Progressive platforms that focus on providing for the basic needs of people are seeing success across the world.
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The success of basic income pilots in the US has been followed by efforts to kill such programmes. The rich are scared.
Lee Jae-myung’s progressive platform in the presidential race could give transformative politics a boost globally.
Ensuring a steady supply of food will not help people if they cannot afford to buy it.
If we want to promote freedom for all, might a universal basic income be a better way forward?
Western media misrepresent voluntary child labour as slavery.
Modern-day ‘abolitionists’ need to frame labour exploitation so that it fits the narrative of their funding sources.
![Although normal people experience genuine moral outrage at the suffering of the exploited workers, their outrage is diverted from sustained political action in favour of those workers, writes Howard [Getty Image]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/201451473433622734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Are trafficking, slavery and forced labour actually necessary for maintaining liberal capitalism?
![Some people might willingly enter into forced labour circumstances because of poverty and desperation, argues Howard [Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014417134513429580_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
