[lbo-talk] WMT testing more, diversifying away from China...

Chuck chuck at mutualaid.org
Thu Aug 23 21:36:32 PDT 2007


Doug Henwood wrote:
> [...or so they say. You've got to wonder if all these toxicity
> scandals - which are inevitable when the pressure is on to make the
> cheapest stuff possible - out of China are going to hit demand for
> Chinese products. There have been bubble like aspects to China for
> the last few years - their stock market is insane - so could this be
> the news item that takes some of the air out of the bubble?]
>
> Wal-Mart seeks more toy tests before holidays
> 1 hour, 56 minutes ago

This is a tremendous opportunity for the American labor movement to make hash out of the multinational corporations. All they need to do is highlight the fact that the factories producing these dangerous toys are OWNED BY AMERICAN COMPANIES.

A TV ad campaign might do the trick. That would be a smarter use of money than buying ads about impeachment in the NY Times.

Class War 2007 = Urging the rich kids to lick their Barbies.

Chuck0



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