Republic Day tractorcade

Hundreds of thousands of farmers in India protest against gov’t attack

Vol. 85/No. 5 - February 8, 2021

Farmers’ tractor convoys converge on New Delhi, India, Jan. 26, demanding repeal of farm “reform” bill that would eliminate price supports and drive family farmers off the land.

NEW YORK — Hundreds of thousands of farmers on thousands of tractors, on horseback or on foot streamed into India’s capital, New Delhi, Jan. 26. The action was part of their monthslong protests demanding the overturn of new farm laws…

India farmers set protest and global solidarity actions Jan. 26

Vol. 85/No. 4 - February 1, 2021

Indian farmers in tractorcade outside New Delhi Jan. 7 protest new laws that would end government-guaranteed price supports. Inset, support action in Yuba City, California, Jan. 16.

Hundreds of thousands of working farmers are maintaining their protests around the Indian capital, New Delhi, determined to roll back laws aimed at crushing their livelihoods. The measures passed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government would end state-guaranteed minimum prices…