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Professor Charles Derber, author of People Before Profit says, "Mojtabai's book is a thoughtful look at how consumers and workers can end the global sweatshop economy. Highly recommended especially for young people who realize that bloodied hands have made the clothes they wear and the household products they buy. Mojtabai gives you hope that another world is possible, and offers practical first steps that we all can take."

Blood, Sweat and Tears is an insightful analysis of the injustice that is sweatshop labor and the efforts made to stop it. It empowers readers not only with knowledge, but with the power to act.

The book is available at www.Lulu.com , where a preview can be read. It can be purchased as either a 95 page printed book for $10.99 or as a downloaded eBook format for $4.56. A portion of the proceeds from book sales will go to Non-profit organizations fighting to improve the lives of the global workforce.

Farzin Mojtabai is an author and Political Science student at the University of Vermont. He is a dedicated activist member in United Students Against Sweatshops and has published many articles on labor inequality, Politics, Current Affairs, World History, Religion and other related subjects.

A special thanks goes to activist Jason Cangialosi for his contributions to the book.

Read this page's blog for updates and alerts from organizations working to fight sweatshops and human rights injustices. Blood, Sweat and Tears BlogSpace


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Get this widget! In the rapidly globalizing material world in which we subside, we forget those who form the backbone behind such change. We not only forget, but punish those who labor for our wealth by turning a blind eye to their dire situations and inexplicable injustices transpiring at their expense.

Blood, Sweat and Tears is a multidimensional analysis of the injustice that is sweatshop labor and empowers readers not only through knowledge, but the power to act. As multinational corporations hijack our sense of justice in return for material goods, we become susceptible to abandoning the activist inside us all, demanding equality. This book peers into the political, activist, labor and most importantly the consumer element that must all come together to end sweatshop labor.

Professor Charles Derber, author of People Before Profit says, "Mojtabai's book is a thoughtful look at how consumers and workers can end the global sweatshop economy. Highly recommended especially for young people who realize that bloodied hands have made the clothes they wear and the household products they buy. Mojtabai gives you hope that another world is possible, and offers practical first steps that we all can take."

Read an article online about Derber's Book: People Before Profit by Farzin Mojtabai and Jason Cangialosi

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Anyone interested in learning more about what we can do to end the atrocities of sweatshops and build a fairer economy. If you're an organization involved in fighting sweatshops, this book can be an essential tool in helping to spread awareness and knowledge about the issue, so let's get connected. The are opportunities for proceeds from this book to be donated to your organization.

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Read these book reviews by Farzin Mojtabai and Jason Cangialosi on some of the definitive works about Sweatshops and Globalization.

Can We Put An End To Sweatshops , by Archon Fung, Dara O'Rourke and Charles Sabel

Students Against Sweatshops , by Liza Featherstone

Low Pay, High Profile: The Global Push for Fair Labor , by Andrew Ross

Making Sweatshops: The Globalization of the U.S. Apparel Industry , by Ellen Israel Rosen

People Before Profit , by Charles Derber

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Documentary Lens on Israel and Palestine

Beyond news headlines, independent documentaries gain perspective across the rift of Israel and Palestine. Including; Promises, The Inner Tour, Gaza Strip, Jenin - Jenin, Until When... and The Wall.Re...
Posted by Blood, Sweat & Tears on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 03:26:00 PST

Join the Blood, Sweatshops and Tears Group

Come join the discussion and partake in the Global Dialouge about Sweatshops, Labor, Unions, Trade, Globalization, Activism and the new Fair Trade Economy at the Blood, Sweatshops and Tears MySpace Gr...
Posted by Blood, Sweat & Tears on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 08:48:00 PST

Continued harassment in Bangalore

India: Continued harassment of defenders of women workers' rights and campaigners abroad.Amnesty International is concerned by the continuing harassment of defenders of women workers' rights in the ga...
Posted by Blood, Sweat & Tears on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 09:05:00 PST

Warrant of arrest for Dutch labour rights activists

India: A judge in Bangalore has ordered the apprehension of seven staff members of the Clean Clothes Campaign and the India Committee of the Netherlands. The juridical pronouncement is but the next st...
Posted by Blood, Sweat & Tears on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 08:35:00 PST

Fossil Fuels and the Wasted Talent of William Cottrell

Fossil Fuels and the Wasted Talent of William Cottrell As Alternet News reported awhile back, a one William Cottrell, a Caltech graduate, was arrested for domestic terrorist acts against SUV owners. I...
Posted by Blood, Sweat & Tears on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:21:00 PST

Egyptian Israeli Peace Treaty of 1979

This article, by Farzin Mojtabai, author of Blood, Sweat and Tears, delves into the logic behind the peace treaty signed between Sadat and Begin, leaders of Egypt and Israel in 1979 and the long term...
Posted by Blood, Sweat & Tears on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:42:00 PST

No Excuses: End Sweatshops

Do you want to work in a Sweatshop? We didn't think so. Read the No Excuses List at our page on AssociatedContent.com There are lots of things we can all do to educate ourselves about the problem of S...
Posted by Blood, Sweat & Tears on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:07:00 PST

Sweatshops in Bangladesh Cause Death

From Mar 21, 2006By Farzin Mojtabai and Jason CangialosiA horrific rash of events for garment workers in Bangladesh, as factory collapse, explosion and fires kill 86, leaving over 250 injured. The Ban...
Posted by Blood, Sweat & Tears on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 05:51:00 PST

Disney Corporation and Sweatshops

From March 6th, 2006Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior (SACOM) in Hong Kong announced the Disney Corporation as the 2006 winner of the Public Eye Award. SACOM nominated Disney's corpora...
Posted by Blood, Sweat & Tears on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 05:40:00 PST

Anti-Sweatshop Bill - Call your Congress Rep

From: The National Labor Committee: Anti-sweatshop legislation re-introduced in the Senate and HouseFor the first time, anti-sweatshop legislation has been introduced in the U.S. Congress which will p...
Posted by Blood, Sweat & Tears on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 01:59:00 PST