Continent of Resistance

About Continent 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. The monthly podcast is co-produced and co-hosted by Kevin Lin (Managing Editor of Asian Labour Review) and Kriangsak (Kiang) Teera-Hong (Managing Director of Just Economy and Labour Institute). For more, visit: labourreview.org.

Publisher

Kriangsak Teera-Hong & Kevin Lin

Category

news · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Mar 2023

Latest episode

18 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

25 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   18 Jul 2026

   Reclaiming Asian Labor Futures: Centering Care and Joy

   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?

2. 

   18 Jul 2026

   Reclaiming Asian Labor Futures: Organizing in a Converging Crisis

   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.

3. 

   18 Jul 2026

   Reclaiming Asian Labor Futures: Rewriting the Culture of Labor Movement

   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?

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 20 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

12

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

68

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