>
> Would a right-wing magazine publish this?
> http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0309/feature1/
> By Andrew Cockburn Photographs by Jodi Cobb
> There are more slaves today than were seized from Africa in four
> centuries of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The modern commerce in
> humans rivals illegal drug trafficking in its global reach—and in the
> destruction of lives.
> With an interview w/ lefty
> http://www.ucpress.edu/books/sale/pages/8428001.html
> http://www.ucpress.edu/books/sale/pages/10428.html
> Kevin Bales?
>
> Field Notes From Author
> Andrew Cockburn
> http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0309/feature1/assignment1.html
> >...In Florida I met a group of farm workers, including many former
> slaves, who are trying to improve the barbaric work conditions of
> migrant farm laborers. They call themselves the Coalition of Immokalee
> Workers. It felt good to see that there are people who have escaped
> slavery and are now trying to empower others.
>
> While I was in Costa Rica, I met some very young kids and listened to
> them talk about their horrible trafficking experiences in the sex
> industry. Young girls are enslaved in areas like San Jose's Gringo
> Gulch, where a lot of American sex tourists go for a "good time."
> I heard hundreds of stories like this during my assignment, and
> just when I thought I heard the worst one, it wasn't long before
> something else topped it. Sometimes I just wanted to throw up.
>
>
> --
> Michael Pugliese
>
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