Nicole Mesman, from the Just Write team, explores fair trade issues and explains why Fair Trade Fortnight is so important.
Trade / Hokohoko
THE PHARMACEUTICAL DRUGS INDUSTRY: TRIPSy!
Everyone in the world desires good health, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights gives everyone in the world the right to have access to medical care that allows them to have adequate health and wellbeing.
ETHICAL BUSINESS - AN IMPOSSIBLE DREAM?
Money and morals. It appears that, in a capitalist society, you have to sacrifice one for the other. You can’t have your cake and eat it too. Or coffee for that matter.
So how can we bring the two together?
THE BITTER SIDE OF CHOCOLATE
Whether you are a whitey, darkie, nutty or gooey on the inside what we all have in common is that we love chocolate. But when you find out about where chocolate comes from and the unfair conditions that people experience to bring us that magic bar, it can leave a nasty bitter taste in your mouth.
BEYOND FAIR TRADE - BREWING HOPE
“Brewing Hope” is building relationships between student coffee drinkers and Mexican coffee growers. Just Focus member Grace Leung travelled to Chiapas in Mexico to meet the local coffee farmers. She shares her experience and thoughts.
CAMPAIGN AGAINST YOUTH PAY RATES ATTRACTS THOUSANDS
On Monday March 20 at noon, in the heart of Auckland’s Central Business District, one thousand high school students who had walked out of school that morning rallied to demand an end to youth rates. The students were demonstrating the power of collective direct action
Oxfam’s Campaign for Fair Trade
By Nicole Mathewson
What do Chris Martin (Coldplay), Thom Yorke (Radiohead), Antonio Banderas and Alanis Morrisette have in common with a sack of corn?
Sensationalism in the Media
Ilai Amir, Waitakere.
In a world where there isn’t enough time to do everything that we want, we end up relying on mainstream media to show us the world beyond our front doors.
I’ll talk a little bit about one of the issues associated with mainstream media - Sensationalism.
Delicious Dilemma - The Issue with Coffee
By Graham Smout
Mmmmm! That smooth Espresso taste, but where does it come from and what hardships do people go through to give you the coffee that you know and love?
The Costs of NAFTA
By Cameron Walker, Auckland
On the 1st of January 1994, The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the USA, Canada and Mexico came into effect. At the time, proponents of the agreement, such as then US President Bill Clinton, claimed that it would ‘lift all boats’. However, 11 years later, these promises seem empty. NAFTA has lifted some boats but many people throughout the three nations have been made worse off.
