Thousands of Indian farmers start a long march to press for land rights
The farmers-led Communist Party of India (Marxist) has accused the ultra-right wing government in both the state and at the center of failure to implement existing laws protecting their rights.
Hundreds of thousands protest anti-labor legislation in India
Farmers joined the factory and public sector workers across the country on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the historic Delhi protests which had forced the extreme right wing government to withdraw anti-farmers laws
French farmers step up their siege of Paris, protesting low income and high costs
Farmers’ unions have called for a protest at the EU summit in Brussels on February 1, denouncing free trade agreements and the EU-instigated policies hampering their domestic markets
Thousands of farmers fear possible evictions in Pakistan’s Punjab province for planned megacity
The Ravi Riverfront Urban Development Project was initiated in August 2020 with the objective to address “issues of pollution, sewage, housing and employment.”
Pakistan’s Imran Khan govt. struggles with political crisis and IMF negotiations amid mass discontent
The Pakistani government’s discussions with the IMF have hit a roadblock after it reduced fuel prices and announced a tax amnesty. Meanwhile, opposition parties have called for a no-confidence motion
Farmers protest in Pakistan over fertilizer shortage and other issues, rally announced for February 14
The Pakistan Kissan Ittehad, which has been spearheading the farmers’ protests since November, has announced a Punjab State-wide strike action by farmers if the government fails to act upon their demands till February 20
At least 13 killed in US special operations forces raid in Syria and other stories
Today we look at the US special operations raid in Syria’s Idlib province, the death of 12 migrants near the Turkey-Greece border, and more
As farmers protest in Sri Lanka after fertilizer ban, experts warn of food crisis
Fresh protests by farmers took place on November 10 in the aftermath of the Rajapaksa government’s ban on chemical fertilizers earlier this year which has added to the country’s ongoing economic crisis
Indian farmers resolve to intensify their agitation following the killing of four protesters
Four protesting farmers were run over by a car that was part of a convoy linked to a Union Minister in Lakhimpur Kheri district in north Indian State of Uttar Pradesh. Farmers’ leaders have called it an attempt to derail the protest
One year of farm laws; here’s how protests unfolded
The three farm Bills were passed in Lok Sabha on September 17, 2020 , termed as ‘Black Day’ by farmers. In 10 days, these got Presidential assent.
Nowhere but in the struggle: Solidarity with India’s agricultural women workers
In the tradition of proletarian internationalism, working women and farmers from Tanzania express their solidarity with the women farmers of India who have been engaged in struggle for the last several months against pre-corporate farming bills from the Modi-led government
How India’s farmers’ protests could upend the political landscape
With elections coming up in several Indian states, Vijay Prashad explores the impact that the farmer’s protest and the government’s response to them could have on the correlation of forces






