Farzin Mojtabai & Jason Cangialosi
Farzin is a student at the University of Vermont, and author of a book about Sweatshops titled: Blood, Sweat and Tears. Jason is a freelance professional in Colorado, who researched for the book and collaborates on the articles here.
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How to Put an End to SweatshopsA short list of the things you can do right now about sweatshops. This list was developed in the course of writing the Book, Blood, Sweat and Tears, by Farzin Mojtabai, about the impact of politics, Globalization, and consumerism on the atrocity of sweatshop labor. -
Book Review of People Before Profit, by Charles DerberEconomists and the business world rave about the profit potentials of globalization, activists and scholars rage over hidden agendas. Professor and author Charles Derber assembles a visionary argument for a new globalization in "People Before Profit" -
Book Review: Making Sweatshops: The Globalization of the U.S. Apparel Industry, by Ellen Israel RosenOne of the most frustrating aspects of understanding sweatshops is how they came to exist in globalization.This brought scholar Ellen Israel Rosen to what may be the most accessible, but also thorough book on a modern history of sweatshops. -
A Book Review of Johan Norberg's In Defense of Global CapitalismNorberg is up against an obstinate choir of anti-corporate globalization critics. His argument is straightforward and convincing forming a statistically armed shield that proclaims, if not capitalism, then what? -
Sweatshops and Child Labor in the Production of Soccer BallsSoccer, or the more appropriate Global term, Football, is often kicked around in the Globalization debate. The World Cup is a time of exuberant fandom, but also a time when Human Rights advocates have to put in overtime to progress the truth.
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Sweatshops: The Reel World of GlobalizationCorporations bent on world domination, the Merry Pranksters that inflitrate their federation, brave heros that join the sweatshop slaves and factory girls gone wild at Mardi Gras? Sounds like a good movie, or 4 or 5 or... -
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan's Anti-Sweathop BillOn June 8th, 2006 North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) put forth a bill to amend the 1930 U.S. Tariff Act to include goods made in Sweatshops. This comes as thousands of workers in Jordan's Free Trade Zones were found working in sweatshops. -
Low Pay, High Profile: The Global Push for Fair Labor, by Andrew RossLow Pay, High Profile is a sweeping view of the new and historic labor struggles In an alarming look at labor's value across the board of our livelihoods, Ross brings a unique style of solidarity to work no matter how disparate the trade may seem. -
Gap, Inc. And SweatshopsWhen companies like Gap, Inc. take initiative in creating a transparent supply chain, they invest the apparel industry's future in social responsibility.
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Nike and SweatshopsIs Nike Inc. an economic savior lifting Global labor standards or a cause in sweatshop labor motivated by profits? The debate over Nike's Sweatshop factories has painted the company's reputation many colors across the spectrum of global Labor Rights.
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Summer Fashion Without the SweatshopsSummer is the time to stay cool and look good, but you can make a difference with the clothes you buy. Here is a shopping guide with some tips on the stores you can trust to be free of Sweatshop labor goods and use Fair Trade. -
Students Against Sweatshops by Liza FeatherstoneFew movements have impacted mass social change since student protestors during the Vietnam War, but Liza Featherstone's book Students Against Sweatshops captures something close. -
Two Approaches in the Anti-Sweatshop MovementActivists and labor groups continue to campaign a doctrine of unionization against corporate globalization with anti-sweatshop success in different approaches. Where the movement first connected in social conscience, which approach will shape its future?
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Bangladesh Garment District Under FireA horrific rash of events for garment workers in Bangladesh, as factory collapse, explosion and fires kill 86, over 250 injured. The recent tragedies incite International pressure as the Garment District is a major exporter to U.S. and Europe. -
Book Review: Can We Put an End to Sweatshops?A cure-all solution for the ethical crises of Sweatshops in 93 pages? Fat chance, but Can We Put And End To Sweatshops? raises the bar, giving the debate direction. Joined by 8 swift, but intelligent counter essays, the negotiating table is cleared.
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Disney Corporation Given 2006 Public Eye AwardStudents & Scholars in Hong Kong nominated Disney for the 2006 Public Eye Award. The award, given by Swiss Organization The Bernie Declaration, brings attention to Corporate misconduct, publicly contrasting the World Economic Forum in Davos.