they think, this may have been something we should not have done. >> zach carter, thank you for beingith this, senior political economy reporter at the huffington post. his latest article, co-written by jason cherkis, "mitt romney's bain made millions on big tobacco in u.s., russia." when we come back, we will find out why thousands of workers at foxconn in china walked out as the or making -- as they were making the iphone5. stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman in santa fe, new mexico, with nermeen shaikh. thousands of chinese workers staged a one day strike at the foxconn factory known for poorly treating workers who help make apple products such as the iphone. the group china labor watch said up to 4000 foxconn workers walked off the job in protest of new employee demands including working through a holiday that began last week. foxconn allegedly raised overly strict demands on product quality without providing worker training for the corresponding skills, leadinghigh levels of stress. this is what on