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Wednesday, 30 September 2020

Slavery

Slavery is a legal or economic system in which principles of property law are applied to humans allowing them to be classified as property, to be owned, bought and sold accordingly, and they cannot withdraw unilaterally from the arrangement. While a person is a slave, the owner is entitled to the productivity of the slave's labour, without any remuneration. The rights and protection of the slave may be regulated by laws and customs in a particular time and place, and a person may become a slave from the time of their capture, purchase or birth.

Today, chattel slavery is unlawful in all countries, but a person may still be described as a slave if he or she is forced to work for another person without an ability on their part to unilaterally terminate the arrangement. Such situations are today commonly referred to as "practices similar to slavery". The present form of the slave trade is commonly referred to as human trafficking.

Slavery existed before written history and in many cultures. It was once institutionally recognized by most societies, but has now been outlawed in all countries, the last being Mauritania in 2007. However, it continues through such practices as debt bondage, serfdom, domestic servants kept in captivity, certain adoptions in which children are forced to work as slaves, child soldiers, human trafficking and forced marriage. Accordingly, there are more slaves today than at any time in history, with an estimated 20 million to 36 million slaves worldwide.

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Letters to the Editor

The Post and Courier 30 Sep 2020

The Phillips Community, founded by freed slaves after the Civil War, is eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places ... This community, carved out of prior plantations profiting from the labor of former slaves, became a settlement community of freed-men....

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President Trump Has Attacked Critical Race Theory. Here's What to Know About the Intellectual Movement

Time 30 Sep 2020

In his speech at the National Archives Museum, the President posited that using critical race theory as a framework to consider the history of the U.S., including its use of slave labor, encourages “deceptions, falsehoods and lies” by the “left-wing cultural revolution.”....

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President Trump Has Attacked Critical Race Theory. Here’s What to Know About the Intellectual Movement

Time Magazine 30 Sep 2020

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China Defends Policies Targeting Muslims as NYT Reports More Abuses in Xinjiang

Democracy Now 29 Sep 2020

My brother is forced to assemble phone chargers as a slave laborer ... Imagine the population of Berlin or Chicago locked up as slaves.” Topics.....

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A belated kaddish for the unnamed victims of the Annaberg Transport

The Jerusalem Post 29 Sep 2020

Those admitted to Auschwitz for slave labor had numbers branded on their arms.  Their names and numbers were recorded in perfect German penmanship. My father was branded B-10618 and assigned to work as a slave laborer at IG Farben. Slave laborers on their way to work in Auschwitz....

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Letter: China's Muslims are facing genocide

Union Leader 29 Sep 2020

China’s Muslims are facing genocide. To the Editor ... They have been separated from their families. They are forced to swear solidarity to Marxism, do slave labor and are undergoing physical torture ... AQUILA ROBINSON. Rochester .......

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NATION/WORLD

Omaha World-Herald 29 Sep 2020

5. ORLANDO, Fla ... 5 ... Several leaders renewed demands for reparations for the slave trade ... And the leader of Caribbean ex-British colony Antigua and Barbuda said it's time for creditor countries – many of whom built empires thanks to slave labor and exploiting colonies' resources – to forgive poor-country debt amid 2020's global economic crisis.— AP ... ....

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At UN, Nations Urge Overdue Reckoning With Colonial Crimes

NBCBayArea 29 Sep 2020

And the leader of Caribbean ex-British colony Antigua and Barbuda said it’s time for creditor countries – many of whom built empires thanks to slave labor and exploiting colonies’ resources – to forgive poor-country debt amid 2020’s global economic crisis....

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Rhinebeck mural controversy spurs call for discussion of art that depicts local history

Daily Freeman 29 Sep 2020

RHINEBECK, N.Y. — The U.S. Postal Service's decision to cover a 12-panel, 80-year-old mural inside the Rhinebeck Post Office presents an opportunity to discuss the role of art in depicting local history, the executive director of the Dutchess County Historical Society says ... The U.S ... The mural includes images of laborers interpreted to be slaves ... .......

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Word Prop. 20 help against wildfires and crime? | California Focus

Chico Enterprise Record 29 Sep 2020

This fall, Proposition 20 is designed to remedy some of those effects.Both the earlier measures passed by margins of more than 60-40 percent ... 14 ... Some of them recently called that form of convict work “slave labor,” while others responded that the service inspired them and led them to seek firefighter jobs after leaving custody ... Enter Prop....

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Opinion: No country in the world should ever trust China’s communist leaders again

Market Watch 29 Sep 2020

When I was governor of Hong Kong, one of my noisiest critics was Sir Percy Cradock, a former British ambassador to China ... ” ... Consider its policies in Xinjiang. Many international lawyers argue that the incarceration of over one million Muslim Uighurs, forced sterilization and abortion, and slave labor meet the UN definition of genocide ... ....

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Whale ‘roadkill’ is on the rise off California. A new detection system could help.

Popular Science 29 Sep 2020

Ship strikes are a leading cause of death to whales around the globe. (Craig Hayslip/) ... For an hour, they counted them, arriving at an astonishing number. 47 ... But there’s hope ... (Flip Nicklin /) ... (NOAA / CINMS/) ... Few corporations want to be seen dealing with irresponsible players when it comes to pressing global issues like climate change or slave labor....

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“To See Each Other,” People’s Action podcast challenges rural America’s stereotypes

People's World 28 Sep 2020

The history of forced removal, slave labor, aggressive expansion, super-exploitation of migrant labor, and their justifications have been used to separate and suppress the working and laboring classes in the United States for centuries, since the beginning of colonization....