Tag / Bangladesh
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Neoliberalism and Climate Change
The effects of climate change, long warned about but always seemingly far off in the consciousness of ordinary people, are already here, and they’re deadly. Harvey and Irma have devastated American coastlines in quick succession, causing unprecedented damage and ruining countless lives. India has been pummeled by severe flooding in recent years, one instance of…
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Regulating the Race to the Bottom
On November 24, 2012, a fire broke out in the Tazreen Fashions factory near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Managers ordered workers to stay in their seats, thinking the alarm was a drill. 123 workers died as the fire spread throughout the building. Workers trapped inside were incinerated; others jumped to their deaths out of upper-story windows. Five…
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The Price of Skinny Jeans
BY MATTHEW HANKIN Before last spring, few Americans had heard of Rana Plaza, an illegally constructed eight-story building in Savar, Bangladesh. On April 24th, 2013, the building, which contained textile factories that supplied skinny jeans and other garments to Walmart and other American and international brands, collapsed, killing over 1,100 workers and injuring approximately 2,500.…
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The Magnificence of Bangladesh’s Shahbag Movement
BY SAAD ADNAN KHAN The non-violent Shahbag movement, a mass awakening of civil society initiated by the ‘Blogger and Online Activists Network,’ is significant for several reasons. The movement started as a vehement rejection of the International Crime Tribunal’s (ICT) verdict to condemn Abdul Quader Mollah, Assistant General Secretary of Jamaat-e-Islami, to life in prison.…
