Those are the only two items on the website when you search for blackface, it’s hardly a widespread problem.
It’s not "widespread’, sure, it also seems like something they could easily have a search alert set up for.
The child did not die in an Alibaba factory but in a seller’s that sells on the platform, as alibaba and aliexpress are just marketplaces.
That’s my bad, it wasn’t Aliaba-owned. However from the original source:
According to reports, Zhiya has been approved as a “Quality Supplier” for Alibaba since 2012. Likewise, their factory also received the rigorous, on-site factory inspection from Alibaba Taofactory which verified “its trust based on the inspection carried out by the authoritative SGS organization”
I was talking about the Alibaba ecosystem, not China. I don’t really know what workers’ rights are like there compared to other places.
[Fairmondo is] Only available in Germany though.
The model seems like it could be replicated, there are a bunch of platform co-ops elsewhere. And they say they’re working on opening in other places themselves:
We are now working on internationalisation. If you want to be updated on the progress, or if you have suggestions or want to get involved, please send an email to: global@fairmondo.com
Consumers are not responsible for climate change
Alibaba isn’t a consumer in this situation though? It’s their choice whether to keep selling disposable stuff or not.
The only way to stop the climate crisis is revolution, but until then there will be online retailers, there will be giants, and there will be labour exploitation.
Agreed. In that mean-time, I don’t think there’s much to be gained supporting one damaging empire over another.
It’s not "widespread’, sure, it also seems like something they could easily have a search alert set up for.
That’s my bad, it wasn’t Aliaba-owned. However from the original source:
I was talking about the Alibaba ecosystem, not China. I don’t really know what workers’ rights are like there compared to other places.
The model seems like it could be replicated, there are a bunch of platform co-ops elsewhere. And they say they’re working on opening in other places themselves:
Alibaba isn’t a consumer in this situation though? It’s their choice whether to keep selling disposable stuff or not.
Agreed. In that mean-time, I don’t think there’s much to be gained supporting one damaging empire over another.