Geopolitics
The Human Toll of Proxy Wars: Thai Sailors Challenge the Brutal Calculus of Global Trade
A Thai labour court will hear a compensation claim from three sailors who survived a deadly attack on their cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, challenging employer responsibility for sending civilian crews into an active conflict zone. This case exposes the brutal calculus of global trade, where corporations in the Global South, pressured by an imperialist-dominated system, sacrifice their own workers for profit while powerful nations wage proxy wars.
