Biographies

`Sally Mju`

Uyen Ly (Uyen Hoang Minh Ly / Sally Mju/ Sally Ly/ Hoang Minh Uyen Ly)
Born: May 11 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Email: See Steering Committee page
Academia: https://yorku.academia.edu/SallyMju
Substack: https://substack.com/@sallymju

Biography
Uyen (Sally) Ly is a PhD Student in Sociology at York University, Canada, and a translator, researcher, educator, Marxist-feminist from Vietnam, living in Toronto, Canada. Her work engages critically with media, politics, and social reproduction, with a particular focus on Marxist theory, feminist thought, and labour struggles.

She has translated major Marxist works into Vietnamese, including Selected Writings by Marcello Musto (2023), Pantomime Terror by John Hutnyk (2025), and The Last Year of Karl Marx by Marcello Musto (2026), contributing to the circulation of critical theory in Vietnam. She translates Rosa Luxemburg into Vietnamese, and converts Vietnamese documents to MIA.

Her research explores the intersections of political economy, sociology, and workers" movements, with an emphasis on social reproduction, gender, and contemporary forms of labour. She has published in international academic volumes, including:

"Batman or Joker - Media Spectacle and Public Attitudes in Global Perspective,"in Return of History: The Russo-Ukrainian War and the Global Spectacle (Baron of Maua University, 2022)
Contributions to Pathologies and Dysfunctions of Democracy in the Media Context (LabCom Books, 2023)
"Lenin on Women and Social Reproduction in Vietnam," in Lenin: The Heritage We (Don't) Renounce (Daraja Press, 2024)

Her forthcoming chapter on Erich Fromm and social reproduction will appear in The Frommian Mind (Routledge, 2026).

Research Interests
Political Economy; Sociology; Marxism; Social Reproduction Theory; Feminism; Critical Theory; Education; Media and Ideology; Labour and Workers' Struggles

Academic Activities & Affiliations
Member of Marxists Internet Archive (since 2018) - Translator and contributor
Founder/Contributor:
Vietnam Young Marxists
Vietnam Marxists Study Group
Vietnam Marxist Website https://vnmarxist.com/

Supervisors / Academic Mentors
Marcello Musto | John Hutnyk | Jeremiah Morelock