I was out Christmas shopping today and the woman at the till noticed my keffiyeh, came over to me and told me about their watermelon slice soap where the proceeds go to supporting mental health for Gaza’s kids.
https://www.lush.com/ca/en_ca/p/watermelon-slice-soap
Of course I’m not normally someone to shill for companies but I thought this was a very nice gesture and very different than most bloodthirsty corporations that unapologetically support the Genocidal Entity.
Honestly I don’t know the fine details or exactly what projects/groups it goes to, but if you’re out Christmas shopping (last minute like I am) maybe mozy on down to Lush.
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
i know of someone that used to work there and Lush through-and-through are as lib as they come, and treat their workers like shit due to shite C-suite members
Lush uses israeli olive oil in at least some of their products
The lush website refers to the brand, Sindyanna, as an “Israeli and Palestinian” team. That brands website says they’re made of Israelis and Israeli Arabs and they use Palestinian land to produce the oil and focus on “coexistence” instead of liberation.
Lushs website also says they use “Palestinian” olive oil sometimes but doesn’t give a brand name and it’s unclear if they actually mean olive oil produced by Palestinians and then processed and sold by Israelis
I mean if you were going to buy Lush soap anyway then sure, but put your money into PCRF instead if you can.
Lush pays BELOW market wage for retail workers y’all. They take advantage of their strong branding and their fans hoping to be employees + the strong female and queer retail employee base to undercut salaries
This isn’t a Costco or In N’ Out type company
They’ve also done union busting in the past
https://jacobin.com/2021/06/lush-cosmetics-toronto-union-busting-progressive-image-hypocrisy
They’ve also donated to Woman’s Place UK in the past. They apologized for it but nonetheless, you should make sure your money actually ends up with the right people.
