Excellent work by one of our contemporaries in the independent media:
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) published a report earlier this year showing Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang are being forced to work in the supply chains of at least 82 global giants in the technology, clothing and automotive sectors, including Apple, BMW, Gap, Huawei, Nike, Samsung, Sony and Volkswagen (full list of companies listed in the main Spotlight article, link below).
The BBC also recently published a report on their website showing Uygher slaves picking cotton in China’s Cotton fields. The BBC explain that they’ve seen documented evidence showing that close to half a million Uygher slaves have been forced into “the picking of a crop that accounts for a fifth of the world’s cotton supply and is used widely throughout the global fashion industry” and earlier this month the U.S. also took the decision to ban cotton imports from a major Xinjiang based producer after being made aware that the company had been using slaves to pick cotton.
It seems while outwardly expressing their solidarity for the Black Lives Matter movement, behind the scenes these companies are quite content to turn a blind eye to the fact that their Chinese supply chains are exploiting Uyhgur slaves and, all too often, we see that they appear to be happy to take a reactive rather than a proactive approach when it comes to dealing with exploitation.
When so many major global brands feel this at ease exploiting slave labour, perhaps, there was never a better time for a global Peace and Justice movement to unite and empower all the exploited people of the world? If you’d like to join and support Jeremy Corbyn’s global ‘Project for Peace and Justice’, please go to https://thecorbynproject.com/ and sign up today.
READ… THE FULL ARTICLE HERE: https://spotlight-newspaper.co.uk/business/12/30/82-major-brands-have-slaves-working-in-their-supply-chains/
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