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Read online at https://workersliberty.org/node/36825 Release Nodeep Kaur and Shiv Kumar! Submitted by AWL on 16 February, 2021 - 7:38 Author: Mohan Sen The Modi government’s repression against Indian farmers’ protests ( Solidarity581) could signal the Hindu-nationalist regime’s panic-stricken weakening and decline, or the onset of an even more consolidated authoritarianism. The repression is harsh and escalating. About two hundred farmers have died as a result of protracted living in protest camps over the winter, and about twenty have committed suicide. A smaller numb...

Why the Wellness Community Needs To Show More Solidarity With the Indian Farmers Protests Roohi Sahajpal © Photo: Getty Images / NARINDER NANU / Contributor indian farmers protests It’s not uncommon these days for people in North America to follow Ayurvedic diets, add spices to their chai, or use herbs like ashwagandha as adaptogens to stay energized. With a global market value of $4.15 trillion, wellness has never been more popular, but what is the purpose of "being well" if the farmers who grow these "trendy" herbs and spices are being harmed? For over three months, ten...

Climate activist Disha Ravi was granted bail on February 23. | Adnan Abidi/ Reuters The bank of cameras that camped outside Delhi’s sprawling Tihar jail was the sort of media frenzy you would expect to await a Prime Minister caught in an embezzlement scandal, or perhaps a Bollywood star caught in the wrong bed. Instead, the cameras were waiting for Disha Ravi, a nature-loving 22-year-old vegan climate activist who against all odds has found herself ensnared in an Orwellian legal saga that includes accusations of sedition, incitement and involvement in an international co...

Updated: Labour activist says victory is far from won Share Article AAA Activist Nodeep Kaur addressing the media at the press club in New Delhi on Monday, March 01, 2021.   | Photo Credit: MOORTHY RV Labour activist says victory is far from won Trade union activist Nodeep Kaur, who was arrested on January 12 after a demonstration to demand workers’ wages in Haryana’s Kundli, on Monday said her release on bail last week was not a victory. Addressing a press conference here, Ms. Kaur said, “My case is still on, we haven’t won yet. The Dalits and workers still sleep on empty stomachs. ...

Counterview Desk  Even as welcoming the bail granted by the Punjab and Haryana High Court to young Dalit labour rights leader Nodeep Kaur, the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), taking note of continued incarceration of her colleague Shiv Kumar, also a Dalit, has demanded charges against them should be immediately dropped. Arrested in January from a Kundli border point, where they were said to be bring workers’ support to the ongoing farmers’ agitation, Ravi Kiran Jain, president, and Dr V Suresh, general secretary, PUCL, said, both were “brutally tortured.” While the Harya...