World Trade could be a powerful force for reducing poverty if poor people could sell their products at a decent price. What's stopping them? The gross injustice of the World Trade System. I experienced this first had last year when I traveled to Chennai, India. You'd see a farmer selling his fruit in the market with his family. Two feet from him would be a vendor selling fruit out of a crate with Dole and Chaquita stamped on the side. I took the image below in Chetpet, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.
The video below continues to follow Chris Martin on his video diary through Ghana, Africa.
Crash Effect my not yet have the success of Coldplay but we do share the same values when it comes to social justice, indigenous and minority rights, and global trade.
I realize the gravity of the following statement and also want to declare that Crash Effect has the vision, motivation, and drive to come alongside bands like Coldplay and U2 and hopefully pick up where they leave off and carry the torch even farther. As I mentioned in Oxfam America part 1, 10% of all income right off the top is donated to charity. This is really what drives us as a band. The music is almost secondary. Almost. We use our music as a platform to help educate and donate. Our big goal is to eventually increase the percentage of giving to charity. We also do our best to create products that are organic and sweatshop free. If you purchase a shirt you are supporting the band and good causes as well.
I encourage you to look before you purchase when it comes to clothing. I am as guilty as the next person when it comes to owning clothes that were made and sold unfairly. What I can tell you is that now that I have been educated I will investigate what is behind that name on the tag.
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