Slavery in the free world
From Reuters: The dream of a free world becomes a nightmare of modern day slavery in Ken Loach’s latest film, about migrant workers trying to eke out a living in Britain where they are exploited and abused. The 71-year-old British director brings his trademark gritty socialist style and themes to the Venice film festival, where the ironically titled “It’s a Free World” is in competition. . .
Loach said he wanted to shed light on the fate of the thousands of economic migrants, many from Eastern Europe, who arrive in Britain each year in search of a better life. “There is an established consensus in our country … that this is progress, that this is the way things always have to be, and that there is no alternative,” Loach said. . .
The question: Is migrant labor slavery? Is our country engaged in the slave trade?