Tag: Environmental Rights Foundation

Speaking Out Against Formosa Plastics’ Wrongdoings the World Over: An Interview with Organizers

Brian Hioe06/27/2023

New Bloom’s Brian Hioe spoke with Sharon Lavigne, Diane Wilson, Nancy Bui, and Father Peter Nguyen Van Hung on Lavigne, Wilson, and Bui’s trip to Taiwan late last month to attend a Formosa Plastics’ shareholders meeting. This was to bring up criticism of Formosa Plastics’ environmental and climate justice wrongdoings internationally, whether in Louisiana, Texas, or Vietnam, as part of the Monitor Formosa Alliance....

EnglishEnvironmentalJune 2023PoliticsSocial Movements22 min read

Civil Society Groups Hold Press Conference to Draw Attention to Labor Abuses by Taiwanese Company in Myanmar

Brian Hioe02/10/2023

Civil society groups held a press conference in the Legislative Yuan on Tuesday to call attention to labor abuses at Pou Chen, a Taiwanese company that operates a shoe factory in Myanmar. In particular, Pou Chen fired 29 workers late last year and called in state security forces from the military junta afterward to quell a strike. Pou Chen is a supplier for Adidas...

EnglishFebruary 2023LaborSocial Movements5 min read

Dismissal of Formosa Plastics Lawsuit is Appalling for Taiwan’s Human Rights Record

Brian Hioe11/14/2019

The decision of the Taipei District Court in mid-October to dismiss a lawsuit filed by close to 8,000 Vietnamese fishermen against Taiwanese company Formosa Plastics claim proves an appalling move where Taiwan’s international human rights record is concerned. The ruling was handed down on October 14th...

EnglishEnvironmentalNovember 2019Social Movements5 min read

Victims of 2016 Vietnam Marine Life Disaster Submit Lawsuit Against Formosa Plastics

Truc Nguyen06/19/2019

On June 11th, victims of the marine life disaster submitted a transnational lawsuit against Formosa Plastics Group, the corporation responsible for causing massive fish deaths in the oceans near Ha Linh, Quang Linh, Quang Tri, and Thua Thien-Hue in Vietnam in 2016...

EnglishEnvironmentalJune 2019Social Movements4 min read

Arts/Culture

Calling For a Return to Sinocentrism in the Name of Opposing It: Responding to ‘Reconsidering Sinophone Studies’

Re/writing COVID-19 in China: Solidarity as Metonym for Historical Truth?

How Taipei Became the Home of Live Comedy During the Pandemic

International

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

After Nine Years, Second Ma-Xi Meeting Occurs in Beijing

DPP Aims to Strengthen Laws Regarding Treason, Leaks

Interviews

“Trying to Gain More Autonomy in Our Narrative”: An Interview with René Hà on Stamped

Reflecting on an Ongoing Genocide: A Conversation with the Interviewees of All Static & Noise

Interview: David Novack and Janice Engelhart on All Static & Noise

Politics

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

KMT Leans Into Calls for Capital Punishment Against Child Abusers

Social Movements

Environmental Rights Foundation

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

Four Decades of Strife and Resistance: A Deep Dive Into What’s Happening in West Papua

Interview: Kawtorpai Church

KMT Leans Into Calls for Capital Punishment Against Child Abusers

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

KMT Leans Into Calls for Capital Punishment Against Child Abusers

Han Kuo-yu Becomes Chair of the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy