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A cartoon from United Irishman in 1975 on American adoptions of Vietnamese children.

United Irishman was the newspaper of Official Sinn Féin.

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A cartoon depicting a number of Vietnamese children on a display stand labelled "Vietnam Orphan Souvenirs", "Remember your stay in Vietnam forever" and "Limited supply". An American couple, identified by a "USA" label on a carry-bag, are pointing at one of the children. It is captioned "That one would look nice in the den."
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The history of child human trafficking always hides heartbreak

https://factsanddetails.com/southeast-asia/Vietnam/sub5_9c/entry-3392.html

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/sep/19/catholic-church-sold-child

https://www.history.com/news/magdalene-laundry-ireland-asylum-abuse

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4352372/Haunting-images-everyday-life-Magdalene-Laundries.html

ADOPTIONS IN VIETNAM, PROBLEMS WITH THE TRADE AND CHILD SMUGGLING | Facts and Details

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The article in which this cartoon appears can be read in United Irishman, Vol. 33, No. 7 on our website: https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/view/1736/?page=14

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View Document: United Irishman, Vol. 33, No. 7 - Sinn Féin [Official]

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In 2007 the Cedar Lounge Revolution  decided to initiate and host the Irish Left Online Document Archive. This was intended to be an online archive of materials relating to the Irish left with documents, leaflets, pamphlets, posters and newspapers from the latter half of the 20th century placed online in PDF format, freely accessible and easy to download for those who are interested…

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