Greetings,
On Thu, 19 Jun 1997, Gordon Taylor wrote:
> In response to the person who was wondering if the US was the last nation to
> abolish slavery: A number of Islamic nations OFFICIALLY maintained the
> "peculiar institution" into the 1960's, until world opinion forced them to stop
> the practice. Many Islamic nations still allow it to go on unofficially-for
> example, Sudan. (Where is Louis?) Of course, we have the example of the state
> slaveries of the twentieth century under Fascism and Communism. The crimes of
> Nazi Germany were long ago exposed. Communism has (mostly) been dumped on the
> ashbin of history, and as historian search through the newly open archives, we
> are learning more and more about the true cost of Communism. It is quite
> interesting to see how Wall Street all of a sudden had developed a love affair
> for the last major communist regime left. (The multi-nationale will exploit
>
> the human race?)
>
Of course, the world's most advanced system of wage-slavery is
right here in the U.S., the world's most so-called "democratic" country.
Shawgi Tell
Graduate School of Education
University at Buffalo
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