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Tutu: We fought apartheid. Now climate change global enemy
2014-09-21 01:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Never before in history have human beings been called on to act collectively in defence of the Earth. As a species, we have endured world wars, epidemics, famine, slavery, apartheid and many other hideous consequences of religious, class, race, gender and ideological intolerance. People are extraordinarily resilient. The Earth has proven pretty resilient, too. It's managed to absorb most of what's been thrown at it since the industrial revolution and the invention of the internal combustion engine....
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'Factory Man' John Bassett III Fought Chinese Manufacturers To Keep His Furniture Business At Home
2014-08-27 23:51:28| Furniture - Topix.net
While factory work was once a large part of the American economy, the trend toward globalization and outsourcing has gutted many, and the rural towns that relied on them.
Q&A: How 1 US factory owner fought cheap imports
2014-08-24 00:15:05| Furniture - Topix.net
Much of U.S. manufacturing has been decimated in the past decade by less expensive imports from China, but it didn't necessarily have to be that way, according to a compelling new book by journalist Beth Macy.
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a Us manufacturer who fought back: Book tells gritty story of fight against Chinese imports
2014-08-19 17:15:29| Furniture - Topix.net
Much of U.S. manufacturing has been decimated in the past decade by less expensive imports from China, but it didn't necessarily have to be that way, according to a compelling new book by journalist Beth Macy.
Q&A: How 1 US factory owner fought cheap imports
2014-08-19 17:15:28| Furniture - Topix.net
Much of U.S. manufacturing has been decimated in the past decade by less expensive imports from China, but it didn't necessarily have to be that way, according to a compelling new book by journalist Beth Macy.
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cheap
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imports