A Republic of Protest
The culture of the farmers’ protest is an extraordinary tableau that tells us what republican values look like.
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“At a Time When We Have Jobless Growth, Why Do We Want Jobless Agriculture?”
The distinguished food and trade policy analyst says that it is high time we looked at the travails of 600 million people who are involved with farming with more understanding and empathy.
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Caging Women Is Violence – Not ‘Safety’ or ‘Protection’
Women are people with an inalienable right to live the fullest of lives. Everything that prevents their life from being lived to the fullest extent of freedom, is a form of violence.
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Iran’s 1979 Revolution: A Brief History
Iran’s Revolution is generally understood to have begun on January 7, 1978, and continued until the Shah fled the country on January 16, 1979. The revolution was brewing for decades though …
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Support the Struggle of the Farmers. It Is Our Struggle Too! – Part 3
The Modi Government is worried that if it is forced to withdraw the farm bills under pressure of the farmers’ movement, it may inspire people’s struggles against other elements of neoliberalism imposed on India by the World Bank – such as cut in education and health subsidies.
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War Heroes in New Battles for India’s Farmers
Standing with the sea of farmers at the gates of Delhi are veterans, decorated for their daring in the 1965 and 1971 wars with Pakistan.
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No Longer Just a Protest, It’s a Revolution in Progress – Two Articles
If you are depressed, dismayed and have lost all hope then join the farmers’ protests. Also: Interviews with farmers protesting against new farm laws across India.
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As ‘Trolley Times’ Captures Imaginations, Punjab Remembers Historic Newspapers of Protest
From 1907 struggle against British land revenue rates, to the ongoing agitation against the new farm laws, at least five newspapers were launched to provide platforms for those fighting for their rights.
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Why are Farmers Against Ambani and Adani – Two Articles
Some facts about how Ambani and Adani are already penetrating into Indian agriculture.
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India’s Season of Dissent: an Interview with Poet Karthika Naïr
Karthika Naïr talks of Shaheen Bagh and of her poem “Ghazal: India’s Season of Dissent”, of the politics of literature, and of how literary texts can “respond” to violence, grief and pain.
