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southerntofu wrote

If it's produced by self-organized collectives to finance the struggles, i don't see an ethical dilemma. Buy coffee from the zapatistas networks.

Otherwise, every consumption is unfair and "fair trade" in the capitalist system is a myth. Still, it's true that "fair trade" producers often have better deals than the slave farmers of the "mainstream industry", or as another commenter quoted:

Fair Trade certified coffee growers in Nicaragua received an average of only $0.43 more per pound of coffee than conventional farmers. So, where does the remaining $3.57 go? Mostly to retailers, middlemen, and the certification agencies.

So when you fill your pockets at the supermarket, better steal fairtrade! Otherwise, don't bother buying that crap outside of militant self-organized networks.

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