Labor/Economics

Omissions matter. While global institutions condemn slavery and call for reparatory justice, they often sidestep a difficult truth: the active role of African elites in sustaining the slave trade. This piece interrogates that silence, tracing how local rulers, kingdoms, and commercial networks became indispensable partners in a brutal global system driven by profit. From Dahomey to trans-Saharan routes, the history is complex, uncomfortable, and frequently ignored. Without confronting all actors—past and present—can meaningful justice or reparations truly emerge? This article challenges selective memory and calls for a fuller, more honest reckoning.

Educated, accomplished, yet denied the most basic right to choose—their own lives. This powerful piece exposes the harsh reality where degrees fail to translate into freedom, and marriage becomes a site of coercion rather than consent. Drawing on data, lived experiences, and recent cases, it reveals how patriarchy adapts, turning education into a tool of control instead of liberation. From emotional blackmail to outright confinement, the stories are chillingly familiar. Until families and society confront this contradiction, countless women will remain trapped between achievement and autonomy. Education alone cannot free them—choice must.

South Africa faces a staggering unemployment crisis. In the face of this, some community-based movements are experimenting with projects such as communes.

In the face of growing climate challenges, marginal farmers are among the most vulnerable, struggling with unpredictable rainfall, declining soil health, and rising input costs. This article highlights a transformative approach adopted in the Vagad region of southern Rajasthan, where tribal farmers, supported by Vaagdhara, have embraced crop diversification and natural farming practices. Through the ‘Sachchi Kheti’ programme, farmers are trained in bio-fertilizer preparation, mixed cropping, and sustainable agricultural techniques that reduce dependency on chemical inputs and market fluctuations. The model promotes multiple income streams through vegetables, fruits, and livestock, while also improving soil fertility and resilience. The story of Bahadur Charpota illustrates how diversification can significantly enhance income, food security, and overall well-being. Women farmers play a pivotal role, particularly in kitchen gardening and household nutrition. The initiative has not only reduced farming costs but also strengthened livelihoods, making agriculture more sustainable and climate-resilient

Thomas Klikauer examines labour struggles involving Tesla in Sweden, Germany, and the United States, drawing out key lessons on contemporary anti-union strategies. From resistance to collective bargaining to surveillance, precarious hiring, and legal violations, the article maps a consistent pattern across contexts. It also highlights how unions can respond through organising, solidarity, and strategic engagement with Tesla’s public image. The analysis situates these conflicts within broader questions of labour rights in the green economy, arguing that a just transition must include protections for workers alongside environmental goals.

For decades, Cuban doctors have served the Caribbean’s most marginalised. Now, as Cuba faces its own crisis, the region looks away, waiting on Trump’s approval

While Western democracies exclude working people from economic decision-making, Cuba is expanding participatory governance to navigate its deepest crisis since the Revolution.

“You don’t get votes or move large masses of people with terms like ‘degrowth’ or ‘postgrowth.” Having said that, Savini notes that degrowth is playing an important role in central and western European countries today. “Many cities are open to engaging with these new narratives of social transitions that have explicit social targets at their core,” he said.

The blockade in Cuba — explains journalist and researcher Rosa Miriam Elizalde — is not only economic and commercial, but also technological and communicative.  The island faces a brutal and unequal information war that is part of the regime change attempts promoted from Washington, Miami, and Madrid.