HeyJaredContinent of Resistance
Continent of Resistance features conversations about strategies of building power within Asian labour movements. We talk with grassroots organizers and researchers from across Asia, followed by highlights from the world of work in Asia.
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- Jul 18, 2026
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Reclaiming Asian Labor Futures: Centering Care and Joy (opens the original)
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We close the season by challenging the culture of burnout and self-sacrifice that so often haunts progressive movements. Shifting the focus to the "politics of care." We are curious about what care-centered organizing looks like in practice—from shared leadership and restorative rest to the integration of joy in our work. How can we build movements that sustain the very people who sustain them?
Reclaiming Asian Labor Futures: Organizing in a Converging Crisis (opens the original)
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As labor struggles increasingly intersect with climate collapse and rising authoritarianism, is the traditional "mobilizing and advocacy" model still enough? We question our collective obsession with "shiny new solutions," the professionalization of activism, and the movement's overreliance on outside experts. Instead, they discuss what it actually takes to put true power back where it belongs: in the workers' hands.
Reclaiming Asian Labor Futures: Rewriting the Culture of Labor Movement (opens the original)
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In this episode, we unpack the often-taken-for-granted culture within labor movements and explore the vital shift toward relationship-based organizing. Examining how workers historically build a culture of genuine solidarity, they ask a fundamental question: How can we foster movements that are as resilient as they are democratic?
Reclaiming Asian Labor Futures: Leveraging the Strategic Power of Workers (opens the original)
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We continue the conversation on the long-standing assumption that informal labor is unorganizable, positioning it instead as the defining norm of the modern workforce. By examining these diverse leverage points, the conversation moves beyond reactive protests to consider how movements can bridge the gap between temporary resistance and long-term, sustainable structural change.
Reclaiming Asian Labor Futures: Who’s Reclaiming the New Frontiers of Labor? (opens the original)
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Labor struggles no longer unfold only on the factory floor. This episode centers on whether new frontiers, such as the rise of platform workers, are truly new or simply extensions of the old system. We discuss the long-standing norms within labor movements that equate organizing primarily with factory and industrial work, noting that this narrow focus often leaves significant contemporary struggles on the fringe.
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