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By: catholicanarchy.org » Blog Archive » “Getting a little bored” with sweat-free: the ethics of American Apparel

Sat, 07 Oct 2006 20:20:19 +0000

[…] Clamour Magazine unveiled a scathing report on the business ethics of American Apparel, including criticisms of its sexual ad campaigns, union-busting activities, and accusations of a culture of sexual harrassment. The report, which appears in the mag’s current issue, is comprised of three articles, which can be found here. According to Clamour’s blog, AA is planning to sue. Adbusters is also following the story. An excerpt from one of the articles: The real story of American Apparel’s ads is how the company has used the bodies of its barely legal employees to shore up its appeal to the progressive left by implanting anti-sweatshop shtick into every article generated by its low-budget, sexist ads. And the AA demographic – low-wage-worker-defending (but high-wage-earning), guilt-ridden lefties who want nothing more than to assuage their own angst-ridden middle-class anxiety about having succeeded in the capitalist world by consuming with conscience (and the more conscience, the better: sweat-free, fair-trade, organic, vegan, and sustainable) – ate it up. […]

By: VFPDissident

VFPDissident — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 19:16:27 +0000

American Apparel has also opened a Tel Aviv store this year in violation of the international boycott and divestment campaign against apartheid Israel and apparently plans to open more.
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By: Brandon Jones

Brandon Jones — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:34:50 +0000

In the writing of these three articles by this “publication” the writers and or editors must have simply forgotten to look up the word “expose” in the dictionary. You would think an article exposing a company’s claim of being sweatshop free might actually contain some “facts” to back up this claim. “Fact” may also be a word the writers forgot to consider when writing these tabloid pieces. Perhaps when a magazines’ readership hovers around 12 people journalistic practices of research and “proof” don’t mean much. Inserting items from the rumor mill (some models may be as young as 15) may serve to shock and astonish the local soccer moms but mean nothing to a reader who has taken a basic college writing class including a study of formal fallacies. Something these authors may also want to consider doing before their mouths can contain no more foot. The next time these writers slam a company that while less than perfect is doing good things for their employees and making great clothes they may want to have some cold hard facts in their hands. At least try to convince us that you aren’t upset about their sex based ads because you are so ugly your mom wouldn’t hand out your class pictures.
PS.
The next time a union with a horrible record of running sweatshops and taking money for their own gain while doing nothing for the welfare of their workers comes in and wants to run your little rag give them a big round of applause for me. Oh yeah, dont forget to bend over!
From a union employed liberal progressive who belives in facts and honesty.