Slavery in the American Prison-Industrial-Complex in the 21st Century

Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands

 

Note by Fazal Rahman

This article describes some of the reality of Prison-Industrial-Complex (PIC) in the US, which, as stated by many of its victims, is continuation of slavery in the 21^st Century.  As is the common and routine practice in all politico-economic matters here, law enforcement, government, and corporate officials – the beneficiaries of exploitation of such slave labor – not only try to cover it up, but justify, rationalize, and moralize it.  This is one of innumerable manifestations of the sinister reality of American capitalist-imperialist “democracy”, which has created hundreds of millions of clones thumping their chests about being free, democratic, advanced, and exceptional.  They are exceptional indeed, but not in the way they imagine.

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