Manoranjan Pegu
@manoranjanpegu.bsky.social
Follow for Labor and Non profit updates and opinions. Anti-Caste. PhD in Sociology. Typos, tweets and opinions are personal
In my latest piece, I write about politics around ST classification in Assam and its implications on social justice and identity politics
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The new ST classification in Assam is political eyewash
Increasingly, the demand for ST status has been led not by the desire for advancement or correcting historical injustices, but by access to political power and reservations.
caravanmagazine.in
January 6, 2026 at 3:30 PM
In my latest piece, I write about politics around ST classification in Assam and its implications on social justice and identity politics
caravanmagazine.in/communities/...
caravanmagazine.in/communities/...
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Saying it louder for the people in the back, @ituc.bsky.social
📣 Protest is not illegal. Solidarity is not a crime.
#WorkerRights #Solidarity #1u
📣 Protest is not illegal. Solidarity is not a crime.
#WorkerRights #Solidarity #1u
December 12, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Saying it louder for the people in the back, @ituc.bsky.social
📣 Protest is not illegal. Solidarity is not a crime.
#WorkerRights #Solidarity #1u
📣 Protest is not illegal. Solidarity is not a crime.
#WorkerRights #Solidarity #1u
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In May, UK brand NEXT closed a factory for being too expensive, days after announcing a 1 billion GDP profit forecast. The past months together with the workers we fought to get their jobs back. NEXT isn't moving, but did announce an additional 30m profits this week. cleanclothes.org/news/2025/ne...
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October 31, 2025 at 8:47 AM
In May, UK brand NEXT closed a factory for being too expensive, days after announcing a 1 billion GDP profit forecast. The past months together with the workers we fought to get their jobs back. NEXT isn't moving, but did announce an additional 30m profits this week. cleanclothes.org/news/2025/ne...
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Last year, Nike made $23 billion. Its founder is worth $35 billion. But Nike pays just dollars a day to the workers who make its products.
Today I met Dinar, who sews 222 labels an hour onto Nike products. She is paid $202 a month.
This is corporate greed at its worst.
Today I met Dinar, who sews 222 labels an hour onto Nike products. She is paid $202 a month.
This is corporate greed at its worst.
June 5, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Last year, Nike made $23 billion. Its founder is worth $35 billion. But Nike pays just dollars a day to the workers who make its products.
Today I met Dinar, who sews 222 labels an hour onto Nike products. She is paid $202 a month.
This is corporate greed at its worst.
Today I met Dinar, who sews 222 labels an hour onto Nike products. She is paid $202 a month.
This is corporate greed at its worst.
Bluesky has a lot of catching up to do in South Asia. Even the most ardent SM users are not joining it.
May 15, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Bluesky has a lot of catching up to do in South Asia. Even the most ardent SM users are not joining it.
India and Pakistan agrees to complete and full ceasefire! Thank heavens.
#Indiapakistan
#Indiapakistan
May 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
India and Pakistan agrees to complete and full ceasefire! Thank heavens.
#Indiapakistan
#Indiapakistan
Say no to war. Always.
May 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Say no to war. Always.
People living in border regions know the brutality of war. While countries fight, lives are lost. It's a part of their everyday existence.
Spare a thought for them. Spare a thought for those who will have to fight the war while politicians call for it.
De-escalate.
#IndiaPakistan
Spare a thought for them. Spare a thought for those who will have to fight the war while politicians call for it.
De-escalate.
#IndiaPakistan
May 7, 2025 at 8:01 AM
People living in border regions know the brutality of war. While countries fight, lives are lost. It's a part of their everyday existence.
Spare a thought for them. Spare a thought for those who will have to fight the war while politicians call for it.
De-escalate.
#IndiaPakistan
Spare a thought for them. Spare a thought for those who will have to fight the war while politicians call for it.
De-escalate.
#IndiaPakistan
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"Solidarity isn’t about funding—it’s about people."
With DOL & USAID funding terminated, LO Norway is stepping in to ensure efforts that enable workers to negotiate fair wages, benefits, safe & healthy working conditions will continue. More 👉 sclinks.co/4jEl0Jq
#GlobalSolidarity ✊🌍 #WorkerRights
With DOL & USAID funding terminated, LO Norway is stepping in to ensure efforts that enable workers to negotiate fair wages, benefits, safe & healthy working conditions will continue. More 👉 sclinks.co/4jEl0Jq
#GlobalSolidarity ✊🌍 #WorkerRights
Solidarity Center - Norwegian Unions Champion Solidarity Across Borders
In recent months, the rollback of U.S. foreign assistance has forced the Solidarity Center to scale back our programs in Palestine and Ukraine, but not our commitment to our partners. Today…
sclinks.co
May 2, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"Solidarity isn’t about funding—it’s about people."
With DOL & USAID funding terminated, LO Norway is stepping in to ensure efforts that enable workers to negotiate fair wages, benefits, safe & healthy working conditions will continue. More 👉 sclinks.co/4jEl0Jq
#GlobalSolidarity ✊🌍 #WorkerRights
With DOL & USAID funding terminated, LO Norway is stepping in to ensure efforts that enable workers to negotiate fair wages, benefits, safe & healthy working conditions will continue. More 👉 sclinks.co/4jEl0Jq
#GlobalSolidarity ✊🌍 #WorkerRights
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This week marks the 12th anniversary of the Rana Plaza collapse. In the years since, factories in Bangladesh have become safer, but many other root causes of the tragedy remain unaddressed, such as poverty wages & lack of freedom of association. Read more: cleanclothes.org/news/2025/co...
April 22, 2025 at 10:49 AM
This week marks the 12th anniversary of the Rana Plaza collapse. In the years since, factories in Bangladesh have become safer, but many other root causes of the tragedy remain unaddressed, such as poverty wages & lack of freedom of association. Read more: cleanclothes.org/news/2025/co...
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Elon Musk and DOGE are counting on fired federal workers being unable to afford the lawyers they need to understand and protect their rights. Rise Up: Federal Workers Legal Defense Network is connecting thousands of lawyers with federal workers for free legal support.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...
April 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Elon Musk and DOGE are counting on fired federal workers being unable to afford the lawyers they need to understand and protect their rights. Rise Up: Federal Workers Legal Defense Network is connecting thousands of lawyers with federal workers for free legal support.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...
“Africans, Asians, or Latin Americans never lacked the values that were coded as “Western”. They just had different frameworks for expressing them, frameworks that did not require the spectacle of benevolence or the politics of dependency and domination.”
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025...
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025...
The end of Western values
The selective moralising of the Western-led global order has been exposed for the lie it always was. It’s time to return to real values.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
April 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
“Africans, Asians, or Latin Americans never lacked the values that were coded as “Western”. They just had different frameworks for expressing them, frameworks that did not require the spectacle of benevolence or the politics of dependency and domination.”
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025...
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025...
The Bill, which emphasises the rights of gig workers, proposes a welfare fee of 1-5% of the payout to the worker during each transaction. All sums received under welfare will go to the welfare fund for the workers
www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...
www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...
Karnataka Cabinet clears Platform-based Gig Workers’ Bill
Karnataka Cabinet approves Bill for gig workers' welfare fund, welfare fee, and grievance redressal mechanism.
www.thehindu.com
April 12, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The Bill, which emphasises the rights of gig workers, proposes a welfare fee of 1-5% of the payout to the worker during each transaction. All sums received under welfare will go to the welfare fund for the workers
www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...
www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...
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This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
April 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
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America’s unions and working people across the country are in the streets rallying today to send a message: #HandsOff our unions, our contracts, and our essential services!
April 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
America’s unions and working people across the country are in the streets rallying today to send a message: #HandsOff our unions, our contracts, and our essential services!
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“American workers shouldn’t be competing with low-wage and exploited labor when we’re trying to have high standards here,” said our Executive Director Shawna Bader Blau, “a big concern is that there isn’t anyone who’s going to fill the gap.” Read more here 🔗 www.politico.com/newsletters/...
Labor groups reel from DOL's international cancellations
The Labor Department has gotten in on the Trump administration’s slashing of all money going beyond the border, leaving international labor rights specialists in a lurch.
www.politico.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
“American workers shouldn’t be competing with low-wage and exploited labor when we’re trying to have high standards here,” said our Executive Director Shawna Bader Blau, “a big concern is that there isn’t anyone who’s going to fill the gap.” Read more here 🔗 www.politico.com/newsletters/...
“Le Pen, was also sentenced to four years in prison with two years suspended and the other two to be served outside jail with an electronic bracelet. She was handed a €100,000 (£84,000) fine.”
Le Pen can appeal
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Le Pen can appeal
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Marine Le Pen barred from running for French presidency in 2027
Far-right leader found guilty of embezzlement of European funds and immediately barred from running for office
www.theguardian.com
March 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“Le Pen, was also sentenced to four years in prison with two years suspended and the other two to be served outside jail with an electronic bracelet. She was handed a €100,000 (£84,000) fine.”
Le Pen can appeal
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Le Pen can appeal
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
X (twitter) is down again
March 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
X (twitter) is down again
Myanmar needs aid-fast.
The dismantling of #USAID is likely impact recovery efforts
#Myanmar #Earthquake
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...
The dismantling of #USAID is likely impact recovery efforts
#Myanmar #Earthquake
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...
Myanmar Quake Death Toll Climbs as Some Aid Starts to Arrive
www.nytimes.com
March 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Myanmar needs aid-fast.
The dismantling of #USAID is likely impact recovery efforts
#Myanmar #Earthquake
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...
The dismantling of #USAID is likely impact recovery efforts
#Myanmar #Earthquake
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...