Our T-Shirt of the Month for June 2025, made of 100% organic cotton supporting grassroots labour unions in South Asia. [Outside the US this design is also available on a shirt made by a workers' cooperative here.]
It is dedicated to boxing legend Muhammad Ali who, on 20 June 1967, was convicted for refusing the draft for the Vietnam war in Houston, Texas. Ali had been a vocal opponent of the US war, saying:
"I wasn’t trying to be a leader. I just wanted to be free. And I made a stand all people, not just Black people, should have thought about making, because it wasn’t just Black people being drafted. The government had a system where the rich man’s son went to college, and the poor man’s son went to war. Then, after the rich man’s son got out of college, he did other things to keep him out of the Army until he was too old to be drafted."
This month’s design “Won’t Fight No Rich Man’s War” was realised by Nanu Nano from Indonesia and is a take on one of Ali’s most iconic photographs. It also is inspired by his above mentioned quote and how the ruling classes like to send the working classes off to wars that are not theirs; wars in which they are made to slaughter each other despite having more in common with each other than with their respective country’s governments. The slogan was also used by the Anti-Vietnam war protest movement.
• 100% organic combed ring-spun cotton
• Fabric weight: 5.3 oz./yd.² (180 g/m²)
• Regular fit
• Set-in sleeves
• 1 × 1 rib at collar
• Double-needle topstitch on the sleeves and bottom hems
• Self-fabric neck tape on the inside of the back
• The fabric of this product holds certifications for its organic cotton content under GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard) and OCS (Organic Content Standard)
• Supports grassroots labour unions in South Asia through ExChains
• Printed 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 ⅜ | 31-34 | 9 ¼ |
| M | 29 ⅛ | 35-38 | 9 ½ |
| L | 29 ⅞ | 39-41 | 9 ⅝ |
| XL | 31 ⅛ | 42-45 | 9 ⅞ |
| 2XL | 32 ⅛ | 46-48 | 10 |
| 3XL | 33 ⅛ | 49-51 | 10 ¼ |
| 4XL | 33 ⅞ | 52-54 | 10 ¼ |
| 5XL | 34 ⅝ | 55-57 | 10 ¼ |
| LENGTH (cm) | CHEST (cm) | SLEEVE LENGTH (cm) | |
| S | 72 | 78.7-86.4 | 23.5 |
| M | 74 | 89-96.5 | 24 |
| L | 76 | 99-104.1 | 24.5 |
| XL | 79 | 106.7-114.3 | 25 |
| 2XL | 81.5 | 116.8-122 | 25.5 |
| 3XL | 84 | 124.5-129.5 | 26 |
| 4XL | 86 | 132-137.2 | 26 |
| 5XL | 88 | 139.7-144.8 | 26 |