Introduction: Covid-19 and the conditions and struggles of agrarian classes of labour.

Covid-19 generated a crisis in capitalism, but not of capitalism. Capitalism reproduces itself in crisis and in ways that have significant but uneven impacts on the conditions and struggles of agrarian classes of labour. This article explores preliminary studies of how Covid-19 has affected agrarian social formations in Africa, Asia and Latin America and the farmers, petty commodity producers, labourers and agribusinesses who populate them.

Socioeconomic development in Seychelles: an overview.

Although Seychelles is a very small country with a population of 79 879 in 2003, it has a complex and under-studied society and economy. In order to provide broad context, this article provides an overview of the national population trends before framing Seychelles in the concept of a small island developing state (SIDS). This serves to highlight macroeconomic and geographical realities.