Re-considering Trafficking in Human Beings

Trafficking in Human Beings: - Part of the larger system of exploitation of bodies and labour of others for the benefit of capitalist economies driven by consumption - Reflects the working of the power relations of the neo-liberal capitalist dominance - Reflects deep philosophical and practical contradictions between sustainability, respect for human rights and capitalism‟s mode of production - Is a symptom of the larger system of globalised exploitation of gendered and radicalised labour. - Cannot be eliminated on a symptomatic level - A long lasting solution: tighter state regulation of labour practices and critical consciousness among members of the general public attuned to local socioeconomic and political context