MeFi post: All the news that's fit to print

Free the Slaves,* an modern-day anti-slavery NGO, worked a bit with Phinney over a year ago to put together a public outreach campaign, WarSlavery.org. Unfortunately, the US government had little response to the campaign, and public outrage never materialized in the way the organization thought it might.

For those of you interested in the backstory of the slavery in Iraq matter, you might like to check out the resources page at WarSlavery.org. There is tons of stuff to... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jacob at 10:34 AM on October 12, 2007

MeFi post: Media Speaks Out

Also poorly covered in the media: US military contractors' use of human trafficking in the Iraq rebuilding effort.

(Disclosure: that link is to a campaign site started by the nonprofit I work for. Announced on MeFi Projects here. Links to media coverage of the issue here.)
posted to MetaFilter by jacob at 1:31 PM on September 21, 2006