Richard Appelbaum

Richard Appelbaum, co-author of Behind the Label: Inequality in the Los Angeles Apparel Industry, teaches sociology and global and international studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Currently

  • Campus Breakthrough on Sweatshop Labor

    June 1, 2006

    The University of California has thrown its weight behind an antisweatshop initiative on campus logowear, proof that conscientious consumers can humanize the forces of global capitalism.

2005

  • Students Confront Sweatshops

    November 9, 2005

    With a new wave of activism against sweatshops sweeping college campuses, student interest in the morality of their clothing choices can set a standard for the rest of us.

2004

  • Letters

    September 2, 2004 Subscribe

  • SweatX Closes Up Shop

    July 1, 2004

    There's a growing market for clothing and other goods made to satisfy consumers' social conscience.

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