"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 has left the cost of |al destruction to the communities"

discusses his book

newbooksnetwork.com/the-world-

#sugar #environment #ulbebosma #theworldofsugar #sugarindustry #monoculture #plantationeconomy #slavery #plantationlabour #ecocide #sugarandhealth #books

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Gladwyn d’Souza · @godsouza
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kilombavita · @kilombavita
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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"

reddit.com/r/ABoringDystopia/c

#dystopia #latestagecapitalism #plantationeconomy

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Gladwyn d’Souza · @godsouza
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: Blinken ignores Mohamed Chande Othman, chair of the UN Commission, “We especially welcome commitments to human rights, protection of civilians, unhindered humanitarian access and accountability,” because for the US has always trumped human rights.

voanews.com/a/rights-experts-v

#profitsoverpeople #humanrights #trade #1619Project #khashoggi #export #plantationeconomy

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kilombavita · @kilombavita
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archive.org/details/west-indie

The West Indies: Patterns of Development, Culture and Environmental Change Since 1492 by David Watts

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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

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Félicien Breton · @breton
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"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?" crookedtimber.org/2022/12/08/y by @mariafarrell @dataGovernance

#plantationeconomy #Data #datagovernance #Surveillance #socialcontrol #networkpolitics #bias #entitlement #ecosystem #Capitalism #platform #gafam

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