One of the laziest and morally bankrupt arguments people make about apparel workers and the working conditions is that they have governments and those governments need to step in if they want to improve wages. It's up to Bangladesh to decide factory conditions in Bangladesh;...
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Rithy Pahn's documentary about the millions of forgotten people killed in Khmer Rouge death camps with scenes largely constructed with clay figurines looks amazing. In related news, the 20th century.
I endorse all of Robert Kuttner's essay on the need for enforceable standards in the garment industry as the only way disasters like the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh can.
The decline of wildlife along the Mekong River, and really in all of Southeast Asia, has reached crisis levels. Between widespread development and the Chinese desire to kill every mammal in existence, there isn't much left. On the Mekong, home of many now rare and...
This is a story that won't get lasting attention because of the small number of dead workers, but following the death of 1127 garment workers in Bangladesh, we have another.
Pol Pot re-evaluation and Counterpunch fundraiser: Two great tastes that go great together!
As we cut down our last tropical forests, decimating the lungs of the planet, at least a few people are bravely trying to stop it. In Brazil those activists are routinely killed. And now they are in Cambodia as well. Although since I now understand...