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...MOST modern citizens, brutal stories of slave labor are historical remembrances of the Pyramids or the Deep South. But for the four million Soviet prisoners--including 10,000 political dissidents--who have cleared forests, manufactured consumer goods, and even built entire cities, forced labor is a chilling reality...
William von Raab, the U.S. Commissioner of Customs, broke that silence earlier this month when he urged the Administration to ban the importation of Soviet products manufactured with the help of slave labor. Federal law already prohibits the importing of goods produced" wholly, or in part, in any foreign country by convict labor and or forced labor." But this rule has never been enforced. And despite von Raab's urgent request, it remains unclear whether the Administration would pursue such a ban given the President's reluctance in pursuing economic sanctions. Even the tidal wave of public outcry over...
...journey raises more questions than answers, and the questions plague the Chinese themselves. Why are some young women working in dust-free plants while others slave at muscle work? Who shall be privileged to join at the cutting edge of new enterprise, who left behind? How much relief from suffering can the Zhongyang give its people now, without stealing time and resources from the China of tomorrow...
Using slogans that often crop up in his speeches, he concluded: "Turn on Reagan. Turn to each other. Our day has come. March on! Don't let them break your spirit. We will rise, never to fall again! From slave ship to championship! From the outhouse to the statehouse to the courthouse to the White House! We will march on! March on! March on! Our time has come!" The crowd cheered enthusiastically, breaking into the chant that follows Jackson at black and integrated gatherings almost everywhere these days: "Run, Jesse, run! Run, Jesse, run!" Jackson stepped back...
...Nicodemus-named for a legendary black on the second slave ship from Africa, who later bought his freedom-HABS is less concerned with the buildings than with the homesteaders who built them. Increasingly devoid of people and a reason for being, Nicodemus, the only remaining black settlement in Kansas, is almost literally drying up and blowing away in the dusty prairie winds. Before it does, the HABS team is drawing a reconstructed plan of the town during its heyday and chronicling its social and cultural history. Says Team Member Ruth Pharr, 24, a British archaeologist studying at Kansas State: "This...