capitalism
Putin’s war has rekindled the civilisational clash between democracy and authoritarianism. However, a fundamental contradiction lies at the heart of Western foreign policy: economic liberalism undermines democracy promotion.
In this contribution to ISRF Bulletin 23, Ernesto Castañeda explores the way remittances services advertise their services and the role racial identity plays in this discourse.
In this contribution to ISRF Bulletin 23, Sonya A. Grier asks what the storefront of a local cannabis dispensary in Washington, D.C. can tell us about the state of contemporary (Black) capitalism.
In this contribution to ISRF Bulletin 23, Naa Oyo A. Kwate asks what a 1981 picture of a derelict McDonald’s franchise in Compton, California, can tell us about the broader history of racialised deindustrialisation.
Digital technologies, in the form of social contact tracing apps, look like they are going to play an important role in tackling the Covid-19 crisis. This intervention argues that while liberating us in the short-term, such technologies could contribute to the growing power and influence of surveillance capitalism over our lives.
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