Patriarchy

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The Congo Still Ravaged by U.S.-Funded Conflict and Plunder: Genocide and Rape Stain Companies’ “Blood” Mineral Profits

By Asad Ismi In November 2013, the army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), bolstered by United Nations forces, claimed to have defeated M-23, the most powerful supposedly rebel militia in the Eastern Congo. This was the first time that the army (known by the French acronym FARDC) was thought to have scored […]

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 […]

Capitalism is the Crisis

A four-part radio documentary about the destructive record of capitalism and the current disasters it has fomented. The series can be downloaded and heard here Written by Asad Ismi Produced by Kristin Schwartz Narrated by both Thanks to Chandra Siddan, Omar Faruque and Kevin Shaw. __________________ For the last five centuries the Western capitalist system […]

Profiting from Repression: Canadian Investment in and Trade with Colombia (Third Edition)

The groundbreaking three editions of Profiting from Repression: Canadian Investment in and Trade with Colombia (2000, 2006, 2012) constitute the most comprehensive and in-depth account of this subject presently in existence. Colombia Report – Asad Ismi 2012 REVIEWS 1.  Asad Ismi’s research is an extraordinary tool for us in the struggle to defend the natural […]