Slavery in America and around the
globe.
A discussion of sexual slavery requires a discussion
of contemporary slavery, itself.
There Are More Slaves Today Than at Any
Time in Human History
By Terrence McNally, AlterNet. Posted August 24, 2009. www.alternet.org/story/142171
"The world suffers global recession, enormous
inequity, hunger, deforestation, pollution, climate change, nuclear
weapons, terrorism, etc. To those who say we’re not really making
progress, many might point to the fact that at least we’ve eliminated
slavery.
But sadly that is not the
truth."
"TM: Briefly, what is the situation in America?
BS: On average, in the past half-hour, one more person
will have been trafficked to the United States into slavery. About 14,000-17,000
are trafficked into the U.S. each year and forced to work within U.S.
borders under threat of violence for no pay beyond subsistence."
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