Farmers’ Protests: Newsreports
Across the country, farmers observed a ‘Black Day’ on May 26 to mark six months of their historical protest. Plus more news.
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Lakshadweep: BJP ‘s Shock Therapy – Two Articles, and Press Release
Lakshadweep: When the Gujarat Model Steamrolls an Island Paradise; At the Heart of Lakshadweep ‘Shock Therapy’ Lies a Policy to Grab Land; Press Release by concerned citizens of Thiruvananthapuram.
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How India has Moved with Israel: a Timetable of Milestone Events
Israel has now come to serve as something of a model for the kind of society the current rulers of India want to build.
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How India Lost its Way in the Persian Gulf
India began to align with the anti-Iran regional front that Trump was sponsoring, involving Israel, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and with Washington’s Indo-Pacific strategy against China. With Trump losing the election, and Biden deciding to engage with Iran, India is getting sidelined in the region.
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Unmasking the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is built on infrastructure-driven economic growth and is based on land and resource grabbing. Pakistan is chasing the myth of agricultural modernisation and industrialisation which has caused much destruction in many other places in the world.
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Caste, Class and India’s Covid Catastrophe
The reason for the Indian govt’s abysmal failure to tackle the second Covid wave lies in the fact that the Indian Republic – built as it is on the edifice of the British colonial state – is designed to work only on behalf of a tiny minority of Indians, leaving the vast majority to fend for themselves.
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Microsoft vs Indian Farmers: Agri-Stacking the System
In April, the Indian government signed a MoU with Microsoft, allowing its local partner CropData to leverage a master database of farmers. It seems to be part of the AgriStack policy initiative, which is going to displace farmers from their lands and enable corporations to gain control over Indian agriculture.
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Coming of Spring
The more the government tries to tighten its grip on dissent by cutting out all communications and shutting genuine dialogues, the more are the new bonds being created by the farmers’ movement. Many flowers may be cut, but Spring can no longer be prevented from coming.
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Farm Laws: Farmer Unions to Observe May 26 as ‘Black Day’ as Protest Completes 6 Months
The farming community along with common citizens would hoist black flags on their homes, tractors and vehicles and burn the effigy of PM Modi in villages, farmer leaders said.
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Mahavir Narwal: Remembering a Brave Father’s Fearless Crusade for His Daughter’s Freedom – Two Articles
Narwal sahib deserved to live. To see his daughter free. Not on bail. Free. With apologies from the Indian state. Plus: “The Law Sees ‘Terror’ in Blocked Road, Not Patients Gasping for Oxygen”.
