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Vijay Prashad

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Name: Vijay Prashad

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency

The Tornado and Other Man-Made Disasters

in Breaking News 57 mins agoThe ancient Greeks attributed weather to the god Zeus; today we can safely attribute it to industrial capitalism and its voracious consumption of fossil fuels. The carnage left by a tornado in Oklahoma yesterday is just the ... [Published RINF.com - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Tornado, Disasters, Global Warming/Climate Change, Oklahoma (United States), FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Public Broadcasting Service

Check out the New Film that Empowers Slum Kids

I recently took my two daughters to see an inspiring film that will be shown on PBS next month, and you should check it out, too.The movie, “The Revolutionary Optimists,” will premiere on June 17 as part of the Independent Lens series. It deals with children ... [Published Progressive Magazine - May 21 2013]

Entities: Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), Mother Teresa, Public Broadcasting Service, Vijay Prashad

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Rajat Gupta?s Lust for Zeros ? New York Times

Palm explained that Goldman officials had come to believe Gupta may have provided Rajaratnam with crucial information about the firm. Ever cool ... Gupta embodied the generation of Indians that the academic Vijay Prashad has called the “twice blessed ... [Published Practice Source - May 17 2013]

Entities: Rajat Gupta, Vijay Prashad

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

New Delhi (India)

May Day Cafe: Reader's revolution

Shadi Khampur, in west Delhi, is the kind of neighbourhood where you are least likely to encounter a book store. Like a typical Indian suburb, this area is graced by dereliction and development in equal measure. Rickety buildings stand out among an odd ... [Published Individual.com - May 16 2013]

Entities: Jana Natya Manch, Vijay Prashad, New Delhi (India)

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Lesson of Bangladesh: Pressure Clothing Companies

The bad news from Bangladesh is almost relentless, with the death toll from last month’s factory collapse now surpassing 1,000, the worst industrial accident since Bhopal.The disaster was utterly avoidable.“The day before, when workers saw a huge crack ... [Published Progressive Magazine - May 10 2013]

Entities: Bangladesh, Vijay Prashad, Workers

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Gap Inc

Tragedy: Made in Bangladesh

For the workers who toil in Bangledeshs garment factories, making clothing for brands like Benetton, Nike and Levis, a number of things are taken for granted but not basic human rights. By KHADIJA PATEL.Getting clothes made in Bangladesh is cheap. It ... [Published Daily Maverick - May 06 2013]

Entities: Bangladesh, Sohel Rana, Workers, Boycott, Gap Inc

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Benetton Group SpA

Benetton, Others Tied to Bangladesh Factory Disaster: 400 Killed

Collage of designer labels dug out of Rana Plaza (left) after the collapse. Photos: Institute for Global Labour and Human RightsOver last week. The tragedy at Rana Plaza in the town of Savar is the latest in a series of industrial disasters to call attention ... [Published CorpWatch - May 02 2013]

Entities: Benetton Group SpA, Bangladesh, European Union, Cato Corp.

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

This Week In The World: Hundreds Of Young Workers Die Sewing Your Clothes

Lauren Beall The Western Front | 0 commentsDHAKA, BANGLADESH—To the sound of prayers and wailing relatives, dozens of unidentified and battered corpses were buried today in a mass grave. A week ago, these bodies were garment workers. More than 400 people ... [Published Western Front - May 02 2013]

Entities: Workers, Bangladesh, Relativity, Vijay Prashad, The Children's Place

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Bangladeshi workers need more than boycotts | Vijay Prashad

Garment labourers are already fighting for fairer conditions. The best the global north can do is support them in their struggleWhen news of the building collapse spread around Savar, not far from Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, workers streamed out ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Workers, Bangladesh, Vijay Prashad, Narayanganj (Bangladesh), Aminul Islam

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

The Terror of Capitalism

Vijay Prashad in CounterPunch: On Wednesday, April 24, a day after Bangladeshi authorities asked the owners to evacuate their garment factory that employed almost three thousand workers, the building collapsed. The building, Rana Plaza, located in the ... [Published 3quarksdaily - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Workers, Dhaka (Bangladesh), Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, Vijay Prashad

First reported Apr 28 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Big Business Still on Lam as Arrests Made in Bangladesh

Globalization: All of the 'benefits of the cheap products without consciences stained with the sweat and blood of the workers'- Lauren McCauley, staff writerNumerous arrests have been made over the weekend in Bangladesh following the building collapse ... [Published Common Dreams - Apr 28 2013]

Entities: Sohel Rana, Bangladesh, Arrests, Workers

First reported Apr 20 2013 - Updated Apr 20 2013 - 1 reports

The Tragedies of Other Places and America's

Rafia Zakaria in Guernica [h/t: Vijay Prashad]: Attacks in America are far more indelible in the world’s memory than attacks in any other country. There may be fewer victims and less blood, but American tragedies somehow seem to occur in a more ... [Published 3quarksdaily - Apr 20 2013]

Entities: Vijay Prashad, Acts of Terrorism, Boston Marathon, Marathon, Luxury

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The Tornado and Other Man-Made Disasters [Published RINF.com - 2 hours ago]
Through the eyes of a Syrian refugee [Published The Hindu - May 22 2013]
Check out the New Film that Empowers Slum Kids [Published Progressive Magazine - May 21 2013]
Rajat Gupta?s Lust for Zeros ? New York Times [Published Practice Source - May 17 2013]
May Day Cafe: Reader's revolution [Published Individual.com - May 16 2013]
At WTO, a defender of the South [Published Sri Lanka Island - May 14 2013]
Lesson of Bangladesh: Pressure Clothing Companies [Published Progressive Magazine - May 10 2013]
Tragedy: Made in Bangladesh [Published Daily Maverick - May 06 2013]
Made in Bangladesh: The terror of capitalism [Published Pambazuka News - May 02 2013]
Benetton, Others Tied to Bangladesh Factory Dis... [Published CorpWatch - May 02 2013]
This Week In The World: Hundreds Of Young Worke... [Published Western Front - May 02 2013]
Bangladeshi workers need more than boycotts \| V... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Apr 30 2013]
The Terror of Capitalism [Published 3quarksdaily - Apr 30 2013]
The road to Damascus [Published The Hindu - Apr 29 2013]
Big Business Still on Lam as Arrests Made in Ba... [Published Common Dreams - Apr 28 2013]
The Terror of Capitalism [Published CounterPunch - Apr 27 2013]
In historic decision, AAAS votes to support boy... [Published Mondoweiss - Apr 22 2013]
The Tragedies of Other Places and America's [Published 3quarksdaily - Apr 20 2013]
Let Iranians get needed medicines [Published Payvand Iran News - Apr 04 2013]
The Prejudice of the Modern [Published 3quarksdaily - Jan 25 2013]
Readers Letters; News Round Up (January 22, 2013 [Published Syria Comment - Jan 22 2013]
Russia Prevaricates; National Coalition Struggles [Published Syria Comment - Dec 14 2012]
Two Israeli policemen face charges after striki... [Published Mondoweiss - Nov 30 2012]

Blogs

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The Terror of Capitalism [Published 3quarksdaily - Apr 30 2013] Vijay Prashad in CounterPunch: On Wednesday, April 24, a day after Bangladeshi authorities asked the owners to evacuate their garment factory that employed almost three thousand workers, the building collapsed. The building, Rana Plaza, located in the ...
In historic decision, AAAS votes to support boy... [Published Mondoweiss - Apr 22 2013] Association for Asian American Studies Annual Conference April 2013 Big news out of Seattle this weekend. At the Annual Conference of the Association for Asian American Studies ( AAAS ) members voted for a resolution endorsed by 800 academics in ...
The Tragedies of Other Places and America's [Published 3quarksdaily - Apr 20 2013] Rafia Zakaria in Guernica [h/t: Vijay Prashad]: Attacks in America are far more indelible in the world’s memory than attacks in any other country. There may be fewer victims and less blood, but American tragedies somehow seem to occur in a more ...
The Prejudice of the Modern [Published 3quarksdaily - Jan 25 2013] Gyanendra Pandey in News Click (via Vijay Prashad): Prejudice is cunning. It never appears to the subject or actor as prejudice: it is only ‘others’ who are prejudiced. And it affects different groups and people in different ways. There are various ...
Readers Letters; News Round Up (January 22, 2013 [Published Syria Comment - Jan 22 2013] I begin with letters from two Syria Comment readers: Reader 1 Dr. Landis, I have resisted writing to you for a long time. Proud to say that I was born in Aleppo. First thing I do every morning when I wake up is check on the situation of my family in ...