Thailand's "Harvest of Shame"


Although <A HREF="http://www.ipsnews.net/africa/interna.asp?idnews=25110" TARGET="_BLANK">recent news</A> touts offical progess, waves of migrant labor wash through Thailand suffering oppression far exceding what Edward Murrow uncovered in his famous and final documentary <A HREF="http://www.galaninc.com/press/prharvest.phtml" TARGET="_BLANK">"Harvest of Shame"</A>.


The recent shrimp boom has created more jobs in Thailand than natives can fill, encouraging the scramble of refugees from Burma.

One point of distinction of this new wave of migrant labor is the steady supply of amphetamines that follows close behind them.


waves of migrant labor wash across the "Friendship Bridge" between Burma and Thailand. They seek the jobs