Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Fair Trade at the LEFT FORUM - NYC - this weekend.

Come join us at the Left Forum in NYC this weekend for a forum on Fair Trade
http://www.leftforum.org/content/fair-trade-viable-model-solidarity-economics

Panel Abstract:

During the years of the Fair Trade movement’s long, slow “birth” (approximately 1950 to 2000) most of its participants and advocates sought to create alternatives to the conventional marketplace and thereby develop what we would now call a solidarity economy. However, more recently Fair Trade practices have also garnered the attention of many corporations and – for a variety of motivations – hundreds of conventional firms now import 10 times the quantity of Fair Trade certified products as do ‘solidarity’ importers. Does this mean that a once utopian model has successfully taken root in the capitalist marketplace? Or does it represent a cooption and dilution of Fair Trade ideals? Our four panelists will bring four different perspectives, some conflicting, on the Fair Trade economy today, including how it is – or is not – changing industries, communities and producer/consumer relationships.

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