There's this: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/business/ieconomy-apples-ipad-and-the-human-costs-for-workers-in-china.html?pagewanted=1&_r=4

And this: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/business/apple-america-and-a-squeezed-middle-class.html

And this: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/454/mr-daisey-and-the-apple-factory

they're chinese so they aren't really people!

yeah it's fucking globalization where nothing makes sense, and bagels kill people.

Things are going to go fuckall when the Chinese people decide they don't want to be treated like slaves anymore.

I hope our little Cindy is okay

we should airdrop her propaganda leaflets.

i like the sand idea

She's probably still partying. Our Chinise factories are coming back today. It's their Monday. Bummer.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1382396/Workers-Chinese-Apple-factories-forced-sign-pledges-commit-suicide.html There is this article too.

Being an ethical consumer is harder than ever these days. Even if we're willing to be clear-eyed about where our toys come from (and clearly some of us are), we can still have the wool pulled over our eyes.

To wit: some goods are made in near-sweatshops for penny-ante wages in territories that are technically American, like the C.N.M.I. (I've seen them.) This so that they can bear the "Made in the USA" label.

The connection between morals and law can be very tenuous sometimes. I don't want to get off on a rant about corporate citizenship but I could ;)

there are too many of us on this planet