Episode 50 - How Empires Gutted the Philippines: A Brief History

Published: Dec. 19, 2017, 6:47 p.m.

b'In this sequel to The Empire Files\\u2019 report on trafficked Filipina domestic workers, Damayan\\u2019s Linda Oalican provides a deeper context to the epidemic of human trafficking by guiding us through the history of colonialism, resistance and US domination of the islands. \\n\\nFrom the centuries of Spanish rule and decades of US brutality, through the evisceration of the Philippine economy, this episode is a must-watch primer on why human beings are now the nation\\u2019s top export. \\n\\nLISTEN TO PART I: http://bit.ly/2AYSrkr\\n\\nhttp://www.damayanmigrants.org\\n\\nFOLLOW // twitter.com/empirefiles\\nLIKE // facebook.com/theempirefiles'