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7 Nov 2017 2 minute read

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Support our journalism: buy from the Ethical Shop

The Ethical Shop helps us carry on doing what we love. James Rowland explains how.

10 May 2017 2 minute read

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Slave to Fashion Launch

New Internationalist launch Safia Minney's latest book Slave to Fashion, shining a spotlight on...

8 Mar 2016 4 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Hail Caesar! The personal whim of not so fair trade

The struggle for real Fairtrade is reminiscent of gladiator battles, writes Ben O'Hanlon.

8 Feb 2016 4 minute read

This article is almost eight years old.

Breaking the system designed to keep tea workers poor

Sabita Banerji reports on the challenge of securing labour rights for plantation workers in India.

1 Sep 2014 6 minute read

This article is more than nine years old.

The myth of ethical gold

Certification schemes notwithstanding, clean gold is a bit of a scam, says Stephanie Boyd.

26 Mar 2014 4 minute read

This article is more than nine years old.

When did fair trade become a consumerist concept?

Tim Gee argues for fair trade’s return to the heart of the global justice movement.

12 Aug 2013 3 minute read

This article is more than ten years old.

Value us! Fair pay for domestic work in Nicaragua

Women’s contribution to their communities’ livelihoods is finally being recognized, as Felicity Butler and...

12 Oct 2012 3 minute read

This article is almost 11 years old.

Forward, the Fair Trade brigade!

Now let’s have market dignity and justice…Mari Marcel Thekaekara feels a surge of fresh hope for Fair Trade...

12 Sep 2012 4 minute read

This article is more than 11 years old.

Is it curtains for Fair Trade?

With corporates swarming all over the trade justice brand, David Ransom says Fair Trade must stick to its...

SOS Dairy: British farmers against throwaway prices

10 Aug 2012 4 minute read

This article is more than 11 years old.

SOS Dairy: British farmers against throwaway prices

As producers discuss the next steps of their fairer trade campaign, Amy Hall looks at the wider context of...

15 Nov 2011 2 minute read

This article is almost 12 years old.

Just changing the world

Mari Marcel Thekaekara on the recent conference for ‘Just Change’, a cooperative of poor producers, consumers...

1 Dec 2010 2 minute read

This article is almost 13 years old.

Fairer than fair

Just Change India is a tea trade initiative that rights economic wrongs.

7 Dec 2009 3 minute read

This article is almost 14 years old.

Kit Kat and brickbats

Nestlé gets another Fairtrade endorsement

South Island Kids Expo - Destination World

22 Jun 2009 1 minute read

This article is more than 14 years old.

South Island Kids Expo - Destination World

An interactive journey around the world...

Bretton Woods II (part 2): free, foul or fair - what's to be done about trade?

11 Nov 2008 3 minute read

This article is almost 15 years old.

Bretton Woods II (part 2): free, foul or fair - what's to be done about trade?

In the run-up to the 'Bretton Woods II' G20 conference in Washington, it's clear that 'free' is to trade what 'deregulation'...

The first casualty: the fair green banana?

21 May 2008 3 minute read

This article is more than 15 years old.

The first casualty: the fair green banana?

There was an audible sigh of relief on primetime morning radio a couple
of days ago. Someone from the commentariat was...

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