Ending Slavery

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
There are an estimated 27 million people held in slavery worldwide, producing $13 billion in goods and services. In his book, Ending Slavery, Kevin Bales provides a six-point plan for eradicating forced labor on both a local and a global level.

Purchase Ending Slavery: How We Free Today's Slaves at amazon.com.

Event: Kevin Bales will be speaking and signing books
Friday, October 26 at 7 pm
Book Culture
536 West 112th Street, at Amsterdam Avenue

Visit Free the Slaves online.

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