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Estimated thousands trapped in Australian farm slavery

The fruit, vegetables and meat in Australian's fridges are often picked or processed by migrant workers, who are highly vulnerable to modern slavery.

AAP

Tributes paid to ‘trailblazer’ academic Sir Geoff Palmer after death aged 85

Scotland’s first black professor was hailed as being a ‘courageous voice for justice and equality’.

Evening Standard

Popular central London restaurant accused of exploiting illegal workers amid 'modern slavery' claims

Fei Er Cottage has failed to pay a £180,000 fine for hiring illegal workers, the Home Office said

Evening Standard

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Eyes on Senate Republicans as Trump and Musk feud over tax and spend bill

Lawmakers still weighing whether to pass ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ at root of rift between US president and tech boss

The Guardian - US

'Kill Bill': Elon Musk urges Americans to rebel against president’s policy, but White House says his 'debt slavery' claims are a hoax

The White House said claims that the "One Big Beautiful Bill" will increase national debt are a "hoax."

Fortune

55 Historical ‘Facts’ That Are Inaccurate Or Completely Untrue

What else have we been lied to about?

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Brazil just sued Tesla’s biggest competitor from China for worker conditions ‘analogous to slavery’

Some 31 people were forced to share a single bathroom in at least one worker dormitory.

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Harvard University agrees to transfer ownership of slavery photographs

The photographs of a father and daughter have sparked conversations about the legacy of slavery and who profits from it.

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James Bradley’s thrilling, unsettling crime novel is set in a flooded Sydney in 2050

James Bradley is a brilliant writer of fiction, nonfiction and poetry. His recent book Deep Water (2024) is an elegiac essay in response to the wonders of the planet’s oceans. It celebrates undersea mysteries and the marvels of the surface, denounces the slavery and oppression connected with trade routes, and…

The Conversation

Why a plantation house fire ignited a heated debate over slavery’s legacy

A fire that engulfed a mansion at Louisiana’s Nottoway Plantation, destroying one of the largest remaining pre-Civil War houses where scores of enslaved Africans labored, has sparked joy and anger online

The Independent UK

Video of the Nottoway Plantation fire sparks jubilation. It's about anger and pain over slavery, too

A fire that engulfed a mansion at Louisiana’s Nottoway Plantation, destroying one of the largest remaining pre-Civil War houses in the Deep South where scores of enslaved Africans labored, has sparked mass jubilation and consternation

The Independent UK

Layton Williams breaks down at discovering family connection to slavery

Actor and Strictly Come Dancing contestant Layton Williams was moved to tears during an episode of the genealogy series Who Do You Think You Are? as he uncovered a personal connection to the history of slavery in his family.

The Independent UK

France expands slavery remembrance with memorial in Paris suburb

France on Saturday marks its National Memorial Day for Slavery and Its Abolitions. The town of Arcueil in the Paris suburbs is unveiling a commemorative stele – part of broader national efforts to create more memorial sites that acknowledge the country's role in slavery.

Radio France Internationale

Modern slavery victims opt to stay with exploiters for fear of deportation, research finds

Exclusive: Act found to be failing as hostile immigration policies deter trafficking victims from seeking help

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The Conversation

Friday essay: I work as a sensitivity reader – and racism is harder to spot than you’d think

If I asked you to picture a racist, I know exactly what you’d envision. A white hood, or someone screaming slurs, or a person praising slavery.

The Guardian - UK

‘Blood timber’: western firms fuel conflict and ‘slavery’ in Colombia

Trade in uncertified hardwood illegally logged in Chocó rainforest and imported by US and Europe is financing paramilitaries, says Environmental Investigation Agency

The Guardian - US

Love endures all, including slavery and the pandemic. I wanted to show how

In early 2020, separated from my family and friends during the pandemic, I made up my mind to write a love story

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This Instagram Account Educates People By Explaining The Best History Memes Out There (23 Pics)

If history textbooks were more like this Instagram account, maybe more kids would open them. Or at least try to.

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The Independent UK

More women than men in contacts to anti-slavery charity helpline for first time

The rise is thought to be partly down to an increase in exploitation of migrant women in the care sector, Unseen said.

The Conversation

Black style and resistance: The Met Gala, dandyism and blackface in Canada

In her groundbreaking book, Canada and the Blackface Atlantic: Performing Slavery, Conflict and Freedom, 1812-1897, Cheryl Thompson, professor of performance at Toronto Metropolitan University, maps the transnational flow of minstrel culture and racial ideologies, revealing how blackface performance — and the racism it reflects — was not strictly an American…

AAP

Labour hire companies exploiting slavery rule gaps

Australian workers in "modern slavery" conditions are being exploited by their employers, left in debt and often assaulted, an inquiry has been told.

The Guardian - US

‘Morally repugnant’: Brazilian workers sue coffee supplier to Starbucks over ‘slavery-like conditions’

Brazil has been the world’s leading coffee producer due to the forced labour of enslaved Africans and Afro-Brazilians

The Guardian - US

Trump cuts federal grants to plantation museum focused on reality of slavery

Whitney Plantation has two grants for Black history and culture terminated in ‘furtherance of president’s agenda’

The Guardian - US

Hurricane-hit Grenadians see climate change and reparations as one struggle

Island country deals with drought and hurricane damage as it pushes for reparations from countries that benefited from slavery

Euronews

Caught on camera: French cinema finally reckons with its colonial past

For years, French cinema has ignored stories that dealt with France’s colonial history, but something is now changing.

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