SAGE News Clips: Slave Labor ShrimpDescription: Unnamed and unidentified Burmese migrants work illegally in Thailand's "shrimp sheds." Workers are paid $1.00 at most, but sometimes they are paid nothing at all. Many fear being killed by the other Burmese workers under the thumb of the bosses. As one migrant worker states: "They always told us if we don't work, they would shoot us." Shrimp peeled in Thailand end up on "all-you-can-eat" seafood buffets in the United States. AP reporters found that shrimp peeled by migrants in unsafe and hazardous working conditions have ended up in grocery stores in all 50 states. The U.S. State Department has not banned these products made by "slave labor" due to so-called loopholes.Click on the above link to access the Interactive eBook. Once you've
signed in, scroll to page 340 and watch the video. When you've finished watching the video, come back to the test and answer the following questions:To Karl Marx, the exploitation of migrant workers is predictable under a system of ______.
A. communism
B. capitalism
C. socialism
D. democracy
Answer: B
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