Farmers lead shutdown across India to mark 4 months of protest and other stories

Today we take a look at a nationwide shutdown led by farmers in India, a controversial voting bill passed in Georgia, US, the annual Peasant March in Paraguay, the results of Israel’s parliamentary elections, and reports of the Indian government placing restrictions on exports of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

March 26, 2021 by Peoples Dispatch

In today’s episode of the Daily Round-up we take a look at a nationwide shutdown led by farmers in India to mark 4 months of protests, a controversial voting bill passed in the state of Georgia in the United States denounced by activists as a tactic of voter suppression, the annual Peasant March in Paraguay and the ongoing protests against the government, the results of Israel’s parliamentary elections, and reports of the Indian government placing restrictions on exports of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.