Upcoming Public Talks
October 11:
The Logistics Counter-revolution: Fast Circulation, Slow Violence, and the Transpacific Empire of Capital
Oct 11, Wednesday, 3:40-5pm
UC Berkeley
Recent Public Talks
May 19:
The Logistics Counter-revolution: Decolonial Struggle and the Transpacific political economy of just-in-time circulation
4pm CET for Maritime Frictions, an event by Sonic Acts X FieldARTS
Ruigoord, Amsterdam, Netherlands
April 29:
Marx in the Movement: Radical Working Class Movements in LA
2pm-4pm PST at 2220 Arts (2220 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles): With Julien Smith-Newman and Leonardo Vilchis of the LA Tenants Union; Lauren Levitt & Chella Coleman, with Sex Workers Outreach Project LA; and Max Amberger and Noah Latkin with IE-AWU. Moderated by Annie McClanahan and Charmaine Chua. Sponsored by the Marxist Institute for Research
April 14:
Roundtable on the Asian American Left
UC Berkeley. With Andy Liu, Calvin Cheung-Miaw, Chris Chen, Charmaine Chua and Colleen Lye. Co-sponsored by the Berkeley Interdisciplinary Marxist Working Group (IMWG) and the Marxist Institute for Research.
Featured in the Media
Podcasts and Videos
Charmaine Chua on Radio Web MACBA, project of The Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art. In conversation with Anna Ramos and co-produced with Sonic Acts, in collaboration with W139, Amsterdam, July 19 2023.
“Logistics and Labor - Charmaine Chua on Amazon’s supply chains and workers’ resistance” The Workers’ Speculative Society podcast, July 18, 2023.
Charmaine Chua with Jacob Bolton and Miriam Matthiesen, Interview at Maritime Frictions, a Sonic Acts special event at Ruigoord, July 13 2023
Supply Chain Chaos, with Charmaine Chua Belabored Podcast, Dec 3 2021.
“Covid 19 & its Afterlives” or Chinese Virus, World Market revisited - Andy Liu in conversation with Charmaine Chua, NYU Skirball Center. Nov 3 2021
Logistics of Organizing ft. Charmaine Chua and Ted of Amazonians United, Left Reckoning podcast. April 29, 2021
Selected Work Quoted or featured in the news:
Robert Hitt, “Can Ocean Shipping Go Green?” The American Prospect, August 8 2022
Luis Feliz Leon, “Amazon Workers Defied Conventional Wisdom — And Won a Union” In These Times, April 13 2022
Amir Khafagy, “The Hidden Costs of Containerization”, The American Prospect, Feb 2 2022
Tammy Kim, “The Supply Chain Crisis is Creating a Rare Opportunity for Truck Drivers”, The New York Times, Nov 18 2021
Staff writers, “’This is Capitalism’: The Stark Reality of Amazon’s Supply Chain” TRT World, Sep 8 2021
Michael Bluhm “What does the ship stuck in the Suez Canal say about global trade?” An interview with Charmaine Chua, March 31, 2021