Bangladeshis Victims of Corporate Exploitation: Western companies responsible for deaths of garment workers By Asad Ismi In April 2013, the Rana Plaza building collapsed in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing 1,129 garment workers and injuring more than 2,500. The building contained four garment factories. This was the worst industrial disaster in Bangladesh’s history, and the worst in the garment sector’s history. As of late January, workers and their families were […]
Interviews with Two Colombian Labour Leaders: Idarraga and Ramirez Castigate Canadian Mining Companies By Asad Ismi Joining in the release of my report, Profiting from Repression: Canadian Investment in Trade with Colombia, on May 3 in Ottawa was the Colombian Network Against Large-Scale Transnational Mining (RECLAME), a coalition of 50 rights and environmental organizations in Colombia. I was greatly honoured by RECLAME’s participation. The coalition was represented by […]
Canadian Companies in Colombia Linked to Murders, Repression: Oil, Mining Firms Open to Charge of Complicity in Genocide By Asad Ismi On May 3, the third edition of my report Profiting from Repression: Canadian Investment in and Trade with Colombia was released by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) in Ottawa. The comprehensive 184-page report links ten Canadian companies in Colombia to the genocide of indigenous Colombians, to complicity in eight murders […]
The Latin American Revolution (Part 12): Uruguay Makes Big Social Gains Under Left-Wing Government By Asad Ismi Uruguay, a small South American nation located between Argentina and Brazil, has been carrying forth the Latin American Revolution for the last eight years, with impressive social gains. Two left-wing governments, both of the Frente Amplio political party (Broad Front—FA), have been ruling the country of 3.3 million people since 2004, having […]
