Hundreds of Slaves Freed in Brazil

[Dover]

Hundreds of slaves freed in Brazil

By Jan Rocha
BBC, Sao Paulo


In Brazil, government inspectors from the Ministry of Labour have freed 849 workers being held in conditions of slavery on a coffee farm near Barreiras in the state of Bahia.

Labourers are forced to clear forest
So far this year inspectors have freed more than 2,000 workers from forced labour, mostly in the Amazon region.

In March, the government announced a plan to eradicate slave labour in Brazil.

Government inspectors who had been tipped off by a local politician raided a coffee farm in Bahia.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3193501.stm

[hang a left]

1. Globilization at it's finest

Coming to a city near you.

[Kbowe]

2. Vive la Lulu!!!

Now to free the slaves working in the US.

[MisterP]

8. it's Lula

I rather like him

[Kbowe]

9. Sorry, it was a typo!

I like him too. One of the few leaders whose heart is in the right place and who is acting on his promises.

[0007]

3. This is a must read!

Nothing has changed in 5000 years and probably the time before that.

[realFedUp]

4. Are these Indians?

What's happening there is a crime.

[newyawker99]

5. Dover

Per DU copyright rules
please post only 4
paragraphs from the
news source.

Thank you.

NYer99
DU Moderator

[kayell]

6. I wonder how much of the cheap beef

produced on these cattle ranches is destined for American tables?

[JPace]

7. Repugs would love this......

one step beyond cheap labor is
free labor. Now if they could
only figure out how to make
them feed and shelter themselves
on their own 6 hours a day free
time.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

10. National Geographic has an article on 21st century slavery...

http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0309/feature1/index.html

It's found worldwide....

[kayell]

11. The poll on the NG page is horrifying

The question asked was "Would you boycott goods—such as some rugs—that you suspected were produced by child slave labor?"

I thought this was a ridiculous poll, for who would possibly answer no? I believed that everyone would boycott slave labor produced goods, especially child slave labor goods, that the problem was more that most people aren't aware of how many of the products they buy are produced this way.

25% said NO!

Since I suspect most/all DUers would forgo goods that were produced this way, here are some links on slave labor produced products and severe sweatshop conditions that are very close to slavery.

Child Slave Labor News
http://www.geocities.com/cslnews/

Suffer The Children
http://www.atlanta.creativeloafing.com/2001-10-17/fishwrapper.html

Coop Americas Guide to Ending Sweatshops
http://www.sweatshops.org/educate/news.html

Top Ten Workers' Rights Offenders
http://peaceworks.missouri.org/articleoffenders.html

Consumer Alert!! Sweat Shops, Globalization and Investing (links)
http://www.webcom.com/hrin/consumer.html

Slavery Free Chocolate?
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=12373

The Exploitation of Prisoners for Profit (US)
http://www.worldfreeinternet.net/news/nws46.htm

The Anti Slavery Portal
http://www.iabolish.com/

Beginners Guide to becoming an abolitionist
http://www.iabolish.com/act/commu/beginnerguide/index.htm