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Articles from 2005
- 12/15 - Organic Fashions are Hitting the Mainstream
- 12/13 - The High Cost of Conventional Cotton Production
- 11/28 - Student Movement Action Plan To Drive Sweatshop Produced College Logo Clothing off Campuses
- 11/22 - USA Today: Industrial Hemp Support Takes Root
- 11/22 - Care What You Wear: New York Times Quotes OCA on the Coming Booming Organic & Hemp Clothing
- 11/15 - India Officials Accused of "Criminal Negligence" in Regulating Gene-Altered Cotton
- 10/31 - Herbicide Resistant Superweeds May Spell Doom for Monsanto's GE Cotton
- 10/21 - Madison Goes Sweat-Free
- 10/17 - A Sweatshop Story from Chiapas, Mexico
- 10/17 - Organic Clothing Starting to Show Up in Many Stores
- 10/3 - Turkey Leads Way in Organic Cotton
- 9/29 - Feds Ask Cotton Industry to Sidestep WTO with Backdoor Payment
- 9/17 - San Francisco Pledges to Use Municipal Purchasing To Promote Sweatshop Reform
- 9/1 - Monsanto Threatens Critic of Industrial Agriculture & Cotton Subsidies
- 8/31 - Back to School: Organic & Sweat-Free College Sweatshirts
- 8/16 - San Francisco: Sweatfree, Local, and Organic
- 7/25 - Cotton Subsidies Devastate African Countries
- 7/21 - Bush Says WTO Ruling Against U.S. Cotton Subsidies Requires a 10% Cut ($263 Million)
- 7/12 - Helping Africa: Pull the Plug on $3 Billion in Annual U.S.Taxpayer Subsidies to King Cotton
- 7/8 - US Dilly dallies with WTO Cotton Ruling Compliance
- 6/22 - Grist Magazine on Eco-Conscious Clothing
- 6/7 - Rev. Billy Preaches to San Francisco Supervisors to End Sweatshops!
- 5/31 - South Africa Study Shows Failure of Genetically Engineered Cotton
- 5/31 - Organic & Non-Sweatshop Clothing Market Taking Off
- 5/18 - Fashion Designers Leaning Toward Greener Garb
- 4/26 - Furor in India Over New Approvals of Monsanto GMO Cotton
- 4/22 - US Government Agrees to Cut Cotton Subsidies?
- 4/20 - Sources of Information on Organic Cotton & Products
- 4/18 - Anti-Sweatshop Movement Puts the Heat on Nike, Gap, and Levi's
- 4/18 - Nike Acknowledges Massive Labor Exploitation in its Overseas Sweatshops
- 4/15 - Campaigners Get Nike & Esprit to Remove GMO Cotton from Their Garments
- 4/12 - US Cotton and Crop Subsidies Are Impoverishing Small Farmers Worldwide & Damaging the Environment
- 3/30 - Four State Legislatures Move Forward in Approving Industrial Hemp Cultivation
- 3/25 - Update on WTO Ruling that U.S. Cotton Subsidies Are Illegal
- 3/23 - NY Fashion Show Highlights Eco-Friendly Clothing
- 3/18 - Rock Star Bono Sells World's Most Expensive Organic Cotton Clothing
- 3/11 - Why end US Cotton Subsidies
- 3/9 - Stink Bugs in Southern US Devouring Genetically Engineered Cotton
- 3/9 - State Legislatures May Overturn Federal Ban on Growing Industrial Hemp
- 3/9 - Garment Worker-Friendly Companies Try to Break the Sweatshop Mold
- 3/7 - Global Call for US to Cut Off Cotton Subsidies & Stop Dumping Subsidized Cotton
- 3/4 - WTO Rules Against U.S. Cotton Subsidies & Export Dumping That Impoverish Millions Overseas
- 3/4 - Greenpeace Calls on India Government to Stop Planting of Genetically Engineered Cotton
- 3/3 - WTO Multi-Fiber Rule Closes South Carolina Factory
- 3/2 - India Report Shows Superiority of Organic & Sustainable Cotton Farming
- 2/22 - Two-Thirds of U.S. Farmers Get No Taxpayer Subsidies While Cotton & Grain Mega-Farms Get Billions
- 2/15 - "Ethical-Eco Clothing" Movement Gains Momentum in the UK
- 2/8 - Buzz Off: L.L. Bean's New Line of Sportswear Coated with a Likely Carcinogenic Bug Repellent
- 2/1 - Vandana Shiva Points to GE Cotton Disaster in India
- 1/28 - Popular Rapper Turns Down Endorsement $ for Clothing Line Over Sweatshop Issue
- 1/26 - Hazards of Genetically Engineered Cotton
- 1/21 - Elimination of Import Quotas Decimate Garment Industry
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Articles from 2004
- 12/30 - U.S. Organic Cotton Clothing Sales Increase But Domestic Organic Production Decreases
- 12/29 - Organic Cotton Takes Root in Central Asia
- 12/28 - PR Hype Around GE Cotton Exposed in India
- 12/13 - China May Tax Clothing Exports to Head off Trade Conflict with the U.S.
- 12/2 - The coming Apocalypse for US Apparel Makers
- 11/29 - Socially Responsible Garment Companies Take on Nike and theSweatshop Giants
- 11/22 - African Countries Demand an End to US Cotton Subsidies
- 11/16 - Whole Foods Sales of Organic Clothing May Generate Mass Market Demand
- 11/12 - Los Angeles Passes "No-Sweat" Ordinance by a Landslide
- 11/9 - Cotton and Water Subsidies Net Bumper Crop of Cotton in CA
- 11/9 - Cotton and Water Subsidies Net Bumper Crop of Cotton in CA
- 10/21 - US Appeals WTO Decision Saying Multi-Billion Dollar Cotton Subsidies Must End
- 10/5 - Grist Magazine on Hemp Clothing
- 9/27 - Eddie Bauer: Going Green, Staying Sweat Shop
- 9/13 - WTO Rules U.S. Cotton Subsidies & EU Sugar Subsidies Are Illegal
- 9/9 - Saving Natural Color--How An Organic Cotton Breeder Changed the World
- 8/27 - Corporate Globalization: Overseas Sweatshops Destroy U.S. Garment Industry
- 8/2 - Sweatshops Overrunning Honduras
- 7/29 - Organic Cotton Clothing Sales Increase in the U.S.
- 7/13 - Grist Magazine on Eco-Clothing
- 7/8 - International Consumers Condemn Dumping of Cotton & Other Subsidized Ag Crops
- 6/30 - India Develops Non-GE Pest-Resistant Cotton Varieties
- 6/11 -India Bt Cotton Failures But Monsanto PR Propaganda Campaign Continues
- 5/17 - U.S. Anti-Sweatshop Effort Moves Forward
- 5/17 - Annual Organic Clothing Sales in U.S. Reach $85 Million
- 5/11 - Brazil's Cotton Victory against Subsidies
- 5/10 - Take That, Cotton Subsidies!
- 5/4 - More on Brazil's WTO Cotton Challenge
- 4/29 - Illegal Cotton Subsidies
- 4/29 - Brazil Wins Case Against U.S. Cotton Subsidies & Dumping at the WTO
- 4/26 - African Cotton Farmers Reject GE Crops
- 3/26 - Are Bt Corn & Cotton Seed Slowly Poisoning Animals & Humans?
- 3/26 - New Tactic for Brainwashing McKids--A Clothing Line
- 3/1 - Will Allen--World Social Forum Speech on King Cotton and U.S.Farm Subsidies
- 2/24 - Fact Sheet on U.S. Cotton Subsidies and Cotton Production
- 2/15 - Bt Cotton Benefits Short-Lived in India
- 2/3 - Ending U.S. Cotton Subsidies, Not GE Cotton, Key to Reducing Poverty of African Farmers
- 1/15 - U.S. Cotton Subsidies: Killing Farmers & Poisoning Consumers & the Earth
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Articles from 2003
- 12/17 - Sweatshop Free Clothing Industry Growing in the U.S.
- 12/8 - The Case Against King Cotton
- 12/7 - North Carolina T-Shirt Maker Combines Organic Dyes and Fabrics
- 12/4 - Top Organic Cotton Product Choices
- 11/20 - Uniting Concerns--Organic and Fair Trade/Social Justice
- 11/8 - Anti-Sweatshop Movement Provides Needed Counterweight in the Global Economy
- 11/3 - Clothes with a Conscience
- 11/2 - US Cotton Subsidies Are Strangling Farmers in the Global South
- 11/2 - US Cotton & Ag Subsidies Killing Farmers & Poisoning the Earth
- 10/16 - Opportunity Grows for Organic Cotton Market
- 10/6 - UK Fashion Designer Looks Toward Organic Cotton
- 10/11 - Bt cotton in the time of Cancun
- 10/2 - Nettle Could Be Eco-Friendly Fabric of the Future
- 9/29 - Levi Strauss to close last two U.S. plants
- 9/29 - Eco-friendly clothes for back to school
- 9/24 - Consumer Action Key to Achieving Global Justice & Fair Trade
- 9/18 - Canc�n Targets Cotton
- 9/17 - Nike Backs off in "Right to Lie" Sweatshop Case
- 8/15 - Organic Cotton Blooms in West Texas
- 8/12 - The Terrorism of US Cotton Subsidies
- 8/8 - Florida Organic Clothing Company Growing
- 7/21 - Clothing company considers environment
- 7/12 - US Cotton Subsidies are Strangling Africa
- 7/9 - OCA earns major victory in Clothes for a Change Campaign
- 7/7 - Musicians Uniting Against Clothing Sweatshops
- 6/30 - Supreme Court Refuses to Grant Nike the "Right to Lie" & Greenwash
- 6/30 - More on Nike & Corporate America's "Right to Lie"
- 6/16 - Growing Cotton Sustainably
- 6/12 - Lobby for Cotton Fair Trade Gathers Steam
- 5/26 - Sweatshop Giant Nike Signs $90 Million Deal With 18 year old
- 5/26 - Organic clothing is in style
- 5/16 - Organic Clothing Takes off in Italy
- 5/15 - African WTO Challenge to Cotton Subsidies "Vital For Millions"
- 5/12 - New Study Reveals Hazards of Pesticide Drift
- 4/23 - Indian Farmers Greening Cotton: Towards a perfect future
- 4/20 - U.S. Apparel Manufacturer Working to Create Change
- 4/14 - US threatening to close borders for hemp products
- 4/9 - Action Alert: Tell Levi's it's high time they settled the Saipan sweatshop
- 4/1 - Cotton Dumping Devastating the Livelihood of African Farmer
- 3/23 - Tough Times for US Organic Cotton Farmers
- 3/18 - Slaves Used to Make Clothes for Sears and JC Penney
- 3/12 - Indian Government to Compensate Farmers for GE Cotton Failure
- 3/12 - Cargill Marketing Fibers Made From Genetically Engineered Corn
- 3/10 - Gap Sweatshop Labor in Tainan
- 3/5 - Bt cotton proves a failure in India
- 2/27 - Central America Sweatshop Labor to Increase, Due to CAFTA
- 2/26 - Monsanto Persecution of Cotton Farmers Saving Seed
- 2/11 - Bt Cotton Disappointing Indian Farmers
- 2/10 - California Resists Next Wave of GE Crops
- 2/09 - Wal-Mart Wins Sweatshop of the Year Award
- 1/28 - LA Garment Company Provides An Alternative To Sweatshops
- 1/22 - Bt Cotton Becomes a Bitter Harvest
- 1/20 - Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case on "Nike's Right to Lie"
- 1/13 - SCP Organic Cotton article in Organic Style Magazine
- 1/12 - 10 years of NAFTA Destroying Mexican Farmers
- 1/7 - Nike and Corporations Claim the Right to Lie
- 01/03 - That's Toxic Cotton You're Eating
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Articles from 2002
- 12/30 - Walmart Found Guilty of Exploiting It's Workers
- 12/22 - Cargill and Dow's Frankenfleece Clothing--Biotech's New Greenwash
- 12/9 - Levi Strauss: The Real Cost for the Price of Our Clothes
- 12/2 - Indonesian Garment Workers Ask Consumers to Boycott Gap
- 11/28 - Gap Hit by Sweatshop Protests
- 11/27 - Clothes for a Change PANUPS Resources
- 11/26 - GE Cotton Pollutes Surrounding Cropsin Indonesia
- 11/25 - Union, Students Demand Gap End Sweatshop Labor
- 11/15 -New York State Approves Anti-Sweatshop Bill
- 9/12 - Indian Farmers Denounce Failure of GE Cotton Crop
- 9/1 SweatX Setting the Bar for the Apparel Industry
- 8/30 - Florida Student Tent City Shines Light on Sweatshops
- 8/22 Ben Cohen's New Anti-Sweatshop Efforts
- 8/11 Protests Force Ban on Bt Cotton in India Region
- 8/8 Major Debate In India Over Environmental Damage of GE Cotton
- 8/6 U.S. Consumers Must Stop Supporting Sweatshops
- Gap and Others Suffer Major Setback In Sweatshop Lawsuit
- US Cotton Market In an Ecological Revolution
- Increased Sweatshop Imports Won't Reduce Poverty
- Anti-Sweatshop Movement At the Crossroads
- China finds GE cotton is damaging the environment
- From Cherry Garcia to Sweatshop Reform
- Clothing firm adopts non-sweatshop policy
- Levis:Made in China?
- Nike Greenwashes Sweatshop Labor
- Gap involved in Saipan sweatshop lawsuit
- Cargill/Dow--From Frankencorn to Frankenfleece
- GE Cotton Approval in India Sparks Debate
- India approves GE cotton
- Africa Debate on GE Cotton Heats Up
- Nike Steps Up Greenwashing with New Organic Products
- Genetically Engineered Cotton Suffering from Production Problems
- Organic Cotton & Clothing Sales Steadily Increase
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Articles from 2001
- Cotton Concession Gives Bush Fast Track Authority
- India to Destroy Illegal Gene-Altered Cotton Crops
- EPA Continues to Be a Cheerleader for USA Frankencrops
- Nike & Brand Name Bullies Try to Co-opt Anti-Sweatshop Protests
- Antibiotic Marker Gene in GE Cotton May Harm Tuberculosis Patients
- Successful Anti-Sweatshop Campaign Against Nike in Mexico
- GE insects released in cotton field
- INDIA--Illegal GE Cotton Crop Will Be Destroyed
- Walt Disney--Sweatshop Retailer of the Year
- Why Bt Cotton Should Be Banned
- India Rejects Commercialization of GE Cotton
- Organic Cotton Clothes Still a Tiny Market Segment
- Protests Mount in India Against GE Cotton
- Brand Name Bullies Fight Back with Greenwashed PR
- Pollution from GE Corn & Cotton Crops
- Behind US Fashion Labels--LA's Multi-Billion Dollar Sweatshop Industry
- Scientists Ready to Release Gene-Altered Insects in Cotton Fields
- Nike's Social Responsibility Rhetoric Exposed as a Lie
- Australia Pests Develop Resistance to Bt Cotton
- Genetically Engineered Cotton Fails in Indonesia
- Gene-Altered Cotton Producing Sub-Standard Fibers
- India Farmers Again Burn GE Cotton Fields
- Gap In Trouble
- Dioxins from PCP Treated Cotton