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Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · 19d

London Fashion Week Orcas flip yachts.

Sinking these symbols of obscene greed and reclaiming their home as a billionaire-free zone. We want this in fashion: Redistribute wealth and power into the hands of the millions of people who make our clothes.

Photos: Kim Ford

Protestors in black and white with Orca Whales outside London Fashion Week

Protestors in black and white with Orca Whales outside London Fashion Week. Plus a big banner that says Billionaires Out Of Fashion

Protestors in black and white with Orca Whales outside London Fashion Week - holding signs that say Wages Over Profit and Sink The Yachts

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War on Want @waronwant.bsky.social · 20d

👗The top 10 fast fashion brands raked in $13.9 billion in profit in 2024 - while paying the workers who make their clothes poverty wages.

We're at London Fashion Week today to say: tax extreme wealth. Pay living wages now.

#BillionairesOut #LivingWageNow

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Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · Sep 8

Manual anticapitalista de la moda! Thrilled to say that The Anti-Capitalist Book Of Fashion is out now in Spanish...

Desde las alfombras rojas de la Gala del Met hasta la moda rápida online, la ropa cuenta una historia de desigualdad, racismo y crisis climática.

capitanswing.com/libros/manua...

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Climática @climatica.coop · Sep 5

ENTREVISTA | "La moda sirve para hacer más ricos a los multimillonarios y para actuar como un sistema de control", señala @tansyhoskins.org .

Tansy E. Hoskins: "La moda es una candidata perfecta para decrecer" - Climática, el medio especializado en clima y biodiversidad

La periodista británica acaba de publicar en España 'Manual anticapitalista de la moda', un análisis de esta industria desde la explotación laboral al daño medioambiental.

f.mtr.cool

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Capitán Swing @capitanswing.bsky.social · Sep 4

Esta edición de 'Manual anticapitalista de la moda', de
@tansyhoskins.org, ha sido traducida por Beatriz Ruiz y Lorenzo Arroyo.

Os dejamos por aquí el índice y el enlace web a la ficha del libro.

Esperamos que la lectura sea de vuestro agrado.

capitanswing.com/libros/manua...

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Capitán Swing @capitanswing.bsky.social · Sep 4

Galardonada periodista inglesa, @tansyhoskins.org es licenciada en Relaciones Internacionales por la London School of Economics y máster en Periodismo Audiovisual por la U. de Cardiff.
Es documentalista de actualidad en ITV y miembro del Sindicato Nacional de Periodistas de UK.

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Capitán Swing @capitanswing.bsky.social · Sep 4

A lo largo del libro, @tansyhoskins.org recurre a Karl Marx para explicar cómo el capitalismo convierte la moda en mercancía, símbolo y deseo, pero también en instrumento de explotación. Así, la pregunta que atraviesa toda la obra es: ¿y si la moda pudiera existir sin capitalismo?

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Capitán Swing @capitanswing.bsky.social · Sep 4

Desde las alfombras rojas de la Gala del Met hasta la moda rápida online, la ropa cuenta una historia de desigualdad, racismo y crisis climática. En este libro, @tansyhoskins.org deshace con rigor e intención los hilos de la industria capitalista para revelar la verdad sobre nuestra ropa.

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Capitán Swing @capitanswing.bsky.social · Sep 1

👕 NOVEDAD 👕

Explotación laboral, racismo, devastación ambiental, control de los cuerpos, monopolios mediáticos y desigualdad económica.

La moda es política, y este un análisis crítico del sistema que sostiene la moda global.

Manual anticapitalista de la moda, de @tansyhoskins.org.

#YaEnLibrerías

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Capitán Swing @capitanswing.bsky.social · Aug 28

«La moda es una forma de producción social [...].
El objetivo de este libro es descoser y desmitificar la industria de la moda y su ideología, no alimentar su mística cuidadosamente cultivada [...].
La moda es un concepto puramente europeo indistinguible del capitalismo».
@tansyhoskins.org

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Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · Aug 17

Via @tansyhoskins.org :"In May NEXT announced record level profits at its AGM. A few days later, NEXT shut down a factory that it owns in Sri Lanka citing ‘high costs’ – plot twist, the factory was unionised. 1,416 workers were fired by WhatsApp message. No notice." tansyhoskins.org/summer-of-20...

Sink The Yachts, Raise The Wages!

Orca whales are coming for the superyachts... Plus Sri Lanka, Palestine, boycotts and more

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Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · Sep 8

Thank you!

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Lace & revolution @laceandrevolution.bsky.social · Jul 31

Listening to the "anticapitalist book of fashion" by @tansyhoskins.org and wondering why I missed it for so long 😭 I'm at chapter 1 and I've already swore on the grave of my beloved cat that I will only buy small brands clothes and shoes from now on, or not buying nothing at all 🫡

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Eco Age @ecoage.bsky.social · Jun 7

Nepal is on the front line of the fast fashion crisis. Sandwiched between manufacturing giants China and India, Nepal faces a relentless influx of fast fashion exports that are devastating both its sacred waterways and domestic textile traditions.

Read the full story eco-age.com/nepal-the-fr...

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Eco Age @ecoage.bsky.social · Jun 6

Nepal is on the front line of the fast fashion crisis, caught between two manufacturing giants - China and India - this small nation is becoming an unintended dumping ground for fast fashion’s overproduction.

Read the story by Tansy Hoskins and Arun Karki tomorrow 10am.

#TextileWaste #FastFashion

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Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · Jun 9

Just published a new investigation into textile waste on @ecoage.bsky.social with my colleague Arun Karki in Nepal:

Sandwiched between manufacturing powerhouses China and India, Nepal faces a relentless influx of cheap, toxic fast fashion exports: eco-age.com/nepal-the-fr...

Nepal: The Front Line of the Fast Fashion Crisis – Eco Age

eco-age.com

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Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · May 24

London’s Nakba protest last weekend - 500,000 people marching to say Stop the Genocide and Free Palestine.

A group of people is sitting on a low wall next to a person holding a large sign with a message that reads 'You may run out of ways to erase us but we will never run out of ways to exist. Allah Akbar.'

A group of people are gathered at a protest holding signs, including one that says "Starmer Stop Arming Israel FFS," surrounded by Palestinian flags.

A crowd is gathered with flags and signs, including one sign that says 'Israel blocks aid to Gaza = children starve'

A giant, decorated model of a Palestinian horse stands in the middle of the demonstration by Waterloo Bridge in London

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War on Want @waronwant.bsky.social · Apr 24

We joined @labourlabel.bsky.social, No Sweat, Remake Our World @ucu.org.uk & @gmb.org.uk to remember the workers who lost their lives 12 years ago, and deliver a letter to the Bangladesh High Commission demanding that the Bangladeshi government: drop the false charges and improve working conditions.

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No Sweat @nosweatuk.bsky.social · Apr 24

Today, the 12th anniversary of Rana Plaza, we joined @labourlabel.bsky.social @waronwant.bsky.social and other workers rights activists in the Rana Plaza Solidarity Collective to deliver an open letter to the Bangladesh government demanding labour reform.
www.tbsnews.net/economy/rmg/...

UK trade unions, NGOs urge Bangladesh to improve RMG workers’ wages

The campaigners said boosting the social security situation for garment workers in Bangladesh is essential now more than ever

www.tbsnews.net

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Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · Apr 24

What greater monument could there be for the 1,138 people who died at Rana Plaza, than for the Bangladeshi garment industry to become a light in the darkness, a beacon to the world rebuilt with safe factories, trade unionism and full workers rights. #RanaPlazaNeverAgain

Tyrone holding a sign advocating for rights, wages, and power for Bangladeshi workers while standing outside the BD High Commission

A group of people is gathered holding signs that advocate for rights, wages, and power.

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Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · Apr 24

On the 12th anniversary of Rana Plaza, the Rana Plaza Solidarity Collective went to the Bangladesh High Commission in London to urge the new government in Bangladesh to pay garment workers a living wage and assure trade union freedoms. #RanaPlazaNeverAgain

Three individuals hold signs advocating for workers' rights and better wages.

Four individuals holding protest signs advocating for workers' rights and fair wages.

A group of people is holding signs advocating for rights, wages, and power.

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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · Apr 1

The devastating earthquake in Myanmar on March 28 has worsened an already dire humanitarian situation for millions of people in the country.

The military junta should allow immediate access to humanitarian aid for survivors and lift restrictions that impede emergency response.

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Sarah Cammarata @sjcamm.bsky.social · Feb 25

It's been a minute since I put on my reporter hat, but I'm eager to share something I worked on w/ @annawolfewriting.bsky.social.

Our investigation for @wired.com goes inside toxic Telegram groups targeting predominantly women of color in the UK with harassment, doxing and sexual digital abuse.

Inside the Telegram Groups Doxing Women for Their Facebook Posts

A WIRED investigation goes inside the Telegram groups targeting women who joined “Are We Dating the Same Guy?” groups on Facebook with doxing, harassment, and sharing of nonconsensual intimate images.

www.wired.com

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Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · Mar 20

Fashion activism is in a state of flux. Global crises on multiple fronts. Right-wing govs cutting funding. Corporate social media owned by the worst people in the world. So now what?

Join me for an urgent online event with Clean Clothes Campaign on 25th March, 13:00 CET: mailchi.mp/e968c671ffbf...

Photo: Angela Christofilou aka @protests_photos

Two people stand on the street as part of a protest about labour rights in fashion. One hold a sign that says 'Fast Fashion Kills' the other holds a sign that says 'Power and Pay for Garment Workers in Bangladesh'

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Tansy Hoskins 🍉 @tansyhoskins.org · Feb 26

And if you just love great photos and essays about protest - here's the book! It's both utterly gorgeous and an important historical document - so glad it's out in the world to lift people up:
shop.turnercontemporary.org/collections/...

Resistance | Steve McQueen

A landmark work charting how acts of resistance have shaped Britain and the powerful role of photography as a catalyst for change, across the twentieth century, curated by acclaimed artist and filmmak...

shop.turnercontemporary.org

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