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Re:The perpetuation of bonded labor in Pakistan by dash2 on Thursday December 26, 2019 @11:37AM (#21884937)
Maybe focus on the doable rather than on grand structural reforms. Pakistan could be pressured to improve legal protections for labourers. There could be land redistribution or a redistributive welfare state. All of these have happened in other developing countries, without world revolution or armed struggle.
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Re:The perpetuation of bonded labor in Pakistan by baybal2 on Thursday December 26, 2019 @01:40PM (#21885743)
Bonded labour has been outlawed multiple times on paper.

There were some show trials of kiln owners.

Believe me or not, a lot of bonded labourers are so down on the bottom that they don't even know that they can sue their usurers in the court.

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