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tomasoski: street art Bruges - Clet Abraham...

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:18 +0300

tomasoski:

street art Bruges - Clet Abraham http://flic.kr/p/ejry5r by _Kriebel_

no words

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:01:04 +0300

no words

tomasoski: =/… #fuckyou by byjeanpaul http://bit.ly/1082KNd

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:00:39 +0300

tomasoski:

=/… #fuckyou by byjeanpaul http://bit.ly/1082KNd

tomasoski: Crossroads http://flic.kr/p/ejmB1S by Dr_Fu_Manchu

Sun, 19 May 2013 09:00:28 +0300

tomasoski:

Crossroads http://flic.kr/p/ejmB1S by Dr_Fu_Manchu

fun & games night

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:01:13 +0300

fun & games night

theories-of: Slawomir Elsner - Amanci (Lovers), 2009

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:01:28 +0300

theories-of:

Slawomir Elsner - Amanci (Lovers), 2009

malformalady: A Barbie doll is burned on a cross outside the...

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:00:55 +0300

malformalady:

A Barbie doll is burned on a cross outside the Barbie Dreamhouse in Berlin. The opening of the bright pink Barbie Dreamhouse Experience was picketed by women’s groups protesting the “cliché of the female role in society.”

Photo credit: Jens Kalaene / EPA

Sommersprossenfetisch

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:00:28 +0300

Sommersprossenfetisch

cute

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:00:28 +0300

*cute*

viva la revoluzion

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:01:26 +0300

viva la revoluzion

بيروت، 1958

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:01:54 +0300

بيروت، 1958

because kids are kids, everywhere

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:56:34 +0300

because kids are kids, everywhere

the look

Thu, 16 May 2013 22:36:38 +0300

the look

comradechrisman: thepeoplesrecord: Walmart opts out of...

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:19:21 +0300

comradechrisman:

thepeoplesrecord:

Walmart opts out of Bangladesh safety agreement
May 15, 2013

Walmart has confirmed it will not sign up to a legally binding agreement on worker safety and building regulations in Bangladesh supported by retailers including H&M, Zara, Primark, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Marks and Spencer, Next, C&A and several others.

However, the US retail giant has created its own agreement, which it claims goes beyond the current accord that was drafted by labour groups and campaigners.

The company, which also owns the UK’s third biggest supermarket, Asda, said the deal signed by its rivals was “unnecessary to achieve fire and safety goals” and questioned the “governance and dispute-resolution mechanisms”.

Instead, Walmart has agreed its own deal to inspect all 279 factories it uses in Bangladesh within six months, and has promised to publish the findings immediately.

Bosses claim this goes beyond the UNI Global Union and IndustriALL deal, pointing out the agreement requires 65% of inspections instead of 100% inspections taking place and argue its own deal means results are published straight away rather than within 45 days.

However, the Walmart deal is not legally binding, does not require the company to offer financial support for fire and safety regulations and blacklist factories unwilling to comply.

The agreement has been criticised by campaigners as a “business as usual” approach, which fails to address the core problems that led to the Rana Plaza factory collapse.

Sam Maher from Labour Behind the Label, said: “Walmart’s so-called new programme is simply more of the same ineffective auditing that failed to prevent the Rana Plaza disaster, or the deaths of 112 workers at Tazreen, who were producing Walmart goods.

“The changes demanded by the IndustriALL accord, include ensuring that factories are provided with the incentives and investment needed to actually make factories safe and are essential for any real change to occur. What Walmart are demanding is business as usual: a business that has cost lives of over 1,300 workers in the last six months alone.”

Walmart has also refused to clarify whether it sourced clothes from the Rana Plaza building, saying only that it had no “authorised” production at the site.

A statement from Walmart said: “The company, like a number of other retailers, is not in a position to sign the IndustriALL accord at this time.

“While we agree with much of the proposal, the IndustriALL plan also introduces requirements, including governance and dispute resolution mechanisms, on supply chain matters that are appropriately left to retailers, suppliers and government, and are unnecessary to achieve fire and safety goals.”

Several major UK retailers have declined to sign the agreement, including Arcadia group, the company behind brands including Topshop, Bhs and Dorothy Perkins; Debenhams; River Island; Matalan and Peacocks.

However, late on Tuesday night Next, the UK’s second biggest clothing retailer, did agree to sign.

Walmart’s decision leaves George at Asda, the supermarket’s clothing brand, at odds with its own position as a founding member of the Ethical Trading Initiative.

The ETI, the UK’s biggest alliance of businesses, trade unions and voluntary organisations, has recommended its members sign up to the accord.

Source

Once more: “What Walmart are demanding is business as usual: a business that has cost lives of over 1,300 workers in the last six months alone.”

As my Dad would say, “First up against the wall when the revolution comes!”

dap, dap, dap by Mavroprovatos

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:01:26 +0300

dap, dap, dap by Mavroprovatos

disminucion: by Visit Greece

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:00:38 +0300

disminucion:

by Visit Greece

hard approach

Tue, 14 May 2013 08:25:41 +0300

hard approach

fromgreecetoanarchy: Photo from the protest of teachers today...

Mon, 13 May 2013 23:53:58 +0300

fromgreecetoanarchy:

Photo from the protest of teachers today in Athens, Greece mocking the government’s decision to ban their strike before the strike was even decided by way of placing them in a state of emergency (a practice during a dictatorship).

More photos at https://athens.indymedia.org/front.php3?lang=el&article_id=1470110

grace

Sun, 12 May 2013 12:18:03 +0300

grace

wnycradiolab: expose-the-light: Acoustic Levitation At the...

Fri, 10 May 2013 17:01:12 +0300

wnycradiolab:

expose-the-light:

Acoustic Levitation

At the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory, scientists have been experimenting with sound waves and pharmaceutical solutions, levitating soluble drops between two speakers facing each other. While their research has produced some visually fascinating results, it has also led to the discovery of a far more effective method for creating amorphous drugs, which happen to be the more desirable of two forms that pharmaceutical drugs can take.Watch Video Here.

GIFs by Science-llama

WOW.