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29 April, 20169 February, 2016

How can you buy ethically with no purchasing power?

A sign advertising a thrift store and furniture mart.
Posted in social justice by s.e. smith

We live in a world where labourers are subjected to terrible exploitation. On US soil, workers toil in the fields for hours, many undocumented and unable to defend themselves from wage theft and other breaches of their rights. Other workers stand on the line at slaughterhouses, sew in sweatshops in garment districts, endure terrible conditions […]

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6 October, 20105 October, 2010

Escaping Exploitative Labour Practices

Posted in politics by s.e. smith

Inevitably, in discussions about our complicity in exploitative labour systems, people start talking about how to be ethical consumers. How to make purchases that don’t rely on exploitation of our fellow human beings, whether we are buying fruit or pants. A lot of issues come up as people start discussing these issues, perhaps not the […]

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