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This morning's Austin American-Statesman has an LA Times feature about US companies that outsource to sweatshops abroad. The story describes how Levi-Strauss (as in the company that makes jeans) recently closed a plant in Georgia, leaving its only US plant in San Antonio. I remember reading somewhere that Levi's had relatively good labor practices, but now I know better.
Its also interesting the Supreme Court is hearing arguments about whether activists can sue Nike for false advertising when the company suggests its clothes are sweat-free. I love to see this ruling put a damper on all these companies touting their ethics, but, considering how conservative the court is, they may just want to clarify "commerical speech," to allow the megacorps to keep on lying.
And, oh yeah, I picked up a copy of Clamor, which I had blogged earlier. Its not a bad read, although the writing is not terribly polished; I'll probably mail it to Loophole when I get done.