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The Indian farmers’ agitation and the socialist strategy of the working class The more than 3-week-long agitation mounted by hundreds of thousands of farmers on the outskirts of Delhi has highlighted and intensified the popular opposition of India’s workers and toilers to Narendra Modi and his far-right Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government. Rushed through parliament in September in conjunction with a sweeping attack on workers’ rights, the Modi government’s pro-agribusiness farm laws...

17 December 2020 Trade unions protest in Delhis Shaheedi Park. Several trade unions and workers organisations have joined the ongoing farmers protest against three recently enacted farm laws. Shahid Tantray for The Caravan Trade unions protest in Delhis Shaheedi Park. Several trade unions and workers organisations have joined the ongoing farmers protest against three recently enacted farm laws. Shahid Tantray for The Caravan Between 28 November and 14 December, I visited ...

Trade unions support farmers agitation, saying Bharat Bandh on Dec 8 successful SECTIONS Last Updated: Dec 11, 2020, 05:19 PM IST Share Synopsis "The Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions reiterate rock-like solidarity with the Farmers United Struggle. After the successful Bharat Bandh on 8th December called by the Farmers jointly, the Central Government cannot call this a Punjab question any more," a statement by joint forum said. AP New Delhi: A joint platform of central trade unions on Fri...

NEW DELHI: The All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), one of the organisations spearheading the movement against the farm laws, has blamed the Centre for interrupting the ongoing discussions between the two sides. The organisation has sought an explanation from agricultural minister Narendra Singh Tomar on “why home minister Amit Shah interrupted the discussion process”. “The minister of agriculture has to explain why home minister Amit Shah interrupted the discussion process, should take onus f...

Farmers protesting against farm laws have found support from trade unions (AFP, file photo) NEW DELHI: A joint platform of central trade unions on Friday reiterated its support to the farmers agitation, saying that the Bharat Bandh call by them on December 8 was successful. Despite the bandh call, the unions had not gone on strike on December 8 and they lent their moral support to the farmers agitation against three new farm bills. The ten central trade unions are Indian National Trade Union ...