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On AlterNet: slavery

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "slavery"

Surviving a Weekend with America's Premiere Pro-White Activist Group

Surviving a Weekend with America's Premiere Pro-White Activist Group

Gabriel Thompson, AlterNet. July 4, 2008.
Meet the Council of Conservative Citizens -- a group that offers a biblical defense of slavery and laments the surivival of African babies.

"Angola is Still a Plantation": Fighting Back Against Legacies of Slavery

Jordan Flaherty, Left Turn. June 12, 2008.
At Louisiana's notorious Angola Prison, which sits on a former slave plantation, prisoners are doing more than surviving. They are organizing.

A Northern Family's Role in the Slave Trade

A Northern Family's Role in the Slave Trade

Jessica Mosby, The Wip. June 10, 2008.
Northerners are usually portrayed as benevolent abolitionists. But one woman tells a different story of slavery in the "deep north."

Things Americans Don't Want To Talk About

Things Americans Don't Want To Talk About

David Neiwert, Orcinus AlterNet: PEEK. April 30, 2008.
Dave Neiwert digs in to the deeper meaning of the Reverend Wright "scandal."

Ending Slavery for Pennies

Ending Slavery for Pennies

Katrina vanden Heuvel, Greg Kaufman, TheNation.com. April 21, 2008.
The slave-like conditions in the agriculture industry would shock most Americans.

Exploited Guestworkers March on White House

Exploited Guestworkers March on White House

James Parks, Workday Minnesota. April 8, 2008.
'They took away our hopes and dreams and shattered us mentally -- end to this system of modern-day slavery.'

More Than Historical Stupidity in Paul's Slavery Crack

More Than Historical Stupidity in Paul's Slavery Crack

Earl Ofari Hutchinson, New America Media. December 27, 2007.
Ron Paul tossed out yet another juicy zinger this time on "Meet the Press" when he said that Lincoln was a bad guy for fighting the civil war.

Florida Farm Workers Face Near-Slavery Conditions

Florida Farm Workers Face Near-Slavery Conditions

Bernard Crick, Comment Is Free. December 5, 2007.
Slavery may be outlawed, but as a group of workers in Florida show, some battles still need fighting.

Michael Medved Defends Slavery

Michael Medved Defends Slavery

Jillian, AlterNet: PEEK. September 28, 2007.
Jillian: Way to go, Medved, have you considered pimping this argument out to David Duke? I bet he'd love it.

Forced Sex and Labor Trafficking in the U.S.

Forced Sex and Labor Trafficking in the U.S.

Rebecca Clarren, Ms. Magazine. August 15, 2007.
An investigation into the shadow world of sex and labor trafficking in the United States reveals not just the dimensions of the problem but the startling inadequacy of the federal response.

Whites Just Don't Understand the Black Experience

Whites Just Don't Understand the Black Experience

Margaret Kamara, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. June 28, 2007.
To white Americans, giving up television is a hardship; being black is not. That's the upshot of a series of studies by researchers at The Ohio State University.

A 'Ho' By Any Other Color: The History and Economics of Black Female Sexual Exploitation

A 'Ho' By Any Other Color: The History and Economics of Black Female Sexual Exploitation

Dr. Edward Rhymes, Black Agenda Report. May 19, 2007.
While white women's sexuality is celebrated in movies and magazines, Black women acting out the same behavior are relegated to the ranks of whoredom.

What It Means to Be a Leftist in the 21st Century

What It Means to Be a Leftist in the 21st Century

Democracy Now!March 21, 2007.
Professor, culture critic, and social justice advocate Cornel West talks about the need to make radical reformism fashionable among young people again.

Guantánamo, Dred Scott and the Amistad

Guantánamo, Dred Scott and the Amistad

Jeremy Brecher, Brendan Smith, The Nation. March 20, 2007.
As in the historical Dred Scott and Amistad cases, the Supreme Court must once again rule on whether the executive branch of the government can seize, imprison, and abuse people without allowing an appeal to the court.

From Sex Workers to Restaurant Workers, the Global Slave Trade Is Growing

From Sex Workers to Restaurant Workers, the Global Slave Trade Is Growing

David Batsone, Sojourners. March 15, 2007.
A thriving commerce in human beings is taking place behind the facade of most major cities and towns in the U.S. and worldwide. Activists are pushing back, but they need reinforcements.

Holy Piggyback: The Religious Right steals an icon

Holy Piggyback: The Religious Right steals an icon

Kathryn Joyce, AlterNet: PEEK. March 2, 2007.
Kathryn Joyce: "Amazing Grace"'s abolitionist, William Wilberforce, "claimed" by Christian Right...

Virginia Apologizes For Slavery, Now It’s Congress' Turn

Virginia Apologizes For Slavery, Now It’s Congress' Turn

Earl Ofari Hutchinson, AlterNet. February 28, 2007.
Apologizing is more than a matter of morals. It's a recognition that this country protected, nourished and profited off of slavery for a century.

Welcome to the C.S.A.

Annalee Newitz, AlterNet. October 24, 2006.
A fake British documentary explores what would have happened if the South had won the Civil War.