Tunisia s informal trade networks reflect growing trends: the country s progressive shift away from Europe, and the rise of Turkey and China as major trade partners.
by Vijay Prashad / May 13th, 2021
Tiger Tateishi (Japan),
Samurai, the Watcher (Koya no Yojinbo), 1965.
Ugliness defines the mood of state violence from Cali (Colombia) to Durban (South Africa), each context different and the depth of the violence particular to the location. Images of security forces cracking down on people trying to express their political rights have become commonplace. It is impossible to keep track of the events, which move swiftly from public manifestations to courtroom scenes, from the dissipation of tear gas to the invisible frustration of the prison cell. Yet, underlying these events and amidst the range of feelings that shape them lies a sense of refusal, the Great Refusal, the refusal to accept the terms dictated from those in power and the refusal to express this dissent in polite terms.