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Sign Petition: Include The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Your Passport
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: world, humanrights, freedoms, government, UnitedNations, americans, passports, universal, declaration, human, rights, protection, men, women, children, families, torture, slavery, stoning, waterboarding, flogging, beating, FGM, honour, killings )

Tom
- 92 days ago - humanrightsactioncenter.org
Less than 5% of the world knows of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights existence. Because passports are the official representation of government, if the declaration is in all passports, it becomes an official documentation of the world.
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Sign Petition: Demand U.S. Government Ratify U.N. Treaties to End Human Trafficking and Slavery
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: world, violence, UnitedNations, politics, women, children, human, rights, freedom, europe, africa, asia, middle-east, america, slavery, discrimination, society, culture )

Tom
- 140 days ago - humantrafficking.change.org
Although The Convention on the Rights of the Child and The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women were signed by Secretary Albright in 1995, The U.S. remains the only Western Country to have not ratified these treaties.
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US Gov. Apologizes for Slavery
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, usa, slavery, Jim Crow )

Michael
- 460 days ago - blackvoices.com
The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a resolution apologizing to African-Americans for slavery and the era of Jim Crow. While many states have apologized for slavery, it is the first time a branch of the federal government has done so.
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Modern Enslavement
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: slavery, human trafficking )


- 576 days ago - washingtontimes.com
"[W]omen and girls, largely from East Asia, Eastern Europe, Mexico and Central America are trafficked to the United States into prostitution." But it will shock most Americans to learn that the land of the free is...the home of the enslaved.
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Take Action: Stop Slavery and Sweatshops in the Fields
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: slavery, field workers, Burger King )


- 585 days ago - fairfoodnation.mayfirst.org
I add my name and voice to those of countless consumers calling upon Burger King and other food industry leaders to immediately join with the CIW in efforts to end exploitation in the fields and modern-day slavery in the 21st century. I am also prepared t
7 comments
Cherokee Nation Sells Out
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Native Americans, African-Americans, slavery, tribal enrollment )


- 592 days ago - opednews.com
The Cherokee (along with many other Indian tribes) owned slaves prior to their removal in the Trail of Tears. In the removal, the Cherokee brought their slaves with them to their lands in what would someday become Oklahoma. (READ comment at site!)
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African American Activists in Solidarity With Mexican Guest Workers Organizing Against Slave-Like Conditions
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: LEGAL immigrants, slavery, peonage )


- 625 days ago - wwltv.com
a delegation of African Americans attempted to conduct a citizen's arrest of their boss, Charles "Bimbo" Relan, because he is violating the federal laws that define slavery, peonage, human trafficking, and servitude (See comment below for full story.)
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The War On Democracy By John Pilger   video
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: democracy, constitution, slavery, deaths )

Ben
- 649 days ago - video.google.com
This film is about a struggle of modern people to free themselves of a modern form of slavery.
2 comments
Is Slavery In Our Future?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: capitalism, slavery )


- 653 days ago - opednews.com
culture, not economics understood as a science or an invisible force, is the primary problem. Slavery is the result of attitudes, of power, of sadism. It is not required by the modern economy, but our failure to regulate that economy makes slavery possi
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Immigrant Bashing for Colonial Control
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Immigration, colonialism, corporatism, slavery )


- 656 days ago - dissidentvoice.org
Colonial administration always relies on creating dissension between subjugated "native" tribes and populations. The fundamental white-power core of the American ruling class manages the nation in the colonial style.
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THIS Had Better Make You Furious!   video
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: crime, freedoms, ethics, government, slavery, embassy, baghdad, labor, corruption, military, lies, iraq, propaganda, war, troops, usa, terrorism, cia, impeach )

Ratty
- 820 days ago - youtube.com
This is horrible. It has to do with the US Embassy in Iraq. It's only 5 minutes. Please watch and spread this around.
71 comments
Walking Blind to the Truth
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: truth, slavery, lies, rights )

Stanley
- 823 days ago - care2.com
A majority of Care2 members still cling to a blind misconception that we have Civil Rights in America. The truth is that Congress has empowered the White House to reassign the Attorney General to impose slavery upon the people.
15 comments
(AKA) The Good Ole Boys
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: confederate, aoc, rights, slavery )

Stanley
- 840 days ago - care2.com
The ancestry of the Good Ole Boys (GOB) traces back to the American Civil War. It includes Negro soldiers. GOB has planted loyalists in the NACDL. Skull and Bones is it's headquarters. GOB's mission is to make our Bill or Rights null and void.
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