What's the best way for a poor person to avoid buying sweatshop stuff? I hate what happens in sweatshops but at the same time my options are limited due to money and what's being sold in my area :( Do you have any advice?
Not buying from sweatshops would do nothing to improve the lives of the workers so it’s probably best to not waste energy on shopping “ethically” and concentrate on organising our own workplaces and communities.
Over the past decade, factory and sweatshop workers across East and South Asia have been militantly organising. Their unions are getting stronger, they are taking direct action against bosses and militias, and they are gaining better wages and working conditions all the time.
To boycott the products they make, when no union or sweatshop workers are calling for a boycott, doesn’t strengthen their struggle, it’ll weaken it.
Nike or Primark, whatever you buy you’re buying from exploited workers. And that includes the first world primark shop workers and delivery people. You cannot boycott capitalism under a globalised capitalist system.
Boycotts lead to less profits lead to already exploited workers being laid off. Unless they call for a boycott (in which they’ve hopefully prepared for the fallout) you’re only added more exploitation and starvation. It’s a fucking terrible tight-rope act that was purposefully designed to weaken solidarity and direct action.
If you dont think Islamophobia is a serious problem in America that affects the psyche of the young muslims of america, i dunno what to tell yall, because I’ve had an escape plan to get out of the country if they decided to start rounding up muslims in internment camps like they did to the japanese in ww2 ever since I was 11 and recieved my Iraqi passport
Tens of thousands in Hong Kong are spending the night occupying a major highway, demanding free and fair elections independent of Beijing’s influence. Beijing has responded with militarized police, and is censoring photos of the protests on social media.
Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop (10.3.14): And just when you think you can look away from Ferguson, if just for a moment, the police in Ferguson prove what slimy fucks they truly are. Even with a small crowd, due to the rain, police felt the need to arrest more than half of the protesters present, ALL of whom were complying with police commands. Most arrested were active folks, even leaders, in the Ferguson movement, along with a CNN freelancer.
Final count is 12 arrests tonight. Bail has been set at $1000 for each protester. I’ll get up a donate link ASAP. Don’t go to sleep on this y’all. PD wants you to turn away for this very reason. #staywoke #farfromover
