I need to get back to the film club and one of these ridiculous travel documentaries from the 1950s is a great way to do it. The thing about this kind of film is that it combines some genuinely cool footage with extremely condescending and...
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I'm not sure why Chevron would create a travel film about Thailand. It's not like we are talking about a major oil-producing nation. But they did. And I do have.
While we should all be at least somewhat skeptical of claims coming from PETA, this seems to be real and.....my god. Target has joined several other retailers in dropping a.
It's amazing how quickly the ecosystem rights itself if people just stay out of the way. COVID-19 has demonstrated this repeatedly. From Thailand: Since the coronavirus pandemic accelerated in March, Khao Yai, Thailand’s oldest national park, has been closed to human visitors for the first...
Recycling is simply broken. This story of what happens to workers "recycling" computers shipped to Thailand is telling of the many problems with the system. Crouched on the ground in.
One data point in the global reversal of democracy was the Thai coup of 2014, which brought at least a temporary end to the ability of the Thai people to.
Because of being so immersed in the horribleness of daily politics, I haven't really been doing enough labor blogging of late. This is bad on my part and I need to get back to it. Here's a few stories to help catch everyone up. 1)...
Yet another way to celebrate American awesomeness today before you blow off your fingers and, even worse, put ketchup on your hot dogs, is to remember how we rely on.
Your monthly LGM reminder that if you buy shrimp from supermarkets, you probably are buying a product produced by slaves: Every morning at 2 a.m., they heard a kick on.
Above: Slaves in the Thai fishing industry Nestlé, long one of the world's most evil corporations, has finally admitted that much of its fish is procured through slave labor. Migrant workers toiling in Thailand’s seafood industry to supply global companies such as Nestle SA are...
Yesterday I talked about the California bill for a meaningful wage theft law. On this particular issue, the problem is not Walmart or McDonald's. The problem are employers who rely.
I've talked about this several times before and I discuss it in Out of Sight, but slave labor in the southeast Asian fisheries is endemic and basically no one cares..