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Foreign Primark workers 'earn 7p an hour'

An anti-poverty charity, War on Want, has uncovered that UK highstreet fashion chain... more

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10 Ways the International Community Must Help Africa

10. Address the HIV/AIDS Epidemic According to the 2008 UNAIDS report on the global... more

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A Nose for Fairness

Tiffany Tompkin's pioneering company recycles and buys used, offsets its carbon... more

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Fair trade now: everything you need to know but were too lazy to care about

Word of the day - fair trade. How is this organized social movement promoting... more

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First organic fast food chain opens in Germany

Organic. Regional. Seasonal. Fast. Fine. Nat. Yep, Nat.. We really don't... more

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Celebrate, Don't Mourn Collapse of WTO Talks by Robert Weissman

"Predictably, the cheerleaders for corporate globalization are bemoaning the... more

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He Would Get Some Change From Me

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Bra straps help women in Columbia.

This company is changing the world of interchangeable and fully adjustible bra straps.... more

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"Battle in Seattle" film about WTO riots to be released in September

"In 1999, five days rocked the world as tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Seattle in protest of the World Trade Organization. Among them are Django (Andre Benjamin), Sam (Jennifer Carpenter), Lou (Michelle Rodriguez) and Jay (Martin Henderson). United in their desire to be heard and to make a difference, for these protesters, this is very personal and the stakes are higher than mere politics. A peaceful demonstration to stop the WTO talks quickly escalates into a full-scale riot and an eventual State of Emergency results. The streets are mayhem, the WTO is paralyzed. Caught in the crossfire are Seattle residents, including its beleaguered mayor (Ray Liotta), a riot cop on the streets (Woody Harrelson) and his pregnant wife (Charlize Theron). The choices they make will change their lives forever.

With his ensemble cast writer/director Stuart Townsend intertwines different points of view from a cross section of society - from protestors and police to delegates and doctors - who intentionally or accidentally find themselves on the streets of Seattle in those last days of the millennium. Townsend seamlessly merges footage of the real event with his fictional narrative and, ultimately, Battle in Seattle illustrates that, even against incredible odds, ordinary people can change the world."
(End of excerpt from BattleInSeattleMovie.com)

For more information please visit http://www.battleinseattlemovie.com/

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Excerpt from C. Robert Cargill's critique from Movie.com:
"[I]t very much was like Crash and Bobby, except much better than I found either of those films. Centered on the infamous 1999 Seattle WTO riots, it follows the point of view of protest ringleaders, the mayor, two police officers, a news crew, two WTO representatives and a pregnant housewife. We watch as these characters are forced into conflict in one way or another. From the rioters engagement with the police to the mayor trying to hold the city together to the WTO members undercut by a riot separating them from achieving their goals, this film shows the many facets of people all trying to save the world amid a very bad situation.

The result is an enthralling explosion of conflicting ideologies each executed by someone who believes they are doing their part to make the world a better place: from the officers trying to keep the peace to the mayor, who feels both parties should have a say, to the protesters trying to send a message while having to fight against the destructive anarchists in their midst. Battle In Seattle presents a series of very complicated issues that all point towards one conclusion –- that maybe having an unelected governing body control the commerce of all the most powerful nations in the world isn’t such a good idea..."
http://www.film.com/movies/story/review-battle-seattle-worth-fighting/13668289/20928153"In 1999, five days rocked the world as tens of thousands of demonstrators took... more

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Bonnie Raitt & Dolores Huerta BraveNation.com Video

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Minor leaguer traded for 10 bats

McALLEN, Texas (AP) -- During three years in the low minors, John Odom never really... more

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Just Coffee: A Solutions for Illegal Immigration?

This documentary examines a small organization’s desire to alleviate immigration... more

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A Tale of Two Activists: Rough Cut

Everyone wants to change the world, but just exactly how do you do it? The ambitions... more

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Scotland's Fairtrade nation campaign backed by government

Scotland may become the world's first Fairtrade nations, and the plan has been... more

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Fair Market Bling

Jewellery designer and anthropologist Pippa Small's first fair trade jewellery... more

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Fairtrade sales soar, up 81%. But how fair is it?

The Fairtrade industry is booming. In 2007, we spent £493 million on Fairtrade... more

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Addicted To Peace

"Mirembe Kawomera means "delicious peace" in Luganda, a Ugandan... more

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Buy Fair Trade Chocolate for your Valentine!

There's no denying that eating chocolate, if you are a chocoholic, makes you feel... more

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Can multilateral trade work for the poor?

Protectionism, self-reliance and village republics are not enough to lift 1.3 billion... more

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To pull a thorn from the side of the planet

A vast majority of cut flowers sold in the United States, 79 percent, are imported,... more

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