Farmers Protest in India

Living in Epoch-Defining Times: Food, Agriculture and the New World Order

January 18, 2022 UNAC Editor Agroecology, Capitalism, Global Economics, GMO Argriculture

by Colin Todhunter, published on Countercurrents, January 6, 2022 Farmerless farms manned by driverless machines, monitored by drones and doused with chemicals to produce commodity crops from patented genetically engineered seeds for industrial ‘biomatter’ to be processed and constituted into something resembling food. Data platforms, private equity firms, e-commerce giants and AI-controlled farming systems. This is the future that big agritech[…]

Farm Laws Repeal: A Historic Day For India

November 19, 2021 UNAC Editor Breaking News, India, Labor Struggles

by Bharat Dogra, published on Countercurrents, November 19, 2021 This is a huge victory for the farmers of India. It shows the power of mass protest and relentless resistance, even against the most vicious racist neoliberal government and should be celebrated by activists around the globe. [jb] On November 19 the Prime Minister of India Mr. Narendra Modi announced the[…]

The Struggle Continues: Indian Protesters Resist State Terror

February 10, 2021 UNAC Editor India, Labor Struggles, Lawfare

by Tanya Siddiqi, published on Workers World, February 3, 2021 In September 2020, India’s Parliament passed three “farm bills” intended to crush India’s workers. To serve capitalist interests, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, leader of the fascist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), lent his support to the bills depriving farms of current protections. He allowed corporate greed to further encroach on India’s[…]