Episodes
This last miniseries episode dives into the complexities of global supply chains and the huge challenges involved in tracing cotton from the field to the clothing we wear. We speak to Patricia Jurewicz, founder and Vice President of the Responsible Sourcing Network and on the advisory committee of the Cotton Campaign about the supply chain and innovative approaches to traceability. With Sharon Waxman, we discuss other models for supply chain traceability as well as policy prescriptions to...
Published 12/18/20
This episode examines other examples of government-imposed forced labor, beyond Xinjiang. We speak to Bennett Freeman, an expert on business and human rights and a former US State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary, about the coalition that has made great strides in addressing government-imposed forced labor in Uzbekistan. We talk to Bennett as well as Penelope Kyritsis of the Workers Rights Consortium to better understand whether the tools used to make progress in Uzbekistan can be...
Published 12/11/20
To discuss potential solutions for Uyghur persecution in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, we first need to examine just who the Uyghur people are and the dire human rights situation that they face. Nury Turkel and Adrian Zenz take Amy to the cotton fields, labor camps, and workshops of China as they answer the important questions of how and why. How is the Chinese government surveilling and oppressing the Uyghur people, and why are they doing so?    Nury Turkel is a Commissioner to the U.S....
Published 12/03/20