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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJohn Oliver rips The Gap, Walmart, other retailers for overseas child labor use - and it’s beautiful
On HBOs Last Week Tonight, host John Oliver presented a devastating indictment of fashion industry CEOs who make millions of dollars in profits selling cheap clothes to American consumers, with both knowing fully well that those clothes are being made in overseas sweatshops by children.
Noting that studies show Americans on average buy 64 items of clothing per person per year, Oliver pointed out that fast fashion retailers like H&M, Zara, and Forever 21 entice consumers with cheap prices for low-quality disposable clothing.
According to Oliver, those prices allow Midwestern tweens to dress like forty-something alcoholics attending the funeral of a Tel Aviv nightclub owner.
Oliver lamented the fact that the dirty secret that cheap overseas labor much of it performed by children in dangerous conditions is no secret at all to consumers who want the latest trends at the lowest prices possible.
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/04/john-oliver-rips-the-gap-walmart-and-other-retailers-for-using-overseas-child-labor-and-its-beautiful/
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John Oliver rips The Gap, Walmart, other retailers for overseas child labor use - and it’s beautiful (Original Post)
Surya Gayatri
Apr 2015
OP
How did Comedy Central allow him to get away? He was the perfect successor to Stewart.
BlueStreak
Apr 2015
#3
Thank heavens for voices like his. I agree that he would've been the perfect successor to Stewart.
Surya Gayatri
Apr 2015
#8
Some of the owners make millions, some make hundreds. Just depends on how much Gap they own.
raouldukelives
Apr 2015
#7
CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)1. Very happy to see his show win a Peabody award.
funny and vital is a too rare commodity.
BlueStreak
(8,377 posts)3. How did Comedy Central allow him to get away? He was the perfect successor to Stewart.
daleanime
(17,796 posts)2. Just has to be said....
TPP.
niyad
(113,329 posts)4. I just saw his piece on patent trolling, absolutely brilliant.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)5. He's a brilliant intellect with his heart in the right place.
niyad
(113,329 posts)10. that he is, indeed.
madokie
(51,076 posts)6. John Oliver is a brilliant man
doing one hell of a job tearing down the shit that we're fed daily by the powers to be.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)8. Thank heavens for voices like his. I agree that he would've been the perfect successor to Stewart.
Go figure!
madokie
(51,076 posts)9. Without a doubt
but he is good doing what he is doing and we need that too
Thats why I hate to see Colbert leave his show, we need him where he is no, although I'm sure his wit will still give us a lot of what he does on his show plus more people will be exposed to him than are now, I think anyway
raouldukelives
(5,178 posts)7. Some of the owners make millions, some make hundreds. Just depends on how much Gap they own.
In the end, they all profit from the same evil trough.