"It's also telling a story about how capitalism functions - about the current overconsumption of sugar [..] the way in which sugar creates the irresponsible foundations of human oppression, but also the way in which #sugar has left the cost of #environment|al destruction to the communities"
#UlbeBosma discusses his book #TheWorldOfSugar
https://newbooksnetwork.com/the-world-of-sugar
#SugarIndustry #monoculture #PlantationEconomy #slavery #PlantationLabour #ecocide #SugarAndHealth #books
#sugar #environment #ulbebosma #theworldofsugar #sugarindustry #monoculture #plantationeconomy #slavery #plantationlabour #ecocide #sugarandhealth #books
#Federal and #state #laws should have #protected Carter by preventing Leggett, who had a #felony #record, from having a #gun. #Officers said they didn’t have enough #evidence to prove that Leggett had violated the order.
#institutionalFailure #institutionalracism #abolishthepolice #HowTheLawFailsWomen #domesticviolence #plantationeconomy #corruptrobertscourt
#federal #state #laws #protected #felony #record #gun #officers #evidence #institutionalFailure #institutionalracism #abolishthepolice #howthelawfailswomen #domesticviolence #plantationeconomy #corruptrobertscourt
https://archive.org/details/tobago
The Changing Society of Tobago, 1838-1938: A Fractured Whole by Susan E. Craig-James
Topics
#Tobago, #historyofTobago, #TrinidadTobago, #TrinidadandTobago, #socialhistory, #historyoftheCaribbean, #Caribbeanhistory, #sugarplantations, #agriculture, #abolitionofslavery, #plantationeconomy, #plantationeconomies
Volume I: 1838-1900
Volume II: 1900-1938
#tobago #historyoftobago #TrinidadTobago #trinidadandtobago #socialhistory #historyoftheCaribbean #Caribbeanhistory #sugarplantations #agriculture #abolitionofslavery #plantationeconomy #plantationeconomies
Get a Load of this piece of shit CEO and Society.
"CEO Celebrates Worker Who Sold Family Dog After He Demanded They Return to Office"
#dystopia #latestagecapitalism #plantationeconomy
#ProfitsOverPeople: Blinken ignores Mohamed Chande Othman, chair of the UN #HumanRights Commission, “We especially welcome commitments to human rights, protection of civilians, unhindered humanitarian access and accountability,” because for the US #trade has always trumped human rights. #1619Project #Khashoggi #Export #PlantationEconomy
#profitsoverpeople #humanrights #trade #1619Project #khashoggi #export #plantationeconomy
https://archive.org/details/west-indies-patterns
The West Indies: Patterns of Development, Culture and Environmental Change Since 1492 by David Watts
Topics
#Caribbean, #Caribbeanhistory, #historyoftheCaribbean, #geography, #historicalgeography, #genocide, #blackchattelslavery, #slavetrade, #antiblackness, #translatlanticslavetrade, #whitesupremacy, #imperialism, #colonialism, #spanishimperialism, #spanishcolonialism, #britishimperialism, #britishcolonialism, #frenchimperialism, #frenchcolonialism, #dutchimperialism, #dutchcolonialism, #amerikas, #northamerika, #plantations, #plantationeconomy, #sugarplantations, #environmentalgeography, #slavesocieties, #ecology
This magisterial survey of the historical geography of the West Indies is at bottom concerned with the causes and consequences of three complex and inter-related phenomena: the rapid and total removal of a large aboriginal population; the development of plantation agriculture and the arrival of enforced labour, in the form of many thousands of African slaves; and the environmental, ecological and cultural changes that resulted.
#caribbean #Caribbeanhistory #historyoftheCaribbean #geography #historicalgeography #genocide #blackchattelslavery #slavetrade #antiblackness #translatlanticslavetrade #whitesupremacy #imperialism #colonialism #spanishimperialism #spanishcolonialism #britishimperialism #britishcolonialism #frenchimperialism #frenchcolonialism #dutchimperialism #dutchcolonialism #amerikas #northamerika #plantations #plantationeconomy #sugarplantations #environmentalgeography #slavesocieties #ecology
"We live in a snow globe. It’s a pretty albeit ersatz version of what a town is, and its limits aren’t visible until you run right into them and smash your face on the glass. Who’s holding the snow globe, peering in?" https://crookedtimber.org/2022/12/08/your-platform-is-not-an-ecosystem/ by @mariafarrell #GAFAM #platform #capitalism #ecosystem #entitlement #bias #networkPolitics #socialControl #surveillance #dataGovernance @dataGovernance #data #plantationEconomy
#plantationeconomy #Data #datagovernance #Surveillance #socialcontrol #networkpolitics #bias #entitlement #ecosystem #Capitalism #platform #gafam