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The Great Escape
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The Great Escape

A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America
PaperbackPaperback
EUR19,50

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An eye-opening, emotional page-turner that exposes our treatment of immigrants and the fallout from globalization, this astonishing story of 500 foreign workers from India lured here under false pretenses and entrapped in near slavery conditions is told by a visionary labor leader who devised a plan that would ultimately win these men citizenship.
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ISBN/GTIN978-1-64375-575-5
Product TypePaperback
BindingPaperback
FormatTrade paperback (US)
Publishing date16/01/2024
LanguageEnglish
SizeWidth 137 mm, Height 208 mm, Thickness 23 mm
Weight295 g
Article no.26369139
CatalogsLibri
Data source no.A46684340
Product groupBU730
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Saket Soni is labor organizer and the author of The Great Escape: A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America. He is the founder and director of Resilience Force, a national nonprofit that advocates for the rising workforce that rebuilds after climate disasters. He was profiled as an "architect of the next labor movement" in USA Today and named one of Fast Company's Most Creative People in Business for 2022. His work was the subject of a major New Yorker feature story  He has testified before Congress and at the United Nations. Originally from New Delhi, Saket lives in Washington, DC. Follow him on Twitter @saket_soni

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