“We will give our chest to your bullets, but will not cede an inch of our land”: farmers resist city expansion in southern India
After blockading the state highway for 30 hours on the 426th day of the protest, farmers continue agitations against the acquisition of 9,600 acres of fertile, irrigated land to expand Bangalore city, capital of the southern Indian state of Karnataka.
Farmers accuse Indian government of sacrificing their future under US pressure and call for mass resistance
The Narendra Modi-led government withdrew tariffs on cotton imports. The decision is expected to affect millions of cotton growers in the country who have already been struggling for fair prices for decades now.
Farmers near victory after almost 1,200 days of protest against land acquisition in southern India
Under the cover of industrial development, the Karnataka state government is forcibly acquiring thousands of fertile acres of farmland for real estate profiteering, farmer leader Yashavantha told Peoples Dispatch.
Farmers launch an indefinite strike in India’s Karnataka state
Agricultural workers in India have been facing the onslaught of neoliberal economic policies and are demanding economic protections.
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