VALENTINE CHOCOLATE? STOP! CAROL OFF ON MODERN SLAVERY IN THE GLOBAL CHOCOLATE INDUSTRY (MF GALAXY 064)
A MAJOR ECONOMIC DRIVER IN EUROPEAN GLOBAL CONQUEST, A CANADIAN-FRENCH JOURNALIST ASSASSINATED FOR INVESTIGATING BIG CHOCOLATE, COCOA MONEY LAUNDERING IN NEW YORK, AND IMF/WORLD BANK ECONOMIC MANIPULATION In wealthy countries, chocolate is part of daily life. We give it as the generic token of affection at Christmas. On Valentine’s Day we send it as a sign of romantic love. When we need a mood booster or something to staunch our hunger, we grab a chocolate bar. In recent years, it’s become a staple of corporate journalism to report on the supposed health benefits of consuming chocolate, or chocolate’s alleged power as an aphrodisiac, or how it produces near-orgasmic effects on brain chemistry. But what almost no one in the wealthy countries realises is that chocolate is not simply big flavour or even big business, but a big, gaping wound in the body of human rights. The world’s number one supplier of cocoa beans is Ivory Coast, a country whose cocoa farmers routinely empl...