Anu Muhammad, an anti-capitalist/anti-imperialist activist and Professor of Economics at Jahangirnagar University (Dhaka, Bangladesh), is the author of more than 20 books. He is the editor of the website Meghbarta.info. The fire occurred in the Tazreen Fashions factory on November 24, 2012 in Savar, north of Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing more than a hundred workers. The factory produced clothing for [...]
Capitalism is a dysfunctional economic system that benefits a few while exploiting and neglecting the majority. But it’s not only that. It’s also a social relationship of domination, where a small class of capitalists exerts power over the whole society through the private ownership of the means of production. Under capitalism, the purpose of all commodity production (including food) is [...]
Grab a shirt from your closet. Look at the tag inside the collar, and you’ll see where it was produced, listed right next to the size and material composition. Chances are that it was sewn in some other country that you’ve never been to, by someone who lives on the edge of desperation. The current configuration of the garment [...]
The title quote is from an article by Pablo Babanegra of Miami Autonomy and Solidarity. It sums up problems within local movements fighting the entrance of Walmart into their communities, and focuses on the construction of the Walmart Super Center in Midtown Miami (which has met intense opposition from many Miami residents). The article is [...]
Todd “legitimate rape” Akin is back at it again, this time claiming that employers should have the “freedom” to discriminate against women. At a campaign event Friday — the video of which seems to have been released Monday afternoon — a male attendee asked the rep: “You voted against the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. [...]
Maybe it’s Apple’s fault for having such a sunshiny image in the first place. It’s not as though Foxconn, the Chinese company that has made headlines over the last several years for horrifying working conditions, only makes Apple products. Sure, the company manufactures iPads and iPhones. But it also assembles Amazon’s Kindle, Microsoft’s Xbox 360, [...]
You already know this: while earning your college degree was informative and pleasant enough, plenty of us head in a different direction. Or maybe the experience wasn’t so awesome or helpful, but we’re sticking, steadfast and stubborn, to what we set out for in the first place. Joshua Miller, the executive director and founder of [...]
Venezuela has been in the media lately: following the death of Hugo Chávez, his chosen successor, Nicolas Maduro, beat challenger Henrique Capriles in the current election for presidency. It was a miniscule margin of a win—about 50.7%–and as of this write-up, a contested verdict. But if you’re the average United Statesian, you are less aware [...]
