Nepal and Madagascar: The Uprisings Must Go Further
In September, hundreds of thousands of mostly young protesters marched in the streets of Nepal, demanding an end to their corrupt government that oversaw poverty and suffering for the majority while a corrupt political caste and capitalist ruling class skimmed off the wealth of society for themselves. Within weeks, their protest had brought down the […]
Nothing Sweet About Working in the Sugar Industry
For centuries, the sugar industry and the slave labor system that produced the world’s sugar, shaped the global economy and condemned millions – from Brazil, the Caribbean islands, Louisiana and more – to short, brutal lives of labor. Now, a recent New York Times and Fuller Project investigation entitled “The Brutality of Sugar: Debt, Child […]