Last week we explored some of the conditions of the record number of slaves all across our world today. But to really understand the issue, we need to look at the systems that create and depend upon this cheap form of exploited labor - and to do that we turn our conversation to logistics.

No other force has reshaped our world as much as modern day logistics. From it's humble beginnings with the shipping container to redefining national security and our very political borders today, the massive power of shipping goods from A to B has dramatically changed the world - often for worse. This week we explore some of the effects of this force and the workers that get caught up in the process.

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Chapters

00:19 Paris Transforms

05:00 Military and Logistics

07:37 Logistics Transforms the World

14:45 Flags of Convenience

17:36 Cruise of Convenience

22:22 Speeding Up Goods and Death

24:53 Driving Faster Logistics

41:25 Security of Logistics

55:42 Workers are Threats

59:15 Borders are Threats

1:01:38 Democracy and Pirates

1:08:15 What Can We Do?

Recommended Reading

Additional Reading (Honorable Mentions)

ICE Detainee Labor

Legal Indentured Servitude

Thailand Slave Ships

Quotes About Military and Logistics

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Published 16-08-2018 22:54