Farmers call off ‘Long March’, after state government accepts demands
In a major victory for the farmers, the state government gave written assurance accepting all the fifteen demands put forward, including one to increase land parcels in forest zones
India’s farmers march again
Over 80,000 farmers are taking part in the second Kisan Long March that began on February 20. The march was launched after the State government failed to honor any of the promises it made following the first march in 2018
Farmers protest loan policy in Punjab
Farmers are protesting against the banks’ practice of demanding blank checks from farmers for disbursal of loans, which is often used to incarcerate them when a loan payment fails
A glimpse of people’s movements in 2018
As 2018 comes to a close, at People’s Dispatch, we take a look into various people’s movements and resistances across the globe.
India’s urban and rural working class to embark on two day nationwide strike in January
The shutdown in rural India coinciding with the trade union’s strike will unite the farmers and workers to challenge the pro-corporate and anti-people rule of far right BJP government.
- At COP25, Indigenous rights groups protest proposed tar sands mine
- Morales’ MAS defines strategy for elections and a solution to the political crisis
- Winter evictions lead to protests by tenants in Glasgow
- Israel’s third election since April shows fractures in polity
- Peace activists protest docking of Saudi ship at Spain’s Sagunto port
