A deeply disturbing talk this afternoon from Mark Bo at the London School of Economics on his new book Scam: Inside Southeast Asia's Cybercrime Compounds 🔥 A terrifying read on the dark underbelly of the new political economy of labour where coercion, digital capitalism & exploitation converge

Special economic zones aren’t just trade infrastructure - they’re tools of imperial power & authoritarian control. 🚨New paper from @invisibleworkers.bsky.social Read on to learn how global production sustains empire & violence. 🔗https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0962629825001635

New in Area: What happens when academic institutions police solidarity? Dr Shereen Fernandez explores the disciplining of #Palestine solidarity & the radical potential of #friendship in resistance. Part of our Dialogues in #Radical Geog SI. Read 👉 rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirec...

👕Another stark reminder of the human costs of #fastfashion. 🤒In #India’s “castoff capital”, workers are falling ill recycling the world's discarded clothes. 📈Lung disease. Skin infections. Cancer. Via the The Guardian theguardian.com/global-devel...

🧵Once the beating heart of #UK manufacturing, #Leicester's garment industry is now on the brink of collapse ❓What went wrong? 👟On the ground, our new Invisible Workers colleague, Dr Evie Gilbert, uncovers a story of systemic neglect 🔗 Read on: www.invisibleworkers.org.uk/journal/leic...

Let workers take you behind the scene's of #Jordan's clothing and footwear industry👕👀 Led by Katharina Grueneisl & our Invisible Workers team 📅Sat May 3rd ⏰4pm UK/6pm Amman 📍Online or in person at MMAGFoundation, Amman 🔗More info and link to register: invisibleworkers.org.uk/events

🚫GEOGRAPHIES OF AUTHORITARIANISM🚫 🌏CfP Royal Geographical Society Conference, Birmingham, 26-29 August 2025 📧Please send abstracts by 5th March 2025 #RGSIBG25

🚫GEOGRAPHIES OF AUTHORITARIANISM🚫 🌏CfP Royal Geographical Society Conference, Birmingham, 26-29 August 2025 📧Please send abstracts by 5th March 2025 #RGSIBG25

"There are enough garments in the world to clothe the next 6 generations!" A frequently cited claim... yet hard to evidence I crunched the numbers with BBC Radio 4's More or Less but found a lack of transparency masks the scale of fashion overproduction Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

"There are enough garments in the world to clothe the next 6 generations!" A frequently cited claim... yet hard to evidence I crunched the numbers with BBC Radio 4's More or Less but found a lack of transparency masks the scale of fashion overproduction Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Our @invisibleworkers.bsky.social team is running a creative methods workshop on body mapping next week, led by artist Elizabeth Alster 👩‍🎨🎨 It's open to all staff at #WeAreUoN More info👉 invisibleworkers.org.uk/events/call-for-papers-a3gzw-ctaej Spaces are limited! Please get in touch to join 👋

Our @invisibleworkers.bsky.social team is running a creative methods workshop on body mapping next week, led by artist Elizabeth Alster 👩‍🎨🎨 It's open to all staff at #WeAreUoN More info👉 invisibleworkers.org.uk/events/call-for-papers-a3gzw-ctaej Spaces are limited! Please get in touch to join 👋

Exciting to see the 1st of our Dialogues in Radical Geography series out in print 🤩🔖 It's a MUST READ w/ crucial thoughts on how we save each other from "unsustainable intensity of work demands" in academic life 😰⌛️ Thank you, @jennypickerill.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1111/area... More to follow 👀

Exciting to see the 1st of our Dialogues in Radical Geography series out in print 🤩🔖 It's a MUST READ w/ crucial thoughts on how we save each other from "unsustainable intensity of work demands" in academic life 😰⌛️ Thank you, @jennypickerill.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1111/area... More to follow 👀

Please apply & share widely! These board appointments are for 2-3 years, and are an excellent way of gaining editorial experience in a really supportive environment, as well as contributing to the strategic direction of Transactions.

📢Join the TIBG team!📢 We are looking for four new mid-career geographers to join our Editorial Board. We are seeking expertise in environmental, historical and quantitative geography, sustainable development, geopolitics, Africa & Latin America. Deadline: 4 December www.rgs.org/about-us/our...

Hey #Cambodia watchers! I've made the move from the other place but miss the local chatter. So I've made a starter pack of people writing in/on/from the Kingdom of Wonder. Please share and follow, and let me know if you want to be added... go.bsky.app/Te5k6z7