সাভারের মর্মান্তিক “রানা প্লাজা” ধসের ঘটনায় ঝরে গেছে শত শত প্রান। সাম্প্রতিক এই ঘটনাকে উপজীব্য করে এবং এর প্রতিবাদে প্রাচ্যনাট স্কুল অফ অ্যাকটিং অ্যান্ড ডিজাইন এর ২৪ তম ব্যাচের পথ নাটক প্রযোজনা “পুতুল মানব”।
Street Play: Putul Manob
A production by 24th Batch of Prachyanat School of Acting and Design
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Capitalism Exposed, Part 2: 2006 Labor Law & Third Party Contract
by Zia Hassan, Translated by Adnan R Amin for AlalODulal.org
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There Will be Blood
Shafiqur Rahman
Every country in the world, rich or poor, dreams of striking big reserves of oil. Why shouldn’t they? Striking oil is equivalent to winning the lottery prize. Continue reading
Made in Bangladesh: The Terror of Capitalism
by VIJAY PRASHAD
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“In the Atlantic world, meanwhile, self-absorption over the wars on terror and on the downturn in the economy prevent any genuine introspection over the mode of life that relies upon debt-fueled consumerism at the expense of workers in Dhaka. Those who died in the Rana building are victims not only of the malfeasance of the sub-contractors, but also of twenty-first century globalisation.”
Surplus Lives! Great Offers!
Image: © Saydia Gulrukh
A sky-blue orna with white and sequin embroidery drenched in sand water lay on the floor. Continue reading
Ultrasonic images of pregnant Mimi (pseudonym) taken less than a fortnight before fire broke out at Tazreen Fashions on November 24, 2012 burning to death 112 workers, according to the government and the BGMEA; the actual death toll, according to family members of missing workers, labour organisations and activists, is much higher.
Honourable prime minister,
I AM an unborn citizen of Bangladesh. I was killed before I was born. My mother was twenty-two weeks and three days pregnant with me when fire broke out at Tazreen Fashions in Nischintapur.
I was killed before I was born. Continue reading
