Australian think tank ASPI found linked to prison labor, human trafficking
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US prison labour, foreign weapons-makers finance Australian government think tank ASPI
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute is not only funded by the Defence Department but also receives sponsorship money from foreign governments, weapons manufacturers, and US corporations that have used or are using prison workers paid as little as 23 cents an hour. Marcus Reubenstein reports.
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— Read on www.afr.com/policy/foreign-affairs/the-think-tank-behind-australia-s-changing-view-of-china-20200131-p53wgp
Neoliberals trying to avoid helping out the plebs, again! Maybe if they’d stop funding crap like this, they could repair the infrastructure?!
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