Grasping Dependency and Under-Development as Structural, Not Simply a Product of Force
| | |

Grasping Dependency and Under-Development as Structural, Not Simply a Product of Force

Book Review. Brazilian Marxist Ruy Mauro Marini argues that the roles of local bourgeoisies, Northern imperialism, as well as unequal exchange resulting from a subordinate position within a global division of labor, are indispensable to understanding the fate of Global South workers and in particular Latin American underdevelopment.

A French Spring: An Interview on the Mass Uprising Against Pension Reform
| | |

A French Spring: An Interview on the Mass Uprising Against Pension Reform

The mass uprising against French President Macron’s pension reforms has been historic. The undemocratic and repressive methods of the government have called into question the legitimacy of the Macron government and the French state. An interview with Sylvestre Jaffard about the dynamics.

‘We Lay Like Corpses. Then the Raping Began’: 52 Years on, Bangladesh’s Rape Camp Survivors Speak Out
| | |

‘We Lay Like Corpses. Then the Raping Began’: 52 Years on, Bangladesh’s Rape Camp Survivors Speak Out

In 1971, the Pakistan army began a brutal crackdown against Bengalis in which hundreds of thousands of women were detained and repeatedly brutalised. Only now are their stories beginning to be told.