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Delivery driver on the go on a wet street.

Always on the Move, Yet Trapped in Precarity: On the Buried Dreams of Gig Economy Drivers

Christina Cavalcanti
Yara El Murr
Always on the Move, Yet Trapped in Precarity: On the Buried Dreams of Gig Economy Drivers
Composite of images taken at a hospital in Lebanon and of protests organized by Lebanese University students. Photos taken on October 19, 2021 and October 25, 2011, by Marwan Tahtah. (The Public Source)

Students or Workers? Lebanese University Medical Students on the Frontline of a Crumbling Healthcare System

Yara El Murr
Layla Yammine
Students or Workers? Lebanese University Medical Students on the Frontline of a Crumbling Healthcare System
Front page of Assafir's November 4, 1987 issue, announcing the upcoming general strike.

Digging Through the Archives for the 1987 Strike That Braved the Barricades

Sintia Issa
Karim Merhej
Digging Through the Archives for the 1987 Strike That Braved the Barricades
Stencil on a wall by artist collective Bel Mersad. It reads, "Hasten to the dreams of workers. For a foreseeable future, happy life, job security, freedom of choice." Beirut, Lebanon. May 1, 2020. (Bel Mersad)

On Today's Alternative Organizing to Reclaim and Politicize the Labor Struggle

Sintia Issa
Christina Cavalcanti
On Today's Alternative Organizing to Reclaim and Politicize the Labor Struggle
Young women in factory uniforms hold a banner that reads, “our identity is to die for our bread.” Date unknown. Source: Al-Anwar newspaper.

The Power of Withholding Labor: The General Strike as Cultural Work

Mary Jirmanus Saba
The Power of Withholding Labor: The General Strike as Cultural Work
Kenyan domestic workers hold a sustained sit-in in front of their consulate in Badaro to demand immediate repatriation to their country. Beirut, Lebanon. August 11, 2020. (Mohamad Cheblak/The Public Source)

Kafala Reform a Liberal Veneer: Migrant Workers and the Struggle for Liberation

Sintia Issa
Kafala Reform a Liberal Veneer: Migrant Workers and the Struggle for Liberation
Photojournalists place their cameras on the ground at the Interior Ministry to denounce police violence against journalists. Beirut, Lebanon. January 17, 2020. (Alternative Journalists Syndicate)

Did Someone Say Workers? (Part 2 of 2)

Lea Bou Khater
Did Someone Say Workers? (Part 2 of 2)
A migrant domestic worker films a May Day march as it passes by her employer's home. Beirut, Lebanon. May 1, 2020. (Marwan Tahtah/The Public Source)

Between Kafala and Governmental Neglect: How Domestic Workers Are Left to Starve During a Global Pandemic

Banchi Yimer
Between Kafala and Governmental Neglect: How Domestic Workers Are Left to Starve During a Global Pandemic
Protestors gather around a bonfire at dawn, after having spent the night blocking Fouad Chehab Ave., commonly referred to as the "Ring Bridge," in Beirut. October 28, 2019. (Lara Bitar/The Public Source)

What Mapping Collective Action Tells Us About the Lebanon Protests

Léa Yammine
What Mapping Collective Action Tells Us About the Lebanon Protests
 At the annual migrant workers' march, domestic workers demand the abolition of the sponsorship system. Beirut, Lebanon. May 5, 2019. (Hussein Baydoun/The Public Source)

The Lebanese Revolution: A New Chapter of Kafala Misery

Banchi Yimer
The Lebanese Revolution: A New Chapter of Kafala Misery
A street cart vendor passes by a protest near the Lebanese Ministry of Labor in Beirut against the crackdown on unregulated labor, July 30, 2019. (Hussein Baydoun/The Public Source)

Did Someone Say Workers? (Part 1 of 2)

Lea Bou Khater
Did Someone Say Workers? (Part 1 of 2)
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