White Gold: The True Cost of Cotton

[johnifly]

Start manufacturing back in the United States and this stuff will stop!! Anything for cheap labor!!

[TalinaOO7]

Ok everytime we do this not buy a product from someone using child labor we end up making it worse for the children. This happened when we stopped purchasing from factories that used child labor, then the children had to prostitue to make money. We need to find smarter ways to stop this

[D1G17ALPH33R]

kids these days. children need to learn to work.

[blasttower1]

even Borad says uzbekistan is failing as a country ,and that means something ! =D

[hyperhappihippie]

wow that really is something

corrupt government

child labour

environmental catastrophy

uzbekistan looks like its failing as a country

[avazhuja]

@hyperhappihippie no i think only jealous people say like this,because Uzbekistan is one of the fastest developing countries in the world!

[nocotton]

Sounds like a corrupt government, but I'm sure they'd clean their act up a lot with a different crop----yeah right. Blame it on a renewable/natural resource that is literally on most of you right at this moment?? Don't blame it on cotton (at 58 cents a pound??) Blame it on people.

[thirteendays13]

Wait a second, you are going to say that cotton is the only reason for the drying up of the Aral Sea? Any person in Academia knows the importance of multiple causation. You can't ignore global warming. This is absurd.

[DavidTangye]

Try listening properly for a change. The report states that irrigation for cotton is the "primary" reason, not the only reason.

[dkjan]

To save Aral Sea, there is only one option which is STOP BUY THOSE BLOODY COTTONS FROM UZBEKISTAN

[recycledt]

it dont matter where its grown.This is an evil crop and you and me drive the demand. There are alternatives to cotton.Check it out.

[dkjan]

Wow my heart goes to Uzbek citizens. They have to oust the current president. He is not doing anything to benefit ordinary citizens of Uzbekistan.

[nebozemlya]

Bizku xato qildik. Endi O'zing tuzatgin. Shuncha vaqt biz bilan eding. Bugun qiynalganda tashlab ketmagin.

[upfran]

corrupted government, very greedy. abuse its own pple to gain its profit from cotton. some more no technic how to get rid of the pesticides used, causing damage to its people health.

[MrTashkent]

fuck u man this ppl arent uzbeks!! its like kyrgiz ppl!!! where's da uzbek ? u fuckin americans stop showing uzbeks as like dis!!! u dont even know which nationatily da ppl in dis documentary are talkin in, its kyrgiz ppl NOT UZBEK!!! FUCK U USA!!!

[Begaya23]

They are NOT speaking kyrgyz, know before you say something stupid like that, you heard what woman said - THEY DON"T PAY ENOUGH IN UZ< THAT"S WHY SHE WORKS IN KZ (again, NOT KG!!!), don't even bother replying, can't waste my time on dumb ppl

[GoaTseTung]

Umm... retard.

[Donyk]

You stupid motherucking Mr. Tashkent! I suggest you change your fucking screen name because Tashkent is where I'm from! You're just like the fucking Uzbek politicians that like to hide the truth. As long as you fucks look good and thats what matters!? well think agian! these are our own people suffering here and fuck Karimov. This bitch is exposed, he cannot hide his wrongdoings anymore. The pathetic part is he's not even Uzbek! Just the way Stalin destrroyed Russians without even being Russian!

[MrTashkent]

ya wtf is up wit u? i am strictly again Karimov and the rest of those faggot ass bitches. dont u agree these ppl aint uzbek? are they speaking uzbek? its not even "qishloqcha" uzbek. its sum kazak ppl. i'm pure uzbek, from tashkent. and i'mma keep my screen name

[nebozemlya]

Ma'qulmas. Toshkent tarixini o'rganing, O'zbeklarni kelib chiqish tarixini o'rganing. Shunda ular ham bir bulagimiz ekanligni tushinib etasiz. Aslida gap millatda emas gap xalqda.

[GlobiansFilmFestival]

Presented at Third Globians® world & culture documentary film festival 2007 in Potsdam (Germany, Europe).

[ALkaFone]

horrible...

[juliadesigns]

Extremely thought provoking and disturbing.

[VanishingWorld]

Films like this should be required viewing at schools so people grow up knowing the negative impact capitalism have and how to avoid it. It's a shame it is on youtube and has only 521 views ...

[heelspurs]

Lack of capitalism in UZ is what has caused the problem. If you don't the results of law-abiding corporations, then you should change the laws, not complain aimlessly about 'capitalism'.

[Donyk]

Capitilism is not to blame for this! its plain Greed thats at fault! If the fucking government there would atleast allow the people to conduct proper business THE people themselves can raise the economy to Better than what it is right now! Nothing wrong with capitlisim, only greedy fucks from above!

[VanishingWorld]

It's about responsible capitalism. As consumers we should force companies that buy this cotton to manufacture into items we buy to source their cotton ethically. If Uzbek cotton exporters (basically the Uzbek regime and friends and family) screw the poor collective farm workers then as consumers we should not buy clothes from manufactures that buy Uzbek cotton. Simple consumer action

[Childrenscneterh]

This is horrible. Modern day slavery. I bet somehow our govt, thru some trade law, is the reason for this. Same reason the mexicans r driven here.

[MirzoBobur]

absolutely right

[JumaVOY]

Great Galima Burkharbaeva, my respect for you !!!!