by Emira Woods
The American icon, sponsor of the 2008 Super Bowl half-time show, runs the world’s largest rubber operations in Liberia. The country’s fertile soil and stable workforce brought Firestone to Liberia back in 1926. For 82 years, the company has secured a steady flow of rubber from Liberia to the United States through a system based on modern-day slavery. Continue reading ‘US: Firestone’s child slavery in Liberia and the Super Bowl’
