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

The government passed three bills on agriculture brazenly flouting parliamentary rules and ignoring the protesting farmers across the country.

Every step in the direction of opening agriculture to global trade – as announced in the three ordinances by the Modi government – is a step towards reducing domestic food availability.

On January 26, hundreds of farmers and activists marched in Passau, Bavaria, demanding radical transformation in the agricultural sector, including environment-friendly agricultural policies

The Okara farmland’s cultivators have been seeking ownership rights over the land for two decades. The Pakistani army has met these demands with violence and arrests

They demanded a special parliament session to discuss the agrarian crisis the country is facing.

Farmers in India are demanding a special session which will only discuss the plight of the farmers, and ways to address the severe agrarian crisis.

If approved by UN member states next month, the declaration will help farmers legally challenge agricultural policies, as well as the broader policy directions such as austerity and ‘free-trade’

The protest call was also supported by Dalit organisations and former servicemen to let the government know that the oppressed will not stand by quietly.

Many of those who participated in the march have faced the onslaught led by large landowners against the Venezuelan peasantry, which has worsened in the last two years

The ‘Admirable Peasants’ March’ is scheduled to arrive at Caracas on July 25, where they seek to hand over a document to President Nicolás Maduro

Nearly 80,000 hectares have been taken away from poor and marginalized farmers, who are struggling to make a living