|
It has been fifty years since the Rev. Dr Martin Luther King Jr was shot as he stood on his Memphis' hotel room's balcony. The assassination was a led to the premature end to the life of America's preeminent civil rights activist. A fine orator, his speech on the 28th of August, 1963, the 'I have a dream' speech which was delivered to a crowd of 250,000 in front of the Lincoln Memorial was watched by millions of homes across the world and is till date considered to be one of the best public speeches ever made. Let us now look at some of his best quotes, that inspires people till date and will keep inspiring the generations to come.     
0 Comments
 Garment workers on the outskirts of Pnomh Penh prepare for the working day. Photograph: Jarl Therkelsen Kaldan/Danwatch Women working in Cambodian factories supplying some of the world’s best-known sportswear brands are suffering from repeated mass faintings linked to conditions.
Over the past year more than 500 workers in four factories supplying to Nike, Puma, Asics and VF Corporation were hospitalised. The most serious episode, recorded over three days in November, saw 360 workers collapse. The brands confirmed the incidents, part of a pattern of faintings that has dogged the 600,000-strong mostly female garment workforce for years. |
ArchivesCategories |
RSS Feed
