Make Trade Fair (album)
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Make Trade Fair is a compilation album released by Lower Left Records in 2006. It features 20 songs by a variety of independent and signed bands from around the world.
The goal of the album is to raise awareness of alternatives to sweatshop
labor. The proceeds from the album are all being donated to Ten Thousand Villages
, an organization started in 1946 that helped pioneer the concept of fair trade
by buying crafts directly from artisans in the developing world and paying a living wage
.
The goal of the album is to raise awareness of alternatives to sweatshop
Sweatshop
Sweatshop is a negatively connoted term for any working environment considered to be unacceptably difficult or dangerous. Sweatshop workers often work long hours for very low pay, regardless of laws mandating overtime pay or a minimum wage. Child labour laws may be violated. Sweatshops may have...
labor. The proceeds from the album are all being donated to Ten Thousand Villages
Ten Thousand Villages
Ten Thousand Villages is a nonprofit fair trade organization that markets handcrafted products made by disadvantaged artisans from more than 120 artisan groups in more than 38 countries....
, an organization started in 1946 that helped pioneer the concept of fair trade
Fair trade
Fair trade is an organized social movement and market-based approach that aims to help producers in developing countries make better trading conditions and promote sustainability. The movement advocates the payment of a higher price to producers as well as higher social and environmental standards...
by buying crafts directly from artisans in the developing world and paying a living wage
Living wage
In public policy, a living wage is the minimum hourly income necessary for a worker to meet basic needs . These needs include shelter and other incidentals such as clothing and nutrition...
.
Track listing
- Anti-FlagAnti-FlagAnti-Flag is a punk rock band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States, formed in 1988. The band is well known for its outspoken political views. Much of the band's lyrics have focused on fervent anti-war activism, criticism of United States foreign policy, corporatism, U.S. wealth...
- "What's the Difference" - BigwigBigwig (band)Bigwig is a hardcore punk band from New Jersey, formed in 1995. They were originally composed of Josh Farrell , John Castaldo , Tom Petta , and Dan Rominski . It is said they got their name from a character in the book "Watership Down", a large, tough rabbit...
- "Time Bomb" - Mike ParkMike ParkMike Park is a Korean American musician and progressive activist. His musical ventures include Skankin' Pickle for whom he both played the saxophone and sang, The Chinkees, The Bruce Lee Band, and most recently an acoustic solo project under his own name...
- "Born to Kill" - SubbSubbSubb is a Canadian ska punk band formed in November 1992 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. Since their beginning in the early 90's, the band released four full-length albums, one EP and one split CD on the labels Stomp Records and Underworld Records. Though they experienced several lineup...
- "Make Trade Fair" - HumanifestoHumanifestoHumanifesto is a Canadian punk band from Montreal, Quebec. Formed in Summer 2004, the band quickly wrote and recorded their first album, A Declaration Of Intent with the help of The Sainte Catherines' Rich Bouthillier filling in on drums, and their guitarist Marc-Andre Beaudet behind the mixing...
- "All These Lives" - Raised FistRaised FistRaised Fist is a Swedish hardcore band formed in 1993.-History:The name "Raised Fist" came as an idea from the Rage Against the Machine song "Know Your Enemy", where part of the lyrics are as follows: "Born with an insight and a raised fist..." The band has become more successful over the years,...
- "Killing Revenues" - The EyelinersThe EyelinersThe Eyeliners are an American pop punk band from Albuquerque, New Mexico formed in 1995 under the name Psychodrama. In 1996 their name was changed their name to The Eyeliners after having released one single under the Psychodrama name. The group has released EPs on Sympathy for the Record Industry...
- "So What?" - The Resistance - "The Devil's Eye"
- Hostage LifeHostage LifeHostage Life was a Canadian punk band from Toronto, Ontario. Formed in 2002, Hostage Life released its first EP, Sing for the Enemy on Toronto's independent punk rock label, Underground Operations, home to such bands as Closet Monster and Protest The Hero...
- "Nickel Sneakers" - The FlatlinersThe FlatlinersThe Flatliners are a punk rock/ska punk band from Richmond Hill and Brampton, Ontario, Canada. Since their formation in 2002, The Flatliners have been a growing influence in the Toronto punk/ska scene as well as other areas of the Greater Toronto Area. They are currently signed to Fat Wreck Chords...
- "Fred's Got Slacks" - La Descente du Coude - L'axe du mal malaxe
- Big D and the Kids TableBig D and the Kids TableBig D and the Kids Table is a ska punk band formed in October 1995 in Allston, Massachusetts when its members converged in college. Their first release was on their own Fork In Hand Records label, but have since teamed with Springman Records and SideOneDummy...
- "You Lost, You're Crazy" - All Ages - "Dirty"
- HiretsukanHiretsukanHiretsukan is a New York-based band that formed in 1998 just outside of Washington, D.C. In the following years, they recorded their "Brown Bag" demo, and went out on a few small tours...
- "Manual Function" - Machete AvenueMachete Avenue-History:Machete Avenue now known just as "Chad Michael Stewart" consists of two band members, Chad Michael Stewart who is the lead vocalist, and Scott Parker who plays the keyboard/piano. These two Canadian musicians, from St. Thomas and London Ontario, formed Machete Avenue in 2005...
- "Cut to Poeces" - I Defy - "Reformation Day"
- Nothing Left to Lose - "My America"
- Declan De BarraDeclan de BarraDeclan de Barra is an Irish musician and writer.-Music:de Barra emigrated to Australia in 1998 and started playing in various bands while studying fine art in Perth, Western Australia. He toured the country for a number of years with his group Non-Intentional Lifeform on Dutch label Roadrunner...
- "Apple Tree" - The DifferenceThe Difference"The Difference" is the third single from The Wallflowers' 1996 album, Bringing Down the Horse. The single was released in mid 1997. Though it did not achieve the chart-topping success of previous single "One Headlight" on either Billboard rock chart, it spent 8 weeks at #3 on the Mainstream Rock...
- "Set Tears Apart" - Planet Smashers - "Looking for a Cure"