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Slavery Today: A Clear and Present Danger

by: Matt Renner, t r u t h o u t | Report

McDonald's forced workers to burn the rainforest for low-cost food production. (Greenpeace)
McDonald's forced workers to burn the rainforest for low-cost food production. (Greenpeace)

    Slavery never ended in the United States; it continues here and across the globe, facilitated by globalization, corruption and greed. There are more people enslaved today - controlled by violence and forced to work without pay - than at any time in human history. »

Sign showing the distance between Damascus and to the Israeli prime minister's office.

Israel, Syria Resume Peace Talks After Eight-Year Break

by: Josef Federman, The Associated Press

    Jerusalem - Israel and Syria unexpectedly announced Wednesday the resumption of peace talks after an eight-year break, saying they have been speaking indirectly through Turkish mediators "in order to achieve the goal of comprehensive peace."

    The long-time adversaries each have something to gain from the dialogue. Israel wants to reduce Syrian support for anti-Israel militants in Gaza and Lebanon, while Syria is eager to improve ties with the U.S. and end its international isolation.

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Handcuffed and drugged for deportation.

Homeland Security's Emerging Immigration Police State

by: Joshua Holland, AlterNet

    Forced drugging. Abuse. Death. That's what workplace-based immigration enforcement without deeper reform looks like.

    Last week, hundreds of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, flanked by helicopters, a trail of SUVs and a convoy of buses, descended on the tiny town of Postville, Iowa. They set up a perimeter around the 60-acre kosher meat-processing plant operated by the global giant Agriprocessors, Inc. and conducted the largest »