development/2021/mar/13/primark-supplieraccused-of-locking-workers-in-factory-inmyanmar-protests) inside factories for hours to prevent them from joining anti-coup (https://wagingnonviolence.org/2021/02/how-popculture-lion-king-can-explain-coup-myanmar/) protests in Myanmar. “Brands’ labor codes and monitoring systems don’t exist to protect workers,” said Scott Nova, the executive director of the Worker Rights Consortium (https://www.workersrights.org/issues/covid-19/).“ They exist to protect the image and reputation of brands … even as they squeeze suppliers on price, driving down working conditions and wages.” Perhaps the most compelling illustration of the failures of self-regulation can be seen in garment factories in Bangladesh. For decades, these factories were notorious for being little more than death traps. Despite frequent mass fatality res and factory collapses, major brands and retailers continued to tout their voluntary codes of conduct as a reliable method of protecting workers. It was only after the collapse of the Rana Plaza (https://www.theguardian.com/globaldevelopment/2018/apr/24/bangladeshi-police-targetgarment-workers-union-rana-plaza- ve-years-