Do you know where that crucifix comes from?


	Do you know where that crucifix comes from?

enbar

11-27-2007 12:39 AM

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religion, consumerism, international, trade, economics, labor, blogclip, via:nytimes

enbar says:

Via http://snipr.com/1u90g. The Association for Christian Retail (over $4 billion in business annually), following in Wal-Mart's footsteps, uses Chinese sweatshop labor to make crucifixes and sells them with the label "Made in Italy."

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