July 9, 2016
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East European Shoe Factories Often Pay Below Minimum Wage, Says New Report By Richard Smallteacher
Shoes labeled “Made in Europe” are often assembled in poor East European countries for ‘starvation wages’ according to a new research report from the Change Your Shoes campaign. The companies whose labor practices were examined include Ara, Bata, Deichmann, Geox, Leder & Schuh AG, Lowa and Zara. Continue reading
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Some Pundits Think the Solution to Right-Wing Populism Is Less Democracy
The core orthodoxies of neoliberalism are under attack by populist forces, and commentators are scrambling for a response. Some are suggesting more left-wing red meat. Others, a moment of self-reflection. But a number of pundits are doing that most noxious of political commentary pastimes—equating right and left responses to the failures of globalization and advocating… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 