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Made In Siam

Made in Thailand? How?

In early 2010, the Bangkok-based curator Logan Bay invited a number of artists to create works in a silk-screen factory at the edge of Samut Sakhon, where an exhibition titled Free Size was subsequently mounted.

Made In Siam

Made in Siam

Founded in 2003 by former sweatshop workers who were illegally dismissed from their factory without compensation, Dignity Returns has operated as a worker-managed garment cooperative for the past 8 years. Read more

Victims break chains of slavery

Victims break chains of slavery

By Brian Byrnes, CNN

Buenos Aires – Maria Velasquez was in need of work. She had no prospects in her hometown of La Paz, Bolivia, so when she was offered a bus ticket to Argentina and assured of steady work and a home there, she jumped at the chance. Read more