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Schlock Doctrine: Where, and by Whom, Was Your Christmas Made?

Randall Amster | Posted 12.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Toys, Sesame Street, Made in China, The Shock Doctrine, Children, Child Labor, Raising Children, Globalization, China Toys, Parenting, Wal-Mart, Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine, Schlock, Labor, Sweatshop Labor, Christmas, Disney, Sweatshops, China, Living News, Green Living, Living News
Randall Amster

There are certainly many alternatives for purchasing products with greater ethical standards. But let's face it -- parents are busy, disposable incomes are tight, children need stimulation, time is money, and this is America.

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ON THE MEDIA Fawns Over Sweatshop-Loving Kristof

Jeff Ballinger | Posted 12.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Darfur, Outsourcing, Bill Clinton, Npr, Nytimes, Sudan, Bob Herbert, Media Criticism, James Carville, Nicholas Kristof, Sweatshops, Media News
Jeff Ballinger

On the Media with Brooke Gladstone in the anchor chair is always a good deal more than a diversion while cleaning the garage or running weekend errand...

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Nike's Phil Knight Is No Revolutionary

Jim Keady | Posted 10.19.2009 | Impact

Read More: Nike, Sweatshops, Forbes 400, Phil Knight, Impact News
Jim Keady

Nike's founder topped the Forbes 400 Revolutionaries list. What Forbes failed to mention is that Knight grew his fortune on the backs of the abject poor.

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When Will Nike "Just Do It" On The Sweatshop Issue?

Jim Keady | Posted 12.02.2009 | Impact

Read More: Jim Keady, Team Sweat, Nike, Sweatshops, Impact News
Jim Keady

Twelve years ago I got involved in the fight to end Nike's sweatshop abuses. Nike has consistently lied about working conditions and many consumers, even so-called progressives, believe that Nike "fixed those sweatshop problems." They did not.

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A Truly Green (and Frugal) Fashion Choice: Thrift Stores

Karla Zens | Posted 06.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Barney's, Bisphenal A, Parabens, Vintage Clothing, Green Clothes, Shopping, Cotton, Old Navy, Vocs, Volatile-Organic-Compounds, Clothes, Green Living, Thrift Stores, Sweatshops, Green News
Karla Zens

Carefully inspected and then laundered, second hand fashion is cleaner than the escalator handrail at the mall. So give recycled fashion a try: it's cheap, chic and truly green.

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Top Ten Alternate Punishments for the Iraqi Shoe Thrower

Warren Holstein | Posted 04.13.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Nike, Martin Scorsese, George W. Bush, Muntadhar Al-Zeidi, Nobel Peace Prize, Facebook, Depleted Uranium, Anger Management, Man Throws Shoes at Bush, Politics, Bush Shoe, Middle East, Daniel Day-Lewis, Op-Ed, Muntazer Al-Zaidi Throws Shoes at Bush, Iraq, Leonardo Dicaprio, Sweatshops, Comedy News
Warren Holstein

5. Obliged to lend his tootsies, at will, to any charitable Foot Fetish Galas (expected to show up in formal leather choker, spiked armlets and chain-link leash).

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Wedgwood Teacups, Child Labor, and Lead Poisoning

Dan Agin | Posted 02.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Child Labor, Lead Poisoning, Wedgwood, Children, Safety, Pregnancy, Product Safety, Children's Safety, Hazardous Products, Waterford, Lead Paint, Kids, Health, Pregnant Women, Poor, Waterford Wedgewood, Sweatshops, Business News
Dan Agin

There is no reason to employ pregnant women and children in occupations known to be hazardous other than to exploit the poor.

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Green Edge 12: Sweatshops Don't Make Sense

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 02.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Edge, Ethical Trading, Nicholas Kristof, Social Accountability International, Sweatshops, sa8000, Fairtrade, Green News
John Tepper Marlin

Higher labor standards protect jobs in workplaces where workers are respected. They also protect consumers who buy from them.

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The Shenzhenian Candidate: Meg Whitman Wants to be Governor of California

Chris Kelly | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Outsourcing, Ebay, Goldman Sachs, John McCain and Meg Whitman, Meg Whitman, Labor, Sweatshop Labor, Meg Whitman and Ebay, Meg Whitman Outsourcing, Globalization, Meg Whitman Labor, Carly Fiorina, Sweatshops, Politics News
Chris Kelly

Meg Whitman's real expertise is in globalization. Which is the nice way of saying Asian sweatshops. I'm not saying everything Whitman touches turns to slave labor, I'm just not saying it doesn't.

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The High Cost Of Low Fashion

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 09.23.2008 | Style

Read More: Child Labor, Style, H&M, Daily Mail, Fashion, Clothes, Forever 21, Sweatshops, Dress, Style News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

It was a black halter dress bedecked with very '50s red cherries and matching piping. Flattering in that fit-and-flare way that has me wishing I wa...

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The Commercial Games: How Commercialism is Overrunning the Olympics and Why It Matters

Robert Weissman | Posted 09.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Junk Food, Nike, Sudan, Olympics, Speedo Lzr Racer, Commercialism, Adidas, Sweatshops, Business News
Robert Weissman

Sports, of course, remain centerstage, but commercialism has overwhelmed whatever other values the Olympics hope to embody.

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Is Victoria's Secret Sweatshop Labor?

Radar | Sarah Horne | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Sweatshops, Heidi Klum, Sweatshop Labor, Victoria's Secret, Victoria's Secret Sweatshop, Business News

With all the shiny angel supermodels prancing around in thongs and pillow talk of curve-enhancing bras, lingerie giant Victoria's Secret seems pretty ...

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