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The Slave Labor Scam Complex

By Erik Loomis

In General

On November 29, 2025

When you get stupid text messages and emails attempting to scam you ("Hey, do you want to hang out tonight?"), do you ever wonder, who the hell is behind this ridiculousness? It's especially sad given how successful this stuff is. In any case, the story...

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Slave Labor in the Green Economy

By Erik Loomis

On February 11, 2023

Too often, we hear something like "Either the climate is a crisis or it's not a crisis and if it's a crisis, then we have to plow ahead with a.

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Slave Labor and Solar Energy

By Erik Loomis

On May 19, 2022

Dayen has a good piece on the complex politics of the solar energy industry and how despite how it initially looks, it is essentially beholden to the Chinese. The Solar.

The American Gestapo and Its Slave Labor Force

By Erik Loomis

In General

On March 6, 2017

Oh, just violating the 13th Amendment. Tens of thousands of immigrants detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement were forced to work for $1 day, or for nothing at all — a violation of federal anti-slavery laws — a lawsuit claims. The lawsuit, filed in...