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Further rumblings from the establishment over The Guardians expose of slavery in province

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Further to yesterday’s editorial denouncing the “lies, manipulation and stupidity of The Guardian” by our local Pravda, La Voz de Almería, the newspaper continues with this theme today, dedicating most of the front page, and pages 2-6 to the issue. The Guardian, in a piece written by Felicity Lawrence (view it here), claimed that “Charities working with illegal workers during this year’s harvest claim the abuses meet the UN’s official definition of modern-day slavery across Continue reading Further rumblings from the establishment over The Guardians expose of slavery in province→

The Guardian inflames province by accusing it of “modern day slavery” in the greenhouses

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The Guardian has run an inflammatory piece claiming that the produce in Almería’s greenhouses are produced by Africans working in “conditions of 16th century slavery”. Spain’s salad growers are modern-day slaves, say charities (The Guardian.co.uk). Charities working with illegal workers during this year’s harvest claim the abuses meet the UN’s official definition of modern-day slavery claims the article. Frankly, the article seems to be about spot on. This was picked up and run in Spain Continue reading The Guardian inflames province by accusing it of “modern day slavery” in the greenhouses→