I haven’t posted any long and thoughtful post recently, in fact I’m having a little difficulty writing in general. How do you write when you don’t want to? I still haven’t figured that one out.

I had the wonderful opportunity this morning of interviewing Eric Odier-Fink of The Justice Clothing Company. Eric graciously gave me a bit of his time to answer some questions about Justice Clothing, Sweatshops, Unions and Fair Trade.

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Show Notes:
00:24 Why did you start The Justice Clothing Company?

“It really started out of Frustration.”
The idea for the Justice Clothing Company was born around 1996 when we met and, among other things, began shopping together. (from the website)
“The US is predominately sweatshop in it’s apperal production.”
1998- Received Catalogs …

Behind the Labels : Garment Workers on U.S. Saipan
A moving and well put together short documentary about Garment Workers in U.S. Saipan. It’s 15 minutes long and well worth your time.
(tags: sweatshops video labor consumerism madeintheUS)

I’ll be honest I like listening to a good sermon every now and then. I could list a few of my favorites for you; at some point maybe I’ll even provide links to mp3’s of sermon’s that really moved me. There is also a good bit of Biblical support for sermons. Jesus seemed to like to sermonize it up every so often; my personal favorite is the “Sermon on the Mount.” Paul had quite a few lengthy sermons, and the first thing Peter does once he has the Holy Spirit …

Unfortunately, I feel it is necessary to start with a disclaimer about the video I am about to show you. This is not a video that will suddenly convince you to care about where what you buy is made. If your hoping to argue and be defensive about your purchases and consumerism, then you’ll probably have a fine time with this video. You’ll say the workers in the video complain too much, you’ll point out that it’s not much worse then plenty of USA working conditions, you’ll say at least …

Did you know in Canada there is a political party entitled: Absolutely Absurd Party They are pretty much there for fun, but there is also a marijuana party who seem quite serious.

University of the Poor | Educational Arm of the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign
Very cool looking organization
(tags: activism education organization poverty)