The Leonard Lopate Show
Ending Slavery
There are an estimated 27 million people held in slavery worldwide, producing $13 billion in goods and services. In his book, Ending Slavery, Kevin Bales provides a six-point plan for eradicating forced labor on both a local and a global level.
Purchase Ending Slavery: How We Free Today's Slaves at amazon.com.
Event: Kevin Bales will be speaking and signing booksFriday, October 26 at 7 pm
Book Culture
536 West 112th Street, at Amsterdam Avenue
Visit Free the Slaves online.
How about slavery in China in prison labor and otherwise?
Can you ask him about current US slavery?
From the number of comments, what a non-sexy topic for most listeners? Ironically when half of the slaves in the world are sex slaves, I believe the guest said. I guess that is why slavery exists, because those lucky enough not to be slaves, like those who are lucky enough not to be homeless, cannot even fathom what it would be like, and just don't want to know about it.
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