RW ONLINE:Threads: Inside the L.A. Garment District
Threads: Inside the L.A. Garment District
Revolutionary Worker #1075, October 22, 2000, rwor.org
Threads, as in clothes. The clothing we wear. A necessity, usually a
practical matter, at least. But threads can also be fun, stylish. They can
make a statement.
Threads, as in fabric. The fabric of people's lives, "the ties that bind"
-- to the land, to home, to family you may never see again, thousands of miles
away...and to a lifetime of work.
Thread, as in to thread your way north through death-filled rivers and
life-stealing deserts. A painful line that can stretch from Mexico or
Guatemala or El Salvador into the heartland of an imperial power.
Threads that weave the fabric of exploitation in the garment industry of
Los Angeles.
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