Slavery by Russia in Georgia

Forced labor is just a nice word for slavery. In 1930 at a United Nations Geneva conference the International Labour Organization declared it offical that slavery includes forced labor. Today, The Jerusalem Post reported that Russia was using forced labor on ethnic Georgians to clean up the aftermath of the war. (How about - you made the mess you clean it up?)

It's common knowledge that slavery exists in the dark hidden bowels of our "civilized" world. Antislavery.org reports that in 2002

8.4 million children are in slavery, trafficking, debt bondage and other forms of forced labour, forced recruitment for armed conflict, prostitution, pornography and other illicit activities.

And forced labor?

At least 12.3 million people* around the world are
trapped in a form of slavery known as forced labour.

Now the people of Georgia can join those figures thanks to Russia.

When such a massive region of political and economic influence openly uses forced labor it's time for the world to wake up and get a grasp on humanity. Actually, we should have done that centuries ago.

I'm personally recommending Caroline Glick's article on Nature of Man and "What does Moscow Want in Georgia" by Brenda Shaffer for anyone who is interested in learning more about the Georgia Russia conflict.

Statistics prove that we haven't learned much from our uncivilized past. Will power and greed always prevail? Do only the physically strong survive - or can strength be defined by intellectual, emotional, or humanitarian strength? Right now statistics are showing that physical strength wins. I wonder when we will be "civilized" enough (or smart enough) to use brains over braun so innocent civilians, especially children, can remain unscathed from political rivalry and greed.

Post Script August 21, 2008: Just found this link with some great pdf files on international conflict by Gary King Professor of Government at Harvard University: Evidence, Theories and Legal Ramifications of International Conflict

Statistics and Information on Georgia Russia conflict and oil can also be found at my blog post on Statistics on Oil and the Nations at War.

Statistics on Oil and the Nations at War

Oil and war go together like religion and war. The Georgia-Russia war is affecting some prime land for pipelines. For international energy statistics, the Global Education Project has facts, bar graphs and lots of stats on World Energy Supplies, and has an incredible amount of information on just about any physical aspect of the earth you can think of. The US has their Energy Information Administration website with "Official Energy Statistics" by the US government. And for a less biased report, BP has their "Statistical Review of World Energy". The International Energy Agency has some free statistics available for download - and some pricey statistics. You can search statistics by country at their website - and Georgia's profile offers more than a few free .pdf files with relevant data.

Where is all this leading? You can pay a visit to Earth Trends to find out. Maintained by the World Resources Institute, Earth Trends data tables identify trends in our earthly resources, including Energy and Resources. You can also review the free publications on energy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and review congressional testimonies. There's also free publications at the Centre for European Policy Studies.

The Energy Citations Database has a search engine to over 2.3 million research citations. The Information Bridge is a similar search engine, but on a broader range of topics. A search for "Georgia Russia" brought up over 1500 results, however "not available" was an attribute that was assigned to more than a few of them. Those two search engines are both gifts from the Office of Scientific and Technical Information by the US Department of Energy. They also have a Science Accelerator free to the public. Of course, don't forget Science.gov to find information from Astronomy to Zoology.

The search engine on our blog searches only websites with statistics, so you won't get bogged down with a list of stores and irrelevant results. All the websites listed above are included. Bookmark us so you can use our search engine for your research!

Now if someone could just use those statistics to lower the price of gas and end a few wars our kids would be much better off.

Post Script August 21, 2008: Statistics and theories on International Conflict and be found at Gary King Professor of Government at Harvard University: Evidence, Theories and Legal Ramifications of International Conflict

Also see my short blog post on Slavery of Georgians by Russians for more links and statistics on the Georgia Russia conflict and links to statistics on slavery.




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