Archives containing courtroom testimony by the enslaved can be valuable resources for scholars of slavery.
The paradoxes built into the ‘rescue and rehabilitation’ model effectively trap many women and girls after they have been ‘saved’.
La Coalición de Trabajadores Temporales, que está luchando contra prácticas abusivas de reclutamiento en Sinaloa, México, destaca que son los propios migrantes los que tienen un papel importante para prevenir la explotación. English
Most forced labour takes place in business contexts, yet the business logics of exploitation are rarely explored. There are ways to do this well.
The seizure of asylum seekers’ assets in Denmark confirms that the state sees refugees as economic burdens by default, but this new bill makes them dependent by design.
Policymakers and modern-day abolitionists have co-opted trafficking and slavery discourse for illiberal ends. To say so is not the same as denying the appalling realities of the modern world. Quite the opposite.
The British curriculum sanitises the history of slavery by isolating it as an aberration of evil. Slavery built the west. Acknowledging that is the first step to undoing its damage.
Incessant Black death across American ‘history’ reveals an open-ended archive of anti-Black state violence. Black people keep dying, and while past and present differ they simultaneously blur.
Underclass women plantation workers in Kerala, India went on strike against both their union and their company, scoring symbolic and material gains as well as local political representation.
Migrant workers need rights and safety nets, yet sob stories of abuse will not bring about such change. Organising, on the other hand, will.
The Coalition of Temporary Workers is fighting back against abusive recruitment practices in Sinaloa, Mexico, illustrating that migrants themselves have an important role to play in preventing exploitation. Español.
As the UN considers its position on child labour, 59 experts lay out the case against a universal minimum age. Blanket bans cannot prevent exploitation, only more nuanced approaches do that. Español
