flâneur

Shreya Chari

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on the atlas — 31

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  • Persons who benefit relatively from structural inequalities have special moral responsibilities to contribute to organized efforts to correct them, not because they are to blame for them, but because they have more resources and are able to adapt to changed circumstances without suffering serious deprivation.
    Responsibility and Global Labor Justice
  • So how does the model of political responsibility apply to the claims of the anti-sweatshop movement? I said earlier that local owners and managers, and to some extent the local state, should be held responsible in the sense of liable for the miserable pay and working conditions of factories where many consumer goods exported to the United States and Europe are produced. Political responsibility adds to rather than replaces this first layer of responsibility. Because corporate executives, university administrations, retailers, and consumers act within a set of structures that materially connec…
    Responsibility and Global Labor Justice
  • The global poor live within a world wide states system based on internationally recognized territorial domains, interconnected through a global network of market trade and diplomacy. The presence and relevance of shared institutions is shown by how dramatically we affect the circumstances of the global poor through investments, loans, trade, brides, military aid, sex tourism, culture exports and much else. Their very survival often crucially depends on our consumption choices, which may determine the price of their foodstuffs and their opportunity to find work. ... This does not mean that we s…
    Responsibility and Global Labor Justice
  • She is letting go. The man’s wife drags her lips away from the base of his two fingers. Pulls them along their renowned length. Just as she is about to run out of finger her tongue rises from its dip and flickers between the two tips. Fleetingly cajoles the two fingertips with lubricious delight before the tongue and the lips, her whole mouth, departs from the hand completely. The winding grip around his wrist eases. But she does not let go. Her hand moves upwards. Glides over his hand. Clasps the two long embrocated fingers. The man’s wife holds his fingers up in front of him, she flashes her…
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