Mobility is integral to human life, but not all mobility is treated as equivalent. What happens to those who are unable to move away from wilderness and into history?
Beyond Slavery introduces its next issue on trafficking, smuggling and migration, arguing that mobility is central to life and that state restrictions on movement are the true threat to human wellbeing. Español
Capitalism has always depended on domestic servitude, which still persists today. So why have the women clothing, caring, and cooking for new generations of workers been omitted from its history?
Governments and activists in Europe and America invoke the immediacy of “modern-day slavery” to sidestep challenging questions regarding the case for reparations. Instead of repairing harm, they promise rescue.
We must acknowledge slavery’s role in creating the modern world if we are to address its legacy. The UNESCO Slave Route Project exists to help breach the wall of silence.
Commemorating slavery is popular in Europe and the Americas these days, but the living legacies of slavery remain significant problems in former slave societies like the United States and Brazil.
Activism against so-called 'modern slavery' often appears to descend from the abolitionism of previous centuries. The history of past movements provides insight into the forms and weaknesses of current movements. Français.
La lutte contre l’esclavage dit « moderne » apparaît souvent comme un héritage de l’abolitionnisme des siècles antérieurs. Interroger l’histoire de ces courants antiesclavagistes passés permet une perception différente des formes d’engagements actuels, de leurs forces et de leurs faiblesses. Engli
Ethical consumption is seen as a way of combating the evils found in global supply chains, yet its ambivalent track record highlights a number of practical complications and political challenges.
The history of slavery and the slave trade shape contemporary patterns of vulnerability and exclusion in Southern Senegal, but continuity between past and present is not a straightforward process.
Many have criticised the media for their sensationalist reporting on sex trafficking. But few realise the extent to which social movements are shaping this agenda.
Recent attention to the plight of migrant workers in Qatar is welcome, but the problems of trafficking and forced labour in the Middle East are endemic.
