A little light reading...

This is in bullet list form... try to contain your excitement!

http://revcom.us/a/v23/1120-29/1125/timeline.htm

and this is from fox news and a purely opinion article but I thought it was interesting to think about... take what you want from it!

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/02/23/shift-stance-middle-east/

Readings for March 1st

A brief history of American interventions in the Middle East prior to 9/11:
Why Do They Hate Us?

Anything on http://Antiwar.com/ or http://lewrockwell.com/ (Articles on foreign policy specifically: http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig2/peace-arch.html) is a great resource as well, although not required.

IRIN Africa | SOMALIA: Human trafficking on the increase | Somalia | Children | Human Rights

IRIN Africa | SOMALIA: Human trafficking on the increase | Somalia | Children | Human Rights

Sex Trafficking in Africa Continued

Hey Everyone,

Here is another fact sheet I found from the 2010humantraffic.org web site. I would recommend checking out this website. It is a wealth of information and will probably help you formulate your discussion questions for Tuesday night.

http://www.2010humantraffic.org/

The Fact Sheet: http://www.2010humantraffic.org/documentation/STOP-Human-Trafficking.pdf

If you go on the 2010humantraffic.org website watch video 1 and 2. They are short and interesting.

Video 1: http://www.2010humantraffic.org/video1.htm

video 2: http://www.2010humantraffic.org/video2.htm

Thanks,

J.J.

Sex Trafficking in Africa

Displacing Diaspora is an article that Maha had suggested for my independent study on women in the developing world and I think it would be a good article for us to read in this class.

"Nigerian sex slave rescue from Mali 'fails'"

"USAID Anti-Trafficking In Persons Programs in Africa: A Review" gives a good overview of USAID and Anti-Trafficking programs in Africa. Read pages 1-7 to get an introduction to the situation. If you would like, read more but I think that just the first 7 pages will be good to get an idea of the problem.

Also, here is a fact sheet I found with basic information on it.

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking/about/fact_sex.pdf

South Africa's New Slave Trade and the Campaign to Stop It

Hey Everyone,

It was great meeting all of you tonight and I think this is going to be an interesting six week class for all of us. I hope we all learn a lot. Here's one article I found about Sex Trafficking in South Africa. It is from Time.com and is a short and interesting read. Hope you all enjoy!

J.J.

South Africa's New Slave Trade and the Campaign to Stop It