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Nike and the Sweatshop Problem

The ethics of fashion; the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974; journalism during the Argentine dictatorship; and the "Bard of Bengal".

On this week's programme, how campaigners took on Nike in the 1990s, plus the Turkish invasion of Cyprus and the newspaper which defied Argentine's military dictatorship. We also find out more about nudism in East Germany and the great Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore.

PHOTO: Nike worker Cicih Sukaesih telling her story in America in 1996 (courtesy of Jeff Ballinger)

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