Our last ever series on openDemocracy’s Beyond Trafficking & Slavery launched today.
It’s all about solidarity and we’ve got an amazing line up.
Feels good to leave on a more positive and hopeful note. Enjoy!
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Next out in our final @beyondslavery.bsky.social feature is this brilliant piece by Jake Hall about Wages for Housework.
An important historical lens on solidarities beyond silos on the global stage, and the legacies of this trailblazing movement.
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Next up in our solidarities feature, this vital piece on blindspots and tensions around trade union organising to support seasonal workers.
By the brilliant @mellino.bsky.social as a collab between @beyondslavery.bsky.social & @tbij.bsky.social
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The 1970s movement paved the way for queer, Black, trans and sex working feminist organising across the world today
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Far-right bullies are on the rise, and exploitation will likely rise with them. Cross-movement organising is the only way out
Help us win an award! Beyond Trafficking and Slavery has just been nominated for Freedom United's annual awards in the Storytelling for Freedom category. It's people's choice-style, so cast your votes and tell your friends. Thank you! www.freedomunited.org/2026-for-fre...
Freedom United’s 2026 For Freedom Awards highlight exceptional work mobilizing communities, raising awareness and driving change.
Our final editorial: THANK YOU to everyone who helped us make BTS a success over the past 11 years. We will forever be in your debt, and we will miss you! Take care.
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‘An indictment of the trade union movement’: Why no one is organising seasonal workers
After 11 years of publishing, the team at Beyond Trafficking and Slavery is moving on to new projects. Thank you for joining us!
We wondered how the US govt has evolved internally on anti-trafficking, so we asked Luis Cdebaca – one of the people who helped set it all up
Radical feminists and religious groups got into bed together once. Now they're broadening the affair, says @gaatw.bsky.social www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...