“Addressing Modern Slavery” book cover
In my last update I mentioned the book Addressing Modern Slavery, by Justine Nolan and Martijn Boersma, and that I had written a review of that book. That review has now been published in the Journal of Human Trafficking.
Apart from summarising Nolan and Boersma’s book, my review also includes a critique of the strategy that currently dominates the anti-slavery movement. The book reflects the same strategy that lies behind Australia’s recent anti-slavery legislation, namely checking supply chains to identify and deal with any labour exploitation. I am sceptical about the effectiveness of that strategy and suggest that we need to spend more time considering the motives of slave owners and traffickers.
You can see other stuff I’ve written about slavery at Matt’s Opus.
—Matt