A couple of week’s ago in the Carnival of the Revolutions, I noted that there are still 12 million slaves in the world. Thankfully, there are people out there who are trying to do something about it.
Andrej Mucic, for example, will cycle 7,000 miles across Siberia, from Magadan in the Far East to Moscow in the West, to raise money for the American Anti-Slavery Group.
"I chose Siberia for a few reasons: (1) the legacy of the gulags, (2)
the English word for slave comes from the word Slav, and (3) many
Russians today are trafficked as slaves. I want to raise awareness in
the US about this issue and also in Russia. I’d like the Russians to
know that their suffering is being noticed by people very far away."
Visit his site, where you can find further details of Andrej’s route, and information on how you can donate.
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Skinnyb 12.24.05 at 3:30 am
Did Mucic make it to Moscow?
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