Fair Trade & Social Justice
OCA's New Fair World Project
The Organic Consumers Association launched the Fair World Project (FWP) in September 2010 to promote fair trade in commerce, especially in organic production systems in developing countries as well as at home, and to protect the term "fair trade" from dilution and misuse for mere PR purposes. FWP fills the critical need for a watchdog of misleading fair trade claims, and a cheerleader for dedicated fair trade mission-driven companies.
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March 16, 2006
BANK OF WAL-MART: STILL A BAD IDEA
Why Bank Of Wal-Mart Really Is A Bad Idea (Huffington Post)
Every now and then you pick up the newspaper and something blows your mind for its sheer lunacy. Quite often it's some inanity out of the mouth of a Bush administration official, but today's winner is David Leonhardt's column on the benefits of granting a bank charter to Wal-Mart on the front of the New York Times business section. I have no idea what the guy was inhaling when he sat down and started typing, but is he out of his freakin mind? So why's it dangerous for Wal-Mart
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