Cocoa and Child Slavery

http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2005-08-08/cocoa-and-child-slavery

Listen Monday, Aug. 8, 2005 at 1:06 p.m. in Economy, Society

It's sweet, sugary...and scandalous? For many Americans, chocolate is connected to indulgence and pleasure. But human rights advocates say chocolate has a darker side. In West Africa scores of children are forced to harvest the cocoa beans that make our chocolate. A look at the issue of forced labor and the chocolate industry.

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Guests

Lowell Satre

author of "Chocolate on Trial: Slavery, Politics, and the Ethics of Business"

Jolene Smith

Executive Director, Free the Slaves

Natacha Thys

Associate General Counsel, International Labor Rights Fund

Eliot Engel

Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives (D-NY)

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