Over 4,500 Slaves Freed by Brazilian authroities

[Pawn Power]

Yes, if you didn't know already, slavery does still exist in many parts of the world.

The Brazilian government asserts that it has freed 4,634 last year through raids in the country side. Here is an article about it: Brazilian taskforce frees more than 4,500 slaves after record number of raids on remote farms (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/03/brazil-slavery-poverty-farm-workers)


If you didn't know slavery still exits, more information about modern slavery can be found in superbly documented book called, Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy by Kevin Bales.

[MarxSchmarx]

This isn't confined to developing countries. Wealthy immigrants to the global north export this practice with them too:

http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=186117

Sadly, actions against this form of slavery is next to impossible to enforce:(. It's yet more evidence that our struggle has to be a global one.

[Raúl Duke]

There's been some cases of slavery in Florida, at Immokalee, done by Americans to foreign workers.