>Doug Henwood wrote:
>
>>from a social welfare POV Nike is a crime (though, as I've said
>> before, I don't want to condemn the impulses to make or wear stylish
>> shoes). But Nike is not a model of productivity even by conventional
>> definitions.
>
>Nike used to be a target of anti-imperialist agit-prop on Net, so
>long as it sourced its supplies from Indonesia. Now that Nike has
>largely shifted its production bases to China and Vietnam, we don't
>frequently hear about Nike's obnoxious policies.
Speaking of Nike & Vietnam, I gave a little talk about my book at the offices of Monthly Review last Wednesday. Among the guests was someone from the Vietnamese mission to the UN. His socks prominently bore a certain heavily trademarked swoosh.
Doug