This episode features an interview I recorded with documentary photographer Simone Rudolphi on August 9, 2024. Simone discussed her time interning for renowned photographer, writer and activist Shahidul Alam in Bangladesh. Simone shared her thoughts on the student-led Monsoon Revolution that ended the 15-year autocratic rule of Sheikh Hasina in August 2024. She also discusses how she came to see Alam and others in Bangladesh as kindred spirits and how the so-called Western world still dictates too much of global policy. Rudolphi touches on the origins of discontent that led to the revolution that ousted Sheikh Hasina, and how distorted framing in the Global North can lead people in Europe and the United States to misunderstand the revolution. She also talks about how blanket terms like violent protests failed to accurately convey what was happening in Bangladesh during the revolution including when state forces where using firearms against unarmed student protesters. Rudolphi also briefly touches on the Far-Right Riots in Britain in August 2024.