Der neue Präsident Taiwans will nichts ändern

[Deutsch] – Am 18. Januar 2024 erschien in der WOZ ein Artikel von Ralf Ruckus zu Hintergründen und Ergebnissen der Präsidentschafts- und Parlamentswahlen in Taiwan. Nach den Wahlen sind vom neuen Präsidenten Lai Ching-te kaum Veränderungen zu erwarten, weder in der Politik gegenüber der Volksrepublik China noch in der Sozialpolitik, welche für die Ausbeutung, den Rassismus und die prekäre soziale Situation vieler Menschen in Taiwan mitverantwortlich ist.

The Class Composition of Indonesian Migrant Workers in Taiwan

[English] – On November 30, 2023, Asian Labour Review published the article Sweatshops and Assembly Halls. The Class Composition of Indonesian Migrant Workers in Taiwan’s Manufacturing Industry by Samia Dinkelaker and Ralf Ruckus. The article sketches out the concept of class composition and applies it to Taiwan's migration regime and the everyday struggles of Indonesian migrant workers in Taiwanese factories and their forms of organizing outside their workplaces.

The Left in China: A Conversation with Ralf Ruckus

[English] – On August 16, 2023, Made in China Journal published this conversation between Chris Connery and Ralf Ruckus on the latter's book The Left in China. A Political Cartography. The two talk about the strikes in the 1950s, social confrontations during the Cultural Revolution, the New Left and other leftwing groups and debates in China since, the necessity to define what is leftwing, and the problems of using the term "revolutionary". See "The Left in China: A Conversation with Ralf Ruckus" as a blog-text or as a PDF.

Southern Riot

[English] – On August 16, 2023, New Bloom Magazine published an article written by Ralf Ruckus on the punk band Southern Riot, the members' daily experiences as migrant workers, their music and their lyrics in which they attack the "system of slavery" migrant workers from Southeast Asia are subjected to by Taiwans racist migration regime: Southern Riot: Indonesian Migrant Workers Use Punk Music to Claim Improvements in Taiwan.

Interview: China’s Communist Road to Capitalism

[English] – Interview with Ralf Ruckus on the book The Communist Road to Capitalism. How Social Unrest and Containment Have Pushed China’s (R)evolution since 1949 (Oakland: PM Press, 2021). Kevin Lin conducted the interview on June 12, 2021 as part of webinar series "China and the Left". The interview transcription was published in the book China from Below. Critical Analysis & Grassroots Activism (2023).