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Fri Apr 5, 2013, 09:32 PM Apr 2013

slavery: a capitalist parable | mickey z. [View all]


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mickey z. -- world news trust

april 5, 2013

in the most remote regions of brazil…

slave labor is employed to cut down grand swaths of the precious rain forest to make room for
growing eucalyptus, which is then burned by male slaves

male slaves,
who exploit the body, mind, and spirit of female slaves forced into prostitution

male slaves,
who help make charcoal for the steel mills of brazil

brazil,
where the poorest of the poor toil for wages that do not sustain them so steel can be shipped to
a general motors plant in mexico (gm is one of the largest employers south of the border)

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http://worldnewstrust.com/slavery-a-capitalist-parable-mickey-z

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