Interview: Gandhi on Human Trafficking

Each week, I will be bringing you a new interview with a formerly-active activist or abolitionist, that is, someone now deceased.  I'll be talking to the men and women who paved the way for the abolitionists of today and getting their thoughts on the problems and solutions of modern-day slavery.  How do I contact not just the dead, but the famous and dead?  Every good blogger must have her secrets!

This week..... Gandhi

How's the afterlife treating you?

Sweet. The portions are very moderate.

For those non-biography readers out there, how about you tell me a little about yourself.

I was a political activist and leader of the Indian movement for independence from the British and a champion for home rule. I embraced the concept of ahimsa or total non-violence as a form of civil disobedience.  I eventually led India to independence in 1947 and preached peace and unity for all people.

What do you think is the biggest problem in the modern-day abolitionist movement?

We are too apt to let our differences divide us instead of allowing our similarities to unite us.  Abolitionists must work together, regardless of religion, political affiliations, race or other factors.  We are all working for freedom.

If you were alive, what would you do to fight slavery?

I would bring together abolitionists from every possible country and creed, and together, I would ask them to give up both the prejudices and their possessions so that they may fight this global injustice.

Any last thoughts for our readers?

During my life, as you know, I walked barefoot most of the time, which produced an impressive set of calluses on my feet.  I also ate very little, which made me rather frail and suffer from bad breath. And together, all of these attributes made me.....

A super callused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis!