Beginning a Sketch of Accumulation by Dispossession in Contemporary Cambodia
Accumulation by dispossession is on a freight train in Cambodia. Protected from capitalist economic development under the tutelage of Vietnam from 1979 to 1989,... More
Comprehensive Immigration Policy . . . for Whom?
Last week, I interviewed Adam, an undocumented day laborer from Mexico, who has been in the United States less than ten years and who is now sheltered after liv... More
On Accidental Recoveries and Predictable Disasters: The Haitian Earthquake Three Years Later
On Saturday, January 12, 2013, I found myself in a traffic standstill on the outbound lanes of the George Washington Bridge in New York City. As the wind and th... More
Night Falls Silent in Damascus
It’s 2 a.m. and the night falls silent outside his window. Finally the sounds have stopped. The computer screen shimmers brightly with a stream of Twitter feeds... More