August 20th, just after the National Assembly passed the Yellow Envelope Law, the piece sheds light on the harsh conditions delivery workers face, including the relentless 40 sec acceptance time imposed by platforms.
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September 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Originally published on August 20th, just after the National Assembly passed the Yellow Envelope Law, the piece sheds light on the harsh conditions delivery workers face, including the relentless 40 sec acceptance time imposed by platforms.
asianlaborfutures.substack.com/p/reality-of...
asianlaborfutures.substack.com/p/reality-of...
In this weekend edition, I reflect on conversations with Kim Ji-su of the South Korean Rider Union and Raymond J. Kusnadi of Indonesia's SPAI through the lens of movement building.
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Grow Movement Like A Tree
Asian Labor Futures #15 Lessons from Indonesian and South Korean Riders
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September 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
In this weekend edition, I reflect on conversations with Kim Ji-su of the South Korean Rider Union and Raymond J. Kusnadi of Indonesia's SPAI through the lens of movement building.
asianlaborfutures.substack.com/p/building-w...
asianlaborfutures.substack.com/p/building-w...
I’m glad to hear—even if only through personal messages—that my Substack resonates with folks working in Asia. My intention has always been to write about the issues we face uniquely in labor activism here, the ones so often overlooked in debates shaped by Western perspectives and concepts.
September 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I’m glad to hear—even if only through personal messages—that my Substack resonates with folks working in Asia. My intention has always been to write about the issues we face uniquely in labor activism here, the ones so often overlooked in debates shaped by Western perspectives and concepts.
International solidarity events often mirror existing power hierarchies: decision-making power rests with those who control the purse strings, and agendas are typically scripted from the top down.
September 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
International solidarity events often mirror existing power hierarchies: decision-making power rests with those who control the purse strings, and agendas are typically scripted from the top down.
This shift means recognizing all forms of underpaid and undervalued work, including care and emotional labor, as deeply technological. It involves valuing the embodied expertise of women, migrants, and those dismissed as "non-experts.
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asianlaborfutures.substack.com/p/beyond-ups...
September 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
This shift means recognizing all forms of underpaid and undervalued work, including care and emotional labor, as deeply technological. It involves valuing the embodied expertise of women, migrants, and those dismissed as "non-experts.
asianlaborfutures.substack.com/p/beyond-ups...
asianlaborfutures.substack.com/p/beyond-ups...
As our shared understanding of technology is shaped by capitalism and patriarchy, here I want to challenge a new buzzword, “upskilling,” that hides the value of care, knowledge, and embodied expertise—especially the work of women and migrant workers.
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asianlaborfutures.substack.com/p/beyond-ups...
September 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
As our shared understanding of technology is shaped by capitalism and patriarchy, here I want to challenge a new buzzword, “upskilling,” that hides the value of care, knowledge, and embodied expertise—especially the work of women and migrant workers.
asianlaborfutures.substack.com/p/beyond-ups...
asianlaborfutures.substack.com/p/beyond-ups...
To understand the uprising and crisis in Indonesia, here is our selection of articles from ALR: labourreview.org/indonesias-u...
The Anatomy of Indonesia’s Uprising
Since late August 2025, Indonesia has been gripped by a wave of spontaneous and violent protests that shook the foundations of the new Prabowo-Gibran administration. What began as online discontent sp...
labourreview.org
September 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Thailand has a new prime minister, but nothing feels new. It’s the same tired elites swapping seats in a rigged game of musical chairs.
September 5, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Thailand has a new prime minister, but nothing feels new. It’s the same tired elites swapping seats in a rigged game of musical chairs.
We shouldn’t aspire to be included in someone else’s digital future. We should be organizing to shape our own.
It’s time to say: Enough. AI is just the latest frontier of exploitation—but it doesn't have to be another trap.
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It’s time to say: Enough. AI is just the latest frontier of exploitation—but it doesn't have to be another trap.
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Reclaiming Labor Futures from Global AI Hype in Southeast Asia
Toward Asian Labor Futures #1
asianlaborfutures.substack.com
September 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
We shouldn’t aspire to be included in someone else’s digital future. We should be organizing to shape our own.
It’s time to say: Enough. AI is just the latest frontier of exploitation—but it doesn't have to be another trap.
asianlaborfutures.substack.com/p/toward-asi...
It’s time to say: Enough. AI is just the latest frontier of exploitation—but it doesn't have to be another trap.
asianlaborfutures.substack.com/p/toward-asi...
“how do we turn those everyday acts of survival into a strategy for futures of our own making?
How do we build on these capacities for resilience and mutual aid to shape visions of the future, rather than inheriting the false promises of the past?”
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How do we build on these capacities for resilience and mutual aid to shape visions of the future, rather than inheriting the false promises of the past?”
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Across Cultures, Across Struggles: Forging Solidarity
Toward Asian Labor Futures #8
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August 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
“how do we turn those everyday acts of survival into a strategy for futures of our own making?
How do we build on these capacities for resilience and mutual aid to shape visions of the future, rather than inheriting the false promises of the past?”
open.substack.com/pub/asianlab...
How do we build on these capacities for resilience and mutual aid to shape visions of the future, rather than inheriting the false promises of the past?”
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August 5, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Read and subscribe to my Substack just launched!! #TowardAsianLaborFutures
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July 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Read and subscribe to my Substack just launched!! #TowardAsianLaborFutures
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Excited to share our newly published coauthored article.
We spotlight an emerging feminist approach rooted in collective care. Over the past 5 years, rider groups have evolved from informal groups into semi-structured networks, shifting from ad-hoc gatherings to more organized formations.
We spotlight an emerging feminist approach rooted in collective care. Over the past 5 years, rider groups have evolved from informal groups into semi-structured networks, shifting from ad-hoc gatherings to more organized formations.
Towards Feminist Infrastructures of Care and Solidarity
The organising practices of Thai riders illuminate the next frontiers of worker power. This power will not be built solely through centralised formal coalitions. Instead, it will emerge from messy, pl...
labourreview.org
June 23, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Excited to share our newly published coauthored article.
We spotlight an emerging feminist approach rooted in collective care. Over the past 5 years, rider groups have evolved from informal groups into semi-structured networks, shifting from ad-hoc gatherings to more organized formations.
We spotlight an emerging feminist approach rooted in collective care. Over the past 5 years, rider groups have evolved from informal groups into semi-structured networks, shifting from ad-hoc gatherings to more organized formations.
My article for the @asianlabour.bsky.social Reimagining Labor’s Power in the Digital Society
A call to cultivate infrastructure-oriented networks where workers are strategically situated and capable of leveraging collective power from below, transforming the infrastructures of power.
A call to cultivate infrastructure-oriented networks where workers are strategically situated and capable of leveraging collective power from below, transforming the infrastructures of power.
June 4, 2025 at 1:08 AM
My article for the @asianlabour.bsky.social Reimagining Labor’s Power in the Digital Society
A call to cultivate infrastructure-oriented networks where workers are strategically situated and capable of leveraging collective power from below, transforming the infrastructures of power.
A call to cultivate infrastructure-oriented networks where workers are strategically situated and capable of leveraging collective power from below, transforming the infrastructures of power.
“Let’s be real: platforms were never interested in fair play.
They refuse to recognize employment relationships…They rewrite the rules of the game while we’re still arguing over the name of it. So maybe it’s time we stop playing only on their terms.”
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They refuse to recognize employment relationships…They rewrite the rules of the game while we’re still arguing over the name of it. So maybe it’s time we stop playing only on their terms.”
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Are Platform Workers Doing Enough to Confront the Power of Platforms?
Maybe it’s time for platform workers to organize more politically
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May 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
“Let’s be real: platforms were never interested in fair play.
They refuse to recognize employment relationships…They rewrite the rules of the game while we’re still arguing over the name of it. So maybe it’s time we stop playing only on their terms.”
kriangsakth.medium.com/are-platform...
They refuse to recognize employment relationships…They rewrite the rules of the game while we’re still arguing over the name of it. So maybe it’s time we stop playing only on their terms.”
kriangsakth.medium.com/are-platform...
Trump’s Trade War with China Deepened the Need for Cross-Border Organizing in Asia
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Trump’s Trade War Deepened the Need for Cross-Border Organizing
transnational organizing is no longer optional for the labor movement
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May 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Trump’s Trade War with China Deepened the Need for Cross-Border Organizing in Asia
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kriangsakth.medium.com/trumps-trade...
Reposted by Kriangsak Teerakowitkajorn (Teera-Hong)
May 4 - The Haymarket Incident
On this day in Labor History the year was 1886. This was one of the most significant days in US labor history. A mass meeting of workers was called for that night in Chicago’s Haymarket Square.
On this day in Labor History the year was 1886. This was one of the most significant days in US labor history. A mass meeting of workers was called for that night in Chicago’s Haymarket Square.
May 4 - The Haymarket Incident
On this day in Labor History the year was 1886. This was one of the most significant days in US labor history. A mass meeting of workers was called for that night in Chicago’s Haymarket Square.
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May 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
May 4 - The Haymarket Incident
On this day in Labor History the year was 1886. This was one of the most significant days in US labor history. A mass meeting of workers was called for that night in Chicago’s Haymarket Square.
On this day in Labor History the year was 1886. This was one of the most significant days in US labor history. A mass meeting of workers was called for that night in Chicago’s Haymarket Square.
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Solidarity isn’t always loud
More often it shows up in unhurried conversations, the warmth of a held hand, shared meals, and the simple acts of showing up
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May 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
If you’re interested in following my thoughts more closely, you can subscribe to my writing here:https://medium.com/@kriangsakt. It’s a space where I share thoughts, ideas-in-progress, and reflections—delivered straight to your inbox.
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