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At Work Treated like a Robot, Through Metal Feeling like a Human

[English] – This article written by Ralf Ruckus was published by New Bloom Magazine on June 5, 2023. It follows the heavy metal scene of Indonesian migrant factory workers in Taiwan and its flagship band Jubah Hitam. Caught up in Taiwan's racist migration and labor regime that treats migrants as mere labor power serving the interests of Taiwan capital, Indonesian migrant workers search for spaces to come together, be creative, and have a life outside wage work: At work treated like a robot, through metal feeling like a human.

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Indonesian Migrant Labor in Taiwan’s Racialized Capitalism

[English] – Positions Politics published preliminary notes by Samia Dinkelaker and Ralf Ruckus on their ethnographic study among Indonesian migrant workers in Taiwan’s fishing and manufacturing industries. They "share how migrant workers describe their conditions," and they "introduce racialized capitalism as an analytical lens to understand the systematic differentiation and exploitation of Southeast Asian migrant workers and Taiwan’s racialized labor market."