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While
we are on the subject of evil... HISTORICAL
EVIL:
"The Triangle Fire," by Leon Stein with a new introduction
by William Greider. (Cornell University Press, 2001.)
EVIL
IN THE RAG TRADE:
"NO SWEAT: Fashion, Free Trade, and the Rights of Garment
Workers," edited by Andrew Ross. (Verso Press 1997.)
BORDERLINE
EVIL:
"Border Witness," by Maureen Casey and Brian Casey. (The New
York State Labor-Religion Coalition, 2002).
COSMIC
EVIL:
"Evil in Modern Thought: An Alternative History of Philosophy,"
by Susan Neiman. (Princeton U. Press, 2002.)
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> NO SWEAT NEWS >
NEWS ARCHIVE
HISTORICAL EVIL:
"The Triangle Fire," by Leon Stein with a new introduction by William
Greider. (Cornell University Press, 2001.)
Leon Stein was born in 1912, a year after the devastating Triangle
Fire in lower Manhattan, and grew up in its shadow. In the 1950s,
he tracked down survivors of the fire, families of the dead, firefighters,
reporters, spectators and anyone else touched by the disaster, many
of whom had never spoken about it before. The resulting book is
an intense, achingly personal historical testament.
Cornell University maintains a website, including photographs and
graphics, based on Stein's research: http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire
EVIL IN THE RAG TRADE:
"NO SWEAT: Fashion, Free Trade, and the Rights of Garment Workers,"
edited by Andrew Ross. (Verso Press 1997.)
As Elinor Speilberg records in this collection of essays, girls
in the factories of Bangladesh routinely say: "If you're lucky you'll
be a prostitute, if you're unlucky you'll be a garment worker."
Such sentiments are rarely allowed to reach the ears of Western
fashionistas. When Eylan Press asked a New York City salesclerk
where a pair of chinos came from, he was immediately shown the door.
This book does the invaluable, often moving work of connecting workers,
manufacturers, retailers and consumers.
BORDERLINE EVIL:
"Border Witness," by Maureen Casey and Brian Casey. (The New York
State Labor-Religion Coalition, 2002).
Maureen Casey has spent more than a decade leading groups of Americans
to the maquiladoras -- or factory towns -- of Northern Mexico. This
book, which captures the experiences of a dozen students from across
New York State to a recent visit, is one outgrowth of her work.
The Rainbow Project (supported by New York State United Teachers),
which helps young people continue school beyond the sixth grade,
when they otherwise drop out to work in the maquiladoras, is another.
Another successful spin-off is the undergraduate program in business
management at Russell Sage College: there students learn how profit-making
and social responsibility can be allies rather than enemies.
Information on the "Sweat-Free Schools" campaign (sponsored by The
New York State Labor-Religion Coalition) can be found at: http://www.labor-religion.org/sweatfreetop.htm
COSMIC EVIL:
"Evil in Modern Thought: An Alternative History of Philosophy,"
by Susan Neiman. (Princeton U. Press, 2002.)
Complete disclosure: Susan Neiman is Adam's sister, Adam Neiman
being one of Bienestar's
founders and its still (relatively) fearless leader.
Adam is the more activist sib, Susan the Neiman philosopher. Her
much-praised book looks at how our understanding of evil mutates
when confronted with catastrophes on the order of the earthquake
of Lisbon in 1755 (which, along with fire and flood, annihilated
most of the city), Auschwitz, and 9/11. For a full spectrum response
to evil, in both its physical AND metaphysical forms, you could
do a lot worse than buying a No Sweat T-shirt and consulting Susan's
book.
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