Where Am I Wearing?
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Bangladeshi woman goes from child laborer to respected and deeply feared force
The story in the Washington Post: On the Factory Floor, an Activist Is Born
George Carlin on stuff
George Carlin died. He left a lot more with us than just a bunch of stuff, including this line on stuff, “There stuff is shit and your shit is... [Read this entry]
The Coast Guard in Indiana?
We’ve gotten so much rain in the past week that the Coast Guard stopped guarding the coast and came to Indiana.
There’s plenty of water standing in the Muncie area... [Read this entry]
Journalism student captured and released, translator still in jail
James Buck is a journalism student at UC Berkely. When he was in Egypt, he and his translator were jailed. Buck text messaged his way out of prison... [Read this entry]
Clinton funded by Saipan garment Tycoon
The story is a little dated, but I just saw it here.
I first read about Willie Tan in Nobodies by John Bowe. Tan owned the majority of garment... [Read this entry]
Undemocratic disasters or Let’s invade Myanmar
Myanmar, 100,000 killed by cyclone
China, 10,000 killed by earthquake
Myanmar, China, cyclones, earthquakes – all undemocratic.
I’m not saying that disasters struck Myanmar and China because of their lack... [Read this entry]
Blood, Sweat, and T-shirts
When I was in Cambodia and China I heard rumblings about a BBC reality show/documentary that followed young Brits as they worked in a sweatshop in India. The first... [Read this entry]
Cleaning out my news story files
Prada – Made in Italy by imported Chinese workers (LA Times)
Excerpt:
Thousands of Tuscan factories that produce the region’s fabled leather goods are now operated and staffed by Chinese.... [Read this entry]
A Flat World and a pie in the face
The site was down this weekend, which is a convenient excuse for me not posting anything.
Anyhow, Tom Friedman, author of the World is Flat, recently got a pie in... [Read this entry]
I had an all-American childhood in rural Ohio. My all-American blue jeans were MADE IN CAMBODIA.
I wore flip-flops every day for a year when I worked as a SCUBA diving instructor in Key West. They were MADE IN CHINA.
One day while staring at a pile of clothes on the floor, I noticed the tag of my favorite T-shirt: MADE IN HONDURAS.
I read the tag. My mind wandered.
A quest was born. A book was written.
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