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- The Clintons Had Slaves
But the prison labor system is also rotten to the core... Resource Type: Article Published: 2017 The prison labour system in the United States has long been an unacknowledged scandal and is in fact as a form of slavery; among the beneficiaries of this prison labour system were Bill and Hillary Clinton.
- "Displaced Persons". Ein vergessenes Kapitel der deutschen Nachkriegsgeschichte
Resource Type: Article Published: 1995 At the end of the Second World War, the three western zones of Germany contained approximately 7 million "displaced person".
- Ethiopian workers 'beaten and robbed' by Saudi police
Resource Type: Article Published: 2017 A group of undocumented Ethiopians told The Associated Press news agency that after being captured by Saudi police officers they were subject to serious abuses, including beatings and filthy prison conditions as well as witnessing shootings during roundups.
- Focus Shifts to Trafficking of Men in Europe
Resource Type: Article Published: 2009 The public perception is that human trafficking victims are all vulnerable females forced into prostitution and sexual slavery. But this is not the case. It does not occur to many people that trafficking is much broader on its scale, and that it affects a sizeable amount of men.
- Forced Native Labor in Sixteenth-Century Central America
Resource Type: Book Published: 2009 Presents a comprehensive investigation of the primary issue of the first century of Spanish American colonization: the massive system of Indian forced labour, ranging from outright slavery to the encomienda, upon which Spanish colonial society rested. This book traces the rupturing of Indian traditions and the fate that befell the Indian people.
- An introduction to the Indian Ocean slave trade
Resource Type: Article Published: 2016 The Indian Ocean slave trade encompassed Africa, Asia and the Middle East, with people from these areas involved as both captors and captives. The numbers of people enslaved and the exact length of the trans-Indian slave trade have not been definitively established, but historians believe that it preceded the transatlantic enslavement by centuries. Even though it is largely ignored as an international slave trade, examples of its impact abound. Writing on Indian Ocean slavery frequently mentions African people in China and Persia as well as in the Muslim holy cities of Mecca and Medina, which also served as central slave markets.
- Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - July 22, 2017
Secrecy and Power Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 2017 Secrecy is a weapon the powerful use against their enemies: us. This issue of Other Voices explores the relationship of secrecy and power.
- Park Prisoners
The Untold of Western Canada's National Park, 1915-1946 Resource Type: Book Published: 1995
- Resistance
One Woman's Defiance in Occupied France Resource Type: Book Published: 2009 The memoir of a French resistance fighter and museum worker who chronicles the undergroud network of resistance in Paris during the occupation. She then chronicles her imprisonment and the slave labour she endured in Germany. The final section of her memoir recounts her release by the Americans and the time she spent helping them hunt Nazis after the war.
- Slavery still shackles Mauritania, 31 years after its abolition
Resource Type: Article Published: 2012 Rigid caste system and ruling elite have enabled a centuries-old practice to continue into the 21st century.
- Trafficking and Prostitution Reconsidered
New Perspectives on Migration, Sex Work, and Human Rights Resource Type: Book Published: 2005 This collection of essays underscores the interlocking relationship between prostitution, migration and trafficking. They reveal a deep seated anxiety about borders, economic resources and the fragility of the nation-state. Far from from helping women and children become free from explotaiton, the obession with women sex workers has led to the detriment of all by excluding the questions of human rights, freedon of movement, basics such as food and shelter and a living wage. The book is a call for all those involved -- governments, aid workers and trafickees -- to go beyond a paternalistic and colonial view of these issues and deal with them in a spirit of cooperation.
- WAZ-IFJ Prize for Courage in Journalism Goes to a Team of Hungarian Authors
Sources News Release Resource Type: Article Published: 2010 The WAZ Media Group and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) will present the team of Hungarian authors József Gelei (50) and László Murányi (54) the "WAZ-IFJ Prize for Courage in Journalism 2010".
- Which Way Africa?
The Search for a New Society Resource Type: Book Published: 1971 Davison sets out to analyze the social, economic, political motives, myths, ideas, and beliefs which ounderlie modern African nationalism.
- Workhouse
Wikipedia article Resource Type: Article In England and Wales a workhouse, colloquially known as a spike, was a place where those unable to support themselves were offered accommodation and employment.
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