slavery: a capitalist parable | mickey z.

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mickey z. -- world news trust

april 5, 2013

in the most remote regions of brazil…

slave labor is employed to cut down grand swaths of the precious rain forest to make room for
growing eucalyptus, which is then burned by male slaves

male slaves,
who exploit the body, mind, and spirit of female slaves forced into prostitution

male slaves,
who help make charcoal for the steel mills of brazil

brazil,
where the poorest of the poor toil for wages that do not sustain them so steel can be shipped to
a general motors plant in mexico (gm is one of the largest employers south of the border)

mexico,
where the poorest of the poor endure maquiladora conditions so automobile parts can then be
shipped to a gm plant in the united states. (roughly half of what is termed “trade” consists of business
transactions between branches of the same transnational corporation)

the united states,
where the poorest of the poor proudly take on imposing debt to possess a car “made in the u.s.a.”
so they can clog the highways that were paved over innumerable eco-systems, filling the air with
noxious pollution as they make their way to the drive-thru window of an anti-union fast food
restaurant that purchased the beef of slaughtered cattle that once grazed on land cleared by male
slaves who exploited the body, mind, and spirit of female slaves in the most remote regions of
brazil.

#shifthappens

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Mickey Z. is the author of 11 books, most recently the novel Darker Shade of Green. Until the laws are changed or the power runs out, he can be found on an obscure website called Facebook.

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