The debate over Edward Colston’s statue goes to the heart of the visual politics of memory and history. What can Britain learn from France’s treatment of its slave-trading past?
Legacies of slavery’s past dot many a British cityscape. But how best to handle the architectural politics of memory?
BTS speaks with Benjamin Woods of Jobs With Justice regarding the importance of a binding convention on supply chains.
The Netherlands is championed as a world pioneer in gay marriage, but its citizens still lack access to marriage equality. Aruba’s vote on civil partnerships, however, could turn the tide.
The function of these squats was to provide shelter for economic and political refugees, while the needs of the people staying there were met through solidarity networks and local communities.
Life as a Mexican supply chain worker in the U.S. is far from easy. From exploitation to blacklisting, the challenges pile up.
Unless we are willing to live with the discomfort of what is different and challenging, we are inviting a world of needless incivilities and lack of understanding.
BTS speaks with Georgios Altintzis of the International Trade Union Confederation on the lag between globalisation and governance that is devastating the global work force.
The Brexit vote is an anomaly and an irrational response. We can democratise international organisations - rather than leave them.
What are labour conditions like for sub-contracted homeworkers in Chile? What can be done to improve them?
Archaeology has incredible powers of detection, but it suffers from emotional sterility. When we unearth the bones of the enslaved, we must feel their humanity through the science.
A dire alchemy; but nonetheless, an alchemy: ‘Literary Archaeology: Exploring the Lived Environment of the Slave’ is about archaeologising memories of slavery.
