Eco-friendly sweatshirt, made from organic cotton and recycled polyester, with a cozy brushed fleece on the inside. It features our Design Of The Month for July 2022, on mid-weight hoodie made from a soft blend of organic cotton and recycled polyester, and supporting grassroots labour unions in South Asia.
It commemorates the first recorded usage of the word "scab", meaning "strikebreaker", which was used in print for the first time in July 1777, and became one of the most important words in the working class vocabulary. By the late 16th century the word "scab" had come to be used as an English insult, somewhat akin to "lowlife" or "scoundrel". But at some point it began to be used by workers in industrial disputes as a label for workers who crossed picket lines and worked while their colleagues were striking for better pay or conditions. It first appeared in print in the Bonner & Middleton’s Bristol Journal, during a strike of shoemakers, where it reported "The Conflict would not been [sic] so sharp had not there been so many dirty Scabs". On scabs, author Jack London famously wrote the following: “After God had finished the rattlesnake, the toad, the vampire, He had some awful substance left with which He made a scab. A scab is a two-legged animal with a cork-screw soul, a water-logged brain, a combination backbone of jelly and glue. Where others have hearts, he carries a tumor of rotten principles."Design by Indonesian illustrator Nanu.
• 80% organic combed ring-spun cotton, 20% recycled polyester
• Fabric weight: 10.3 oz./yd.² (350 g/m²)
• Relaxed fit
• Set-in sleeves
• 1 × 1 rib at the collar, sleeves, and hem
• Double-needle topstitch at the hem, cuffs, and armholes
• Inside tape at the back of the neck
• Self-fabric half-moon at the back of the neck
• The fabric of this product holds certifications for its organic cotton content under GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard) and OCS (Organic Content Standard). Additionally, GRS (Global Recycled Standard) certifies the recycled content present in the product. Stanley and Stella Fair Wair Foundation-made
• Supports grassroots labour unions in South Asia through ExChains and social enterprise dna merch
• Printed in the US individually just for you, with no overproduction or waste
• Global shipping from the US
Size guide
| LENGTH (inches) | CHEST (inches) | SLEEVE LENGTH (inches) | |
| S | 28 | 33 -36 | 25 ⅜ |
| M | 28 ¾ | 37 -40.00 | 25 ¾ |
| L | 29 ½ | 41 -43 | 26 ⅛ |
| XL | 30 ¾ | 44 -46 | 26 ⅝ |
| 2XL | 31 ¾ | 47 -49 | 26 ¾ |
| LENGTH (cm) | CHEST (cm) | SLEEVE LENGTH (cm) | |
| S | 71 | 83.8-91.4 | 64.5 |
| M | 73 | 94-101.6 | 65.5 |
| L | 75 | 104-109.2 | 66.5 |
| XL | 78 | 111.8-116.8 | 67.5 |
| 2XL | 80.5 | 119.4-124.5 | 68 |
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