Sopiko Japaridze is the co-founder of Solidarity Network Workers Center, a member-driven labour rights group in Georgia. She has been a labour and community organiser for 12 years.
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Published in: oDR: OpinionGeorgia is suddenly making international headlines. But its crisis isn't new
The reality is that the country’s elite, currently squabbling over power, is completely out of touch with their citizens
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Published in: oDRIn Tbilisi, delivery drivers learn their power lies in stopping work
A protest campaign in Georgia shows the potential of self-organisation by delivery drivers
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Published in: ОД "Русская версия"Бизнес с оглядкой на неолиберализм. Как инвестор в Грузии рассорил местных рабочих и американских конгрессменов
Крупный инвестор столкнулся с неприятностями в Грузии, оставив сотрудников без зарплаты. Но нашел прикрытие в конгрессе США.
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Published in: oDR: OpinionAn investor standoff in Georgia brings workers, US congressmen into conflict
As a major foreign investor faces rocky times in Georgia, America looms in the shadows.
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Published in: oDR: OpinionGeorgia’s trainee doctors are sick of their uncertain futures - and are fighting back
Amid a wider political crisis in Georgia, new fees on qualifying exams have brought medical students in Tbilisi out...
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Published in: oDRGeorgian land, Georgian freedom
A proposed amendment to Georgia’s constitution would ban the sale of agricultural land to foreign citizens. Is it a...