Behind The Swoosh: Nike’s Catholic Nemesis
By Jenn Breckenridge
Filed Under Conscious Commerce, eCo TV |
The story of Jim Keady, former coach of St. John’s University, who heads to Indonesia with Leslie Kretzu, Co-Director of Educating For Justice, to personally experience the living conditions of Nike factory workers there. Behind The Swoosh is a deep piece. Apologies for the video quality, but the story was worth it. Get ready to rethink your running shoes…
Posted on April 23, 2008 |
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How far are we each willing to go, to put ourselves on the line and risk it all to do what we see as right?….To,um…Just Do It?
The lack of accountability from Mr. Knight was such an unfortunate and clear example of the disconnects prevailing in today’s corporate culture. Nice piece Jenn, thanks!
I recently interviewed Sue Citro, from the Nature Conservancy. I asked her what scares her most and her answer was - still seeing people litter. Along those lines, I cannot believe people still wear Nike. I don’t get, what people don’t get about this horrible horrible company…?
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Jim and Leslie are some of the True Heroes of our times. Keep fighting the good fight!
- Scott James
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[...] V. Localism manifests itself in a number of different movements, including agrarianism and New Urbanism. It stands against modernity and its ugly bastard children: suburbanism/urban rot, strip malls, industrial agriculture, corporatism, Washington D.C., and iPods. It stands for urban renewal (read: parish life), regional architecture, small businesses, local and seasonal agriculture, city councils, and the local symphony. Localism doesn’t believe that economic hegemony (i.e. having a McDonalds on every street corner from St Louis to Turin to Bangkok) is healthy for a society. Localism disapproves of putting the liveihoods of a third-world village entirely at the disposal of a first-world corporatio…. [...]
[...] V. Localism manifests itself in a number of different movements, including agrarianism and New Urbanism. It stands against modernity and its ugly bastard children: suburbanism/urban rot, strip malls, industrial agriculture, corporatism, Washington D.C., and iPods. It stands for urban renewal (read: parish life), regional architecture, small businesses, local and seasonal agriculture, city councils, and the local symphony. Localism doesn’t believe that economic hegemony (i.e. having a McDonalds on every street corner from St Louis to Turin to Bangkok) is healthy for a society. Localism disapproves of putting the liveihoods of a third-world village entirely at the disposal of a first-world corporatio…. [...]