Behind the Rescue: Sex Work, Migration, and the 'Anti-Trafficking' Industry

Elene Lam, Chanelle Gallant, and Yves Tong Nguyen speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2022. This session was sponsored by Butterfly and Red Canary Song. Butterfly: https://linktr.ee/butterflysw Red Canary Song: https://www.redcanarysong.net How have the state, law enforcement and NGOs formed and benefited from an anti-migrant, carceral “anti-human trafficking industry” that exploits and harms sex workers, people of colour and migrants? A passionate conversation between abolitionist migrant sex work organizers Elene Lam and Chanelle Gallant, co-authors of the forthcoming book, Behind the Rescue, along with Yves Tong Nguyen of Red Canary Song. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on Soundcloud for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks