Farmers’ protest in India
Indian farmers march on Delhi to protest unfulfilled demands

Thousands of farmers mobilized on Tuesday to raise longstanding demands including a Minimum Support Price for produce, loan waivers, and the scrapping of the Electricity Amendment Bill. As farmers approached the barricaded border between Punjab and Haryana, they were met with tear gas and water cannons.

The suffocation of democracy in India

Attacks on the progressive Indian news outlet NewsClick coincided with the suspension of 141 opposition members of Indian parliament, both constituting serious attacks on Indian democracy

Indian workers and farmer stage historic three-day protest

The three-day nationwide protest called by central trade unions and farmers’ organizations against government policies concluded on November 28 with a call to defeat the ruling BJP in the 2024 elections if key demands are not met

Land, climate, and corporate greed: Indian farmers raise their voices on pivotal issues

Ashok Dhawale, president of the farmers’ organization, AIKS, talks about their movements across the country and identifies the issues that bind these struggles. He also talks about the political dimensions of the farmers’ protests

MKSS famers workers rally India Indian workers and farmers unite against Modi government’s ‘Corporate-Sectarian Nexus’

On April 5, 100,000 workers, farmers, and agricultural workers held a unity rally in Delhi in rejection of the pro-corporate, anti-poor policies and sectarian politics of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party

Daily Round-Up | Indian farmers’ protest concludes with victory and other stories

In this episode, we bring you stories of a victorious farmers’ march in India, a protest over energy sovereignty in Mexico, and journalists condemning repression in Bangladesh

Daily Round-Up: US findings on murder of Shireen Abu Akleh condemned & other stories

In today’s episode, we bring you stories from the probe into the killing of a Palestinian journalist by Israel, Canada’s agreements with First Nations, farmers’ protests in India, and a new law in Bolivia

Millions across India protest Modi government’s anti-worker policies and other stories

Today we look at the landmark 2-day general strike by Indian workers; a 2nd failed vacancy motion against Peru’s President Castillo, and more

Looking back at the first all-India general strike of 1982

Every year, trade unions commemorate the all-India strike of 1982 which was also supported by farmers’ movements. This year’s events will be especially significant as they seek to cement worker-farmer unity ahead of a major strike in February

Dispatches from India: 1 year of the farmers’ struggle

In this episode, we take a look at the controversial decision to allot in land in Kashmir for paramilitary forces, the issues faced by farmers in the State of Uttar Pradesh and the farmers’ movement which completed 1 year

Xiomara Castro set for historic win in Honduras presidential election and other stories

Today we look at the results of a major presidential election in Honduras, an appeal by nurses asking the UN to investigate countries blocking the TRIPS waiver, and more

‘Our struggle has proved Modi is not invincible’

On November 26, farmers celebrated an year of their struggle. The one year anniversary comes a few days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced he will be repealing the three controversial farm laws the farmers have been protesting against.