As Labour Day rolls around, Jom revisits the stories that we heard from speakers at the first rally to be organised by advocacy group Workers Make Possible.
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Singaporeans have felt powerless during Israel’s war on Gaza, but Dr Ang Swee Chai, back only for the third time in 47 years, has never felt more hopeful for change.
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Dear reader, Letters. We received generally positive feedback for last week’s profile of Ang Swee Chai, though there was some dissent. J P Loo, a Singaporean studying at Oxford, took issue with our omission of one instance of alleged antisemitism—when Ang shared via e-mail a video by David...
As Labour Day rolls around, Jom revisits the stories that we heard from speakers at the first rally to be organised by advocacy group Workers Make Possible.
Shanmugam responds to ‘sneering’ article in The Economist, Wake Up, SG’s founder charged with criminal defamation, recreational drug use up among youth, selections from the EU film festival, Apple takes a bigger bite of Singapore with new campus, and more.
Dear reader, I’m Faris Joraimi, Jom’s history editor. Just for this week, I’m bringing you this newsletter on top of my regular column, “History Weekly”. It may seem strange dedicating a section to the past in a genre devoted to present-day happenings. But the daily news we...
Singaporeans have felt powerless during Israel’s war on Gaza, but Dr Ang Swee Chai, back only for the third time in 47 years, has never felt more hopeful for change.
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