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The New Slavery
By David Cox (about the author) Page 1 of 2 page(s)
For OpEdNews: David Glenn Cox - Writer
Of course the easy thing to do here in fat and happy America is to look down our nose at the Chinese. That's the most wonderful aspect of outsourcing the corporate capitalist has the ability to bring about these conditions and yet stay at arms length saying, tisk tisk. Is it a stretch to believe that the coal or the bricks or iron mined by these slaves would not have been used for the products that fill our Wal- Marts shelves today?
Globalism is but a synonym for slavery, the hunt for the cheapest workforce on the planet, so how could the inevitable outcome of slavery be a surprise to anyone? The corporate master doling out bread in a reverse auction of labor, no different from the Incas or the mid evil serf. The old style practice of American slavery was abolished in 1863 for areas in rebellion meaning play along and you can keep your slaves but this was soon replaced by a more modern version.
After the US civil war as areas of the south's agricultural empire attempted to rebuild a new improved slave was introduced. No longer could a man own another man we had trampled out the vintage where the grapes of wrath were stored, now a man could own a man's debt. The sharecropper borrowed money from the landowner and shared the profits from the crops. If however the crop failed the new slave still owed his debt to the master they shared only profits while the slave assumed all the risks.
In the industrial north the same abuses were rampant child labor, virtual slave labor unsafe conditions, inhumane hours were common in America until the New Deal. The rise of labor unions was a direct response to low wages and unsafe working conditions. The capitalists and bankers fought back with all their might against every reform as an unfair intrusion into their rights. Even today the party line is to get government off our backs unless of course it's their ox gored (no pun intended) then they run straight to the courts seeking relief.
This week the Extreme Court ruled in a case involving the California teachers union limiting how the union may use the dues of its members for political actions. Some union members objected to supporting pro-choice candidates preferring instead pro-life anti union candidates. Now as it stands Judas may go to court for his right to sell out Christ, the party that bemoans too much litigation is always ready to help Judas split the union.
If you as a shareholder of a corporation don't approve of the boards political action contributions you can sell your stock or fight to change the board. Try your luck at suing the board and see how far that gets you, imagine Barry Bonds traded to an American league team hiring a lawyer arguing to do away with the designated hitter because it is unfair to him as a position player.
But the extreme court is just another brick in the wall of the fortress to protect the right to exploit and control workers and to protect the new slavery. In the 1970's the American worker maintained his life style with one income in the 1980's and 90's two incomes and now two incomes with two jobs. As the great slave master maintained while on the campaign trail, "How very American!"
How loving and compassionate is our great slave master, concerned as he is about the poor suffering masses crossing our southern borders. His deep love for the poor Iraqi peoples plight if US troops were to withdraw from the blood bath he created. His compassion for his new and future slaves is touching while totaling lacking is any concern for the current crop of slaves now doing the fighting. He calls for his slaves in New Orleans or tornado victims in Kansas to be strong and self-reliant as he reminds us the slave masters role is to lead and to give orders not to assist.
Meanwhile back in China the slavery story is the lead item in the state controlled media for remember this is a communist country that does not share our values of freedom and justice.
"The workers were not paid and were forced to work 15 to 16 hours a day and finish their meals within 15 minutes. The workers slept on the ground in a dark room without heating in the winter."
" In a raid carried out on May 27, police in Shanxi freed the 31 migrant workers, and detained five suspects. Among the detainees were Wang Bingbing and four others.
Police are still hunting for three alleged accomplices, including Heng Tinghan, from central China's Henan.
The bank accounts of Wang Bingbing's brick kiln have been frozen."
What! They've frozen their bank accounts! Those dirty communists! Don't they understand the blessing's of liberty would they have frozen Enron's bank accounts as well? Ken Lay's rights had to be defended conviction or not he died before damages could be assessed and it would be unfair to assess damages on a dead man.
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