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- Slavery and capitalism http://necpluribusimpar.net/slavery-and-capitalism/ 6 comments economy
- The Pope Calls The Global Capitalism System: 'Slavery' http://www.businessinsider.com/pope-rips-bangladesh-slave-labor-2013-5 421 comments worldnews
- The Pope Calls A Foundation of Global Capitalism: 'Slavery' http://www.businessinsider.com/pope-rips-bangladesh-slave-labor-2013-5 407 comments worldnews
- India is now the world’s slave capital: Global Slavery Index 2014 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-is-now-the-worlds-slave-capital-global-slavery-index-2014/articleshow/45178623.cms 19 comments india
- Virginia capital unveils monument marking end of slavery after removing Confederate statue https://www.reuters.com/world/us/virginia-capital-unveils-monument-marking-end-slavery-after-removing-confederate-2021-09-22/ 39 comments politics
- Democratic Rep.-Elect Jamaal Bowman: 'Capitalism is Slavery by Another Name' https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/dec/23/jamaal-bowman-democratic-rep-elect-capitalism-is-s/ 66 comments politics
- Jamaal Bowman calls capitalism ‘slavery,’ says Dems should follow ‘Squad,’ not Obama https://nypost.com/2020/12/22/jamaal-bowman-calls-capitalism-slavery-by-another-name/ 191 comments politics
- Today's wealth gap between Whites and Blacks in the US is rooted in the legacy of very different wealth conditions following emancipation from slavery. This meant that Whites enjoyed higher average savings rates and capital gains rates, making it hard for Blacks to close the gap. https://academic.oup.com/qje/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/qje/qjad044/7276493 773 comments science
- Islamabad’s reaction to the Taliban’s victory was the opposite of Western capitals: Their triumph showed that Afghans had “broken the shackles of slavery”, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said. Even amid fears that the militants’ control of Afghanistan accentuates the jihadist threat at home. https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20210818-pakistan-cheers-taliban-out-of-fear-of-india-%E2%80%93-despite-spillover-threat 11 comments worldnews
- Richard D. Wolff on Twitter: Slavery worked best for masters. Feudalism worked best for lords. Capitalism works best for employers. With a transition to worker-coops, we finally get an economic system that works best for a majority. https://mobile.twitter.com/profwolff/status/1040287491918635008 6 comments economy
- Richard D. Wolff on Twitter: Slavery worked best for masters. Feudalism worked best for lords. Capitalism works best for employers. With a transition to worker-coops, we finally get an economic system that works best for a majority. https://twitter.com/profwolff/status/1040287491918635008 12 comments business
- North Korea is global capital of 'modern slavery' with 2.6 million forced laborers, says watchdog group http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-news-north-korea-modern-day-slavery-20180719-story.html 4 comments politics
- North Korea is global capital of 'modern slavery' with 2.6 million forced laborers, says watchdog group http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-news-north-korea-modern-day-slavery-20180719-story.html 487 comments worldnews
- North Korea is the global capital of modern-day slavery. Home to some 2.6 million forced laborers, the secretive nation has the highest prevalence of slavery in any nation. https://www.newsweek.com/north-korea-slavery-capital-world-report-says-1032000 23 comments worldnews
- India is now the world’s slave capital | India has nearly 14.3 million people, including children, "trapped" in modern-day slavery, ranking fifth in a list of countries brought out by the Global Slavery Index, followed by Pakistan and with Mauritania topping the list. http://www.oneindia.com/india/shame-india-now-the-world-s-slave-capital-has-over-14-million-people-trapped-slavery-1565291.html 16 comments worldnews
- Is Education a Human Right or a Privilege for the Wealthy? Higher education in the US has been transformed into producing automatons to serve big-finance capitalism, preventing campuses from being a source of societal transformation and creating modern indentured servants through debt slavery. http://truth-out.org/news/item/13299-is-education-a-human-right-or-a-privilege-for-the-wealthy 20 comments politics