India Aid Workers Struggle to Help Cyclone Victims
Image Source: Screen capture from video. A tornado that ripped through part of India last week killed at least 131 people and made any attempt of aid a real trying task. Aid and rescue workers had to...
View ArticleJohann Hari on the rise of China’s laborers – and how we keep them down
Photo by Steve Jurvetson (jurvetson on Flickr Creative Commons) Workers in China don’t just have to fight ruthless parent corporations, oppressive subcontractors and draconian labor laws. They also...
View ArticleVideo: Spanish veg industry fuelled by slavery
photo by John Perivolaris (Dr John2005 on Flickr CC) This raises the spectre of de facto state sanctioning of slavery in 21st century Europe. –Anti-Slavery International’s director, Aidan McQuade...
View ArticleChoose your cuts wisely: Nurses and teachers or rich gentleman farmers?
The UK is bracing itself for the largest public sector strike in over 30 years, prompted by the frozen and cut wages of state employees. The Conservatives sell these cuts as ‘necessary austerities’,...
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