Ryan Tan
@ryansachio.bsky.social
Comparative politics | Democratization, Illiberal Political Values, National/Ethnic Minorities | Southeast Asia, Israel/Palestine, Catalan Countries
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As the world races toward electrification, Chinese migrant workers are on the front lines of Indonesia’s nickel industry, often in grueling conditions far from home https://restofworld.org/2025/chinese-migrant-workers-indonesia-nickel-ev/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky
The Chinese migrant workers powering the deadly EV nickel boom
30,000 Chinese workers travel thousands of miles to remote islands in Eastern Indonesia to process nickel — and put their lives at risk on the frontier of the green energy transition.
restofworld.org
December 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
As the world races toward electrification, Chinese migrant workers are on the front lines of Indonesia’s nickel industry, often in grueling conditions far from home https://restofworld.org/2025/chinese-migrant-workers-indonesia-nickel-ev/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky
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The Ankara Institute has published a vast opinion survey (coordinated by Hatem Ete, Osman Sert, and Galip Dalay) on the disarmament of the PKK and the Kurdish issue. A few points :
1) 1/3 of respondents (37%) acknowledge the existence of a Kurdish issue in Turkey, while 63% deny such an issue +
1) 1/3 of respondents (37%) acknowledge the existence of a Kurdish issue in Turkey, while 63% deny such an issue +
July 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The Ankara Institute has published a vast opinion survey (coordinated by Hatem Ete, Osman Sert, and Galip Dalay) on the disarmament of the PKK and the Kurdish issue. A few points :
1) 1/3 of respondents (37%) acknowledge the existence of a Kurdish issue in Turkey, while 63% deny such an issue +
1) 1/3 of respondents (37%) acknowledge the existence of a Kurdish issue in Turkey, while 63% deny such an issue +
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The organised Jewish community organisations, in Europe and North America, who have so widely used the anti-Semitism tar now make it clear that they do not mind anti-Semitism as much as they mind people supporting Palestinians' rights
The American Jewish community is broken. ADL and Greenblatt are a key part of the reason, along with AIPAC and a majority community that would rather kill Palestinians than confront actual Nazis. Remember that they freaked out over kefiyyeh on kids, but Nazi salutes are now okay. Disgrace.
January 21, 2025 at 3:28 AM
The organised Jewish community organisations, in Europe and North America, who have so widely used the anti-Semitism tar now make it clear that they do not mind anti-Semitism as much as they mind people supporting Palestinians' rights