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Blood Bricks

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Award-winning research on the climate change-modern slavery nexus in the Cambodian construction industry. ESRC-FCDO funded (2016-2019). RTs NE

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Joined July 2017
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@RalphLauren @Lululemon @jcrew @adidas @Nike @c_en_a and @UnderArmour have all been notified at least twice. Brick workers incinerate the scraps in kilns, in an industry where #debtbondage and #childlabor are persistent problems. Read the full story here: cambojanews.com/garment-wast…
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The home in capitalist times Ever more 'home' to the rhythms of capitalist enclosure & profit The outcome for the indebted = wakefulness in their day & nighttime lives NEW in @theAAG journal from #Cambodia research with #microfinance borrowers: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Can't sleep for money worries? Debts haunting your dreams? You're not alone As @K_Brickell, Dalia Iskander, @VincentGuermond and I show in this NEW Annals @theAAG paper, wakefulness is a feature of indebted life under capitalism Check it out here👇 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Happy to share this new article written with my PhD student, Rosa Yi, about the impact of #Covid-19 on translocal migrant households in #Cambodia, published in @RGS_IBG's journal Area. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Area | RGS Geography Journal | Wiley Online Library

Area | RGS Geography Journal | Wiley Online Library

Our paper argues that COVID-19 deepened the translocal precarity of smallholder households, who already had to struggle with volatile commodity production and uncertain labour migration. Through the...

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Very proud to see our analysis featured here in @guardian this afternoon More than 500m bricks were imported in 2022, leading to carbon emissions of 288,190 tonnes - an all-time high! Thanks to @rachelxkeenan for excellent, clear reporting on this issue theguardian.com/environment/…
UK importing more bricks than ever and carbon cost is rising, study reveals

UK importing more bricks than ever and carbon cost is rising, study reveals

Imports have risen since Brexit despite brick producers saying UK can make enough for its own use

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Climate change and labour exploitation go hand in hand in the Cambodian brick sector This new report with @BBCLBicker - Burning prisons - gives you an insight into the coalface of climate change 🔊Sound on👇
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🧱 BBC revisits our @Blood_Bricks findings 🧱 👕 #Fastfashion is STILL being used as fuel in #Cambodia brick kilns ⚕️ The health consequences are devastating Thanks @BBCLBicker @RHULGeography @kclgeography @lauriefdparsons @nith1989 bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-68…
Cambodia: Fast fashion helps fuel blazing kilns where workers faint from heat

Cambodia: Fast fashion helps fuel blazing kilns where workers faint from heat

How hot is too hot to work? The BBC visits Cambodia's sweltering brick kilns to find out.

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Cambodia: The burning prisons fuelled by fast fashion. @TCristofoletti’s latest collaboration with @BBCNewsAsia - story by @BBCLBicker, produced by @LindleMarkwell bbc.com/news/world-asia-6810…
Cambodia: Fast fashion helps fuel blazing kilns where workers faint from heat

Cambodia: Fast fashion helps fuel blazing kilns where workers faint from heat

How hot is too hot to work? The BBC visits Cambodia's sweltering brick kilns to find out.

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From the dreams/memory/imagination of Cambodian artist Chan Phoun, whose art walks us through life as a brickyard debt-slave, where kids work off parents' debts. Podcast for @FreedomCollab ft @Blood_Bricks @TharoKhun @lauriefdparsons @gallery282 open.spotify.com/episode/4Kp…
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The American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) has urged the new government to take action on Cambodia’s brick kiln industry, which allegedly continues to employ child labor and use textile waste to fuel brick kiln factories. cambojanews.com/american-app…
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Great to see @Reuters keeping the issue of brick kilns burning garment waste in Cambodia in the public eye Well done to @clarebaldwin and @helenmariareid for an important piece Check out the piece here: reuters.com/sustainability/w…
Waste from Adidas, Walmart, other brands fuelling Cambodia brick kilns - report

Waste from Adidas, Walmart, other brands fuelling Cambodia brick kilns - report

Waste from at least 19 international brands including Adidas and Walmart is being used to fuel kilns in brick factories in Cambodia, and some workers were falling ill, according to a report by a...

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Jack Brook@jack_brook9623 Oct 2023
Cambodian farmer Nhu Laen died because of a microloan that never should have been granted. And he's not the only borrower who committed or attempted suicide in part because of heavy debt from European development bank-funded microloans. 🧵 Here's what I found for @guardian:
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Fantastic training opportunity with CNN Academy: Content creators & journalists from and in the Global South, apply by Nov 15 to be in with a chance of getting on this all-expense paid program from November 27th to December 10th 2023 in Abu Dhabi. academy.cnn.com/home/?page_i…
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Very exciting to see my forthcoming book 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 is now featured in @ManchesterUP's Spring/ Summer catalogue More info here: manchesteruniversitypress.co… Out May 2023!
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Much ink has been spilled identifying the many problems with the sector, but much less so about possible ways forward. Me for @Diplomat_APAC thediplomat.com/2023/07/we-k…
We Know Microfinance Harms Cambodia’s Poor. What Can Be Done About It?

We Know Microfinance Harms Cambodia’s Poor. What Can Be Done About It?

Much ink has been spilled identifying the many problems with the sector, but much less so about possible ways forward.

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Funding available to support groups most impacted by climate change by designing and implementing co-produced adaptation and migration strategies. Learn more and apply by 2 May - orlo.uk/FsJxx
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After a year's investigation, proud to see our revelation of child and bonded labour in UK brick imports on the front page of @Politico this weekend The UK imports 400 million bricks each year, many of them made in terrible conditions Read more here: politico.eu/article/exploita…
Another (exploitative) brick in the wall of your UK home

Another (exploitative) brick in the wall of your UK home

UK imports bricks made in Indian kilns where researchers have found child labor, debt bondage and health hazards.

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The Asia-Pacific region is seeing a rising crackdown against corporate greenwashing #greenwashing #Asia context.news/net-zero/asia-a…
Asia and Australia target greenwashing as companies risk penalties | Context by TRF

Asia and Australia target greenwashing as companies risk penalties | Context by TRF

Asia-Pacific nations from Singapore to South Korea are getting tougher on false or misleading climate claims as ESG rules ramp up

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Business Daily @bbcworldservice explores the story of modern slavery in the UK. Prof Dame Sara Thornton @rightsbeacon joins the programme and says that first responders are getting better at recognising the first signs of modern slavery. Listen again 🔽 ow.ly/6puW50N9GIl
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Grateful to be back in #Cambodia, breaking ground on fieldwork for my @UKRI_News Fellowship 🙏🇰🇭 Ahead of July's election, I spoke w/@jack_brook96 for @AJEnglish about censoring of #KeaSokun Workers Blood song — and why labour is thorny for govt 🌵 🗞️👀👉aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/23…
Video goes viral after Cambodia tries to silence popular rapper

Video goes viral after Cambodia tries to silence popular rapper

Censorship of a song on labour rights highlights the difficulty of raising awareness as government tightens its grip.

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Jack Brook (@jack_brook96) profile pictureJack Brook@jack_brook9623 Jan 2023
For @AJEnglish, @rathanaww & I wrote about the censorship of Cambodian rapper Kea Sokun's music video "Workers Blood" and why labor movements remain a particularly sensitive issue for the government in the run-up to the July national elections. aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/23…
Video goes viral after Cambodia tries to silence popular rapper

Video goes viral after Cambodia tries to silence popular rapper

Censorship of a song on labour rights highlights the difficulty of raising awareness as government tightens its grip.

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