real utopias

While
movements in Brazil and South Africa have been fueled by unrealized
socio-economic expectations and by explosive growth in India, what they have
most in common is the subordination of democracy to money.

20 lessons learned from the world's sweatshops
Toronto Star
Still, it was an unpleasant surprise to learn that the economics of making brand-name wear for mighty Western companies could be a worse financial prospect than garbage picking.