Speaker for the Living

With Christmas around the corner, hosts Seth Daire and JJ Janflone talk about slave and exploitive labor in the supply chain for children's toys, and how to research for toys with clear supply chains. JJ gives a few recommendations and explains how to search on EthicalConsumer.org.

Sources:

http://cutv.ws/documentary/watch-online/play/10486/Santa-s-Workshop

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/ralph-nader/toys-from-abusive-chinese_b_6367122.html

https://www.du.edu/korbel/hrhw/researchdigest/slavery/china.pdf

http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-china-33472971/inside-a-chinese-ketamine-village

https://chrissmith.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=400461

http://www.pbs.org/pov/lasttrainhome/

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/dec/04/the-grim-truth-of-chinese-factories-producing-the-wests-christmas-toys

http://www.chinalaborwatch.org/upfile/2014_11_17/2014.11.18%20Toy%20Factories%20Report_EN--FINAL.pdfhttp://www.ethicalconsumer.org/buyersguides/babychild/toyretailers.aspx

http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/

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CNN's footage of slave markets in Libya disturbed and outraged the world, as it should. It's an image we all want to be in the past. But while underground, slavery and slave auctions still exist. Migrations flows and trafficking in Libya are nothing new, though continued conflict in a failed state has greatly exacerbated the situation. Hosts Seth Daire and JJ Janflone talk about the recent conflict, displacement, trafficking, and how all that has created a situation where slave markets can be found in Libya.

Sources:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/14/africa/libya-migrant-auctions/index.html

http://time.com/5042560/libya-slave-trade/

http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/07/world/un-security-council-libya-slavery/index.html

https://psmag.com/social-justice/understanding-libyas-slave-trade

http://www.msnbc.com/specials/migrant-crisis/libya

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2015/05/libya-horrific-abuse-driving-migrants-to-risk-lives-in-mediterranean-crossings/

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2017/08/italy-france-playing-dangerous-game-libya-170815105230759.html

https://www.rand.org/blog/2017/09/addressing-europes-migrant-crisis-takes-more-than-stopping.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/17/world/europe/italy-libya-migrant-crisis.html

https://www.irinnews.org/analysis/2017/09/11/libya-s-migration-crisis-about-more-just-security

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/14/eu-libya-coastguard-detention-centres-migration-mediterranean-un-zeid-raad-al-hussein

https://www.iom.int/news/iom-learns-slave-market-conditions-endangering-migrants-north-africa

http://allafrica.com/stories/201711230326.html

https://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/2011/164232.htm

https://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/2012/192367.htm

https://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/countries/2013/215504.htm

https://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/countries/2014/226763.htm

https://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/countries/2015/243478.htm

https://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/countries/2016/258807.htm

https://www.state.

Seth and JJ talk about what surprised them as they began to learn about slavery and trafficking. Though more can and should be done to end slavery, which has been continually with us, chattel slavery was ended in England at a time when slavery was an accepted norm that it was foolhardy to fight. Things can change through the efforts of many everyday people, as it did when England ended slavery within its empire in 1833.

Sources:

http://www.denverpost.com/2013/07/01/jury-finds-kalu-guilty-of-human-trafficking/

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/14/africa/libya-migrant-auctions/index.html

Bales, Kevin. Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004.

Blackmon, Douglas A. Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II. New York: Anchor Books, 2008.

Griffin, Emory A. The Mind Changers: The Art of Christian Persuasion. Carol Stream: Tyndale House, 1976.

Hochschild, Adam. Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire’s Slaves. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005.

Skinner, E. Benjamin. A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face With Modern Slavery. New York: Free Press, 2008.

Zimmerman, Yvonne C. Other Dreams of Freedom: Religion, Sex, and Human Trafficking. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.

Special guest Kate Morgan joins Seth Daire and JJ Janflone to talk about how reproductive health, reproductive rights, and reproductive justice intersect with human trafficking. Kate can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter @katie_thelady

Sources:

Reproductive Justice: A Handbook - https://drive.google.com/drive/search?q=reproductive%20justice

BridgeHope website - https://www.bridgehopenow.org/

Youth and Comprehensive Sexuality Education (Colorado Guide) - http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/documents/youth/fact-sheets/youth-sexuality-education.pdf

Understanding Minor Consent and Confidentiality in Colorado - https://www.cde.state.co.us/sites/default/files/documents/healthandwellness/download/school%20nurse/understanding%20minor%20consent%20and%20confidentiality%20in%20colorado.pdf

PREP (Personal Responsibility Education Program) Information - https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdhs/sexual-health-education-personal-responsibility-education-program-prep

More than a statue: Rethinking J. Marion Sims’ Legacy - https://rewire.news/article/2017/08/24/statue-rethinking-j-marion-sims-legacy/

Your Sexual Health (Colorado Guide) - https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/sites/default/files/HPF_Your-Sexual-Health-English.pdf

Understanding and Addressing Violence Against Women - http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/77394/1/WHO_RHR_12.42_eng.pdf

Reproductive Health of War-Affected Populations: What Do We Know? - https://www.guttmacher.org/sites/default/files/article_files/2617400.pdf

Human Trafficking and Reproductive Rights - https://freedomnetworkusa.org/app/uploads/2016/12/HT-and-Reproductive-Rights.pdf

More Than a Statue: Rethinking J. Marion Sims’ Legacy - https://rewire.news/article/2017/08/24/statue-rethinking-j-marion-sims-legacy/

Loretta Ross - http://www.lorettaross.com/Biography.html

Photo: Charlotte Cooper on Flickr

 

Over 1,700 inmates firefighters joined professional firefighters to stop the recent wildfires in Northern California. They are part of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) Conservation Camp program, and make up a third of all firefighters in California, saving the state over $80 million, while being paid $2/day and between $1-2/hour. Seth Daire and JJ Janflone discuss what's good, and exploitative, about this program.

Sources:

http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Conservation_Camps/

http://mashable.com/2017/10/14/california-wildfires-prison-inmates/#IuFGI.kVzaqP

http://www.insidecdcr.ca.gov/2017/05/cdcr-inmate-firefighter-dies-of-injuries/

http://www.insidecdcr.ca.gov/2017/07/cdcr-inmate-firefighter-dies-of-injuries-2/

http://www.insidecdcr.ca.gov/2017/05/redemption-on-the-fire-line-inmates-staff-embrace-rehabilitative-mission/

http://www.insidecdcr.ca.gov/2016/10/keeping-up-the-camp-go-behind-the-scenes-at-pine-grove/

http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/foon-rhee/article174370641.html#storylink=cpy

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-inmates-fighting-californias-deadly-fires

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/The-Female-Inmates-Fighting-Fires-in-California-450438783.html

http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Fewer-prison-inmates-signing-up-to-fight-12165598.php

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2015/08/40-percent-californias-fires-are-fought-prison-inmates/

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2017/11/californias-fires-have-died-out-but-now-comes-the-toxic-ash/

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/31/magazine/the-incarcerated-women-who-fight-californias-wildfires.html

After giving an update on the status of the refugee ban, hosts Seth Daire and JJ Janflone discuss international child laundering, where young children are illegally taken from their parents and given to parents in another country without the new parents being aware the child still has parents who want their child. They discuss the story recently shared by Jessica Davis, and also share a story written by Scott Carney in his book, The Red Market.

Sources:

https://freedomandcitizenship.columbia.edu/trafficking-vs-kidnapping

http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/review/806

https://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/07/kidnapped-and-sold-inside-the-dark-world-of-child-trafficking-in-china/278107/

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/16/world/international-adoption-saving-orphans-child-trafficking/index.html

http://humantraffickingcenter.org/trafficking-children-actually-no-illegal-adoption-not-child-trafficking/

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/13/opinions/adoption-uganda-opinion-davis/index.html

Carney, Scott. The Red Market: On the Trail of the World's Organ Brokers, Bone Thieves, Blood Farmers, and Child Traffickers. New York: William Morrow, 2011.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41729584

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/these-are-the-11-countries-whose-refugee-applicants-the-us-considers-too-high-risk/2017/10/25/118db3b0-b9f5-11e7-99c6-46bdf7f6f8ba_story.html?utm_term=.41ef2fcf2013

The sequel to Blade Runner was recently released, which makes it a good time to examine the synthetic human slaves known as replicants in the movie, and androids in the book. Hosts Seth Daire and JJ Janflone discuss the plight of replicants and compare it to a few historical forms of slavery. The sexual assault is also discussed.

Sources:

Blade Runner (1982)

Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Dick, Philip K. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. New York: Doubleday, 1968.

https://io9.gizmodo.com/everything-that-can-be-gleaned-from-the-new-blade-runne-1796986630

https://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/onlinessays/JC41folder/bladeRunner.html

http://brightlightsfilm.com/slave-runner-genetic-engineering-slavery-and-immortality-in-ridley-scotts-blade-runner-1982/#.WeqKWWhSyUk

With four hurricanes hitting the United States recently (and other parts of the world), many people are in vulnerable positions due to loss of communication, infrastructure, water, homes, and jobs. Seth Daire talks about the negative rhetoric in the US relating to Puerto Rico. JJ Janflone then goes deeper into how disasters make people vulnerable to human trafficking.

Sources:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/23/opinions/child-trafficking-natural-disasters/index.html

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17482798.2011.587142?src=recsys&journalCode=rchm20

http://www.iar-gwu.org/content/human-trafficking-and-natural-disasters-exploiting-misery

https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-10-05/human-trafficking-hidden-aftermath-natural-disasters

https://humantraffickinghotline.org/state/puerto-rico

http://latinalista.com/life/health/puerto_rico_human_trafficking_not_recogn

KONY2012 by Invisible Children propelled the story of Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army into the spotlight in 2012. Hosts Seth Daire and JJ Janflone explain the history of the LRA before diving into survey results from a study by Chris Blattman. Hear what field research has to say about Kony's abducted child soldiers.

Sources:

http://chrisblattman.com/documents/research/2008.DDR.pdf

http://www.enoughproject.org/files/GuluDispatch.pdf

https://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl-nat.nsf/0/7d2430f8f3cc16b6c125767e00493668/$FILE/Ugandan+Amnesty+Act+2000.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc

Over 400,000 Rohingya are being forced to migrate from Myanmar. Hosts Seth Daire and JJ Janflone explain the context and how this makes the Rohingya, a stateless population, even more vulnerable. Rohingya have previously been subject to human trafficking while migrating, and International Organization for Migration noted that hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled violence in Myanmar are “at the mercy” of human traffickers.

Sources:

https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/rohingya-migrant-crisis

http://www.atimes.com/article/truth-behind-myanmars-rohingya-insurgency/

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/09/18/rohingya-muslims-being-wiped-off-myanmars-map.html

http://abcnews.go.com/International/us-increasing-aid-rohingya-crisis-32-million/story?id=49977167

https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/09/08/burma-rohingya-describe-military-atrocities

https://www.amnesty.org/en/press-releases/2015/10/southeast-asia-persecuted-rohingya-refugees-from-myanmar-suffer-horrific-abuses-at-sea/

http://www.brownpoliticalreview.org/2016/05/26753/

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40652012

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-rohingya-humantrafficking/rohingya-fleeing-myanmar-violence-at-mercy-of-traffickers-warns-u-n-idUSKCN1BV1V7

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/09/trump-urges-strong-swift-action-rohingya-170921013304717.html

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/08/rohingya-muslims-170831065142812.html

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/07/thai-court-deliver-verdict-people-smuggling-case-170719024750630.html

http://www.brownpoliticalreview.org/2016/05/26753/

https://www.voanews.com/a/rohingya-flee-myanmar-violence-mercy-human-traffickers-un-warns/4037444.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/27/rohingya-refugees-stuck-in-captivity-one-year-on

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