Re: [Goanet] child labour in India
Which are the organisations involved in advocating for the boycott of goods produced using child labour?? --- Marlon Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cornel, Child labor was alive and well in socialist India as well. This has nothing to do with capitalism. While no one should condone child labor, one should realize that it is the children's parents in many cases who have sold them to virtual slavery. Furthermore, it is India's 50 years of its socialist legacy that failed to make basic education accessible for all. Marlon --- cornel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Elizabeth Re my brief post on extensive child labour and virtual slavery in India for the production of consumer goods in today's capitalist India, I forgot to add that I am ashamed to be an Indian on this count and am working with people here who are endeavouring to boycott goods produced by children as young as five. This could paradoxically hurt those very children and their families but ways and means of getting over this new hurdle are being explored so that the children can manage to get to schools instead of factories. Other groups are focussing on similar situations elsewhere. Cornel _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org) _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org) __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
Re: [Goanet] child labour in India
Cornel, Child labor was alive and well in socialist India as well. This has nothing to do with capitalism. While no one should condone child labor, one should realize that it is the children's parents in many cases who have sold them to virtual slavery. Furthermore, it is India's 50 years of its socialist legacy that failed to make basic education accessible for all. Marlon --- cornel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Elizabeth Re my brief post on extensive child labour and virtual slavery in India for the production of consumer goods in today's capitalist India, I forgot to add that I am ashamed to be an Indian on this count and am working with people here who are endeavouring to boycott goods produced by children as young as five. This could paradoxically hurt those very children and their families but ways and means of getting over this new hurdle are being explored so that the children can manage to get to schools instead of factories. Other groups are focussing on similar situations elsewhere. Cornel _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org) _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
Re: [Goanet] child labour in India
Dear Cornel, Bravo to you! I don't know if you've watched the documentary Born in a Brothel, I highly recommend it. It doesn't deal with child labour at all but as the title states it's about children born to Indian prostitutes. What struck me is, when these children were given opportunities two things happened, a) some parents snatched the opportunity right back from them b)some showed such phenomenal talent that it broke my heart; but for an accident of birth their potential will remain buried. Elisabeth - --- cornel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Elizabeth Re my brief post on extensive child labour and virtual slavery in India for the production of consumer goods in today's capitalist India, I forgot to add that I am ashamed to be an Indian on this count and am working with people here who are endeavouring to boycott goods produced by children as young as five. This could paradoxically hurt those very children and their families but ways and means of getting over this new hurdle are being explored so that the children can manage to get to schools instead of factories. Other groups are focussing on similar situations elsewhere. Cornel _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org) __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
