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Fire Walk With Me

(38,893 posts)
Sun May 5, 2013, 11:28 AM May 2013

Word of uprising in Bangladesh

Political Dissident ‏@der_bluthund

It looks like the people of Bangladesh are in revolt and telecommunications are being cut
#BanglaSpring #siegedhaka

It does not surprise me that the people of Bangladesh are in revolt when their government won't even enforce basic safety laws
#BanglaSpring

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OccupyHarrisonburg ‏@OccupyHburg

Collapsed Bangladesh building was not designed for a factory. Pancaked structure's death toll hits 570. JV #ows...
http://fb.me/tvLBWA7s

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Anonymous ‏@opliberation1

.#Basherkella trying to live Stream Again. Go to this Link:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/basherkella
… #BanglaSpring #OpBangladesh #TheWholeWorldisWatching

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Word of uprising in Bangladesh (Original Post) Fire Walk With Me May 2013 OP
Apparently this is after Banladesh's PM stated the fire deaths dixiegrrrrl May 2013 #1
Good for them, Joe Shlabotnik May 2013 #2

dixiegrrrrl

(60,011 posts)
1. Apparently this is after Banladesh's PM stated the fire deaths
Sun May 5, 2013, 01:36 PM
May 2013

were not that much of a problem...or words to that effect.
I glanced at it on Twitter yesterday, was stunned as his callous remarks, so reminiscent of Bush Wa....

Joe Shlabotnik

(5,604 posts)
2. Good for them,
Sun May 5, 2013, 03:12 PM
May 2013

Last edited Sun May 5, 2013, 08:26 PM - Edit history (1)

Despite our desire to boycott retailers who sell sweatshop clothing, there is not much we can effectively do here. Rather, these workers will have to mobilize themselves just like workers did here 100 years ago to seize an equitable share of that $20 billion/year industry.

On edit:
Having made a logical assumption that this was in response to the factory collapse, its saddening to read that these are radicals demanding an anti-blasphemy law. What a way to squander the world sympathy and attention that may have aided improving working conditions and wages.

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