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India farmers set protest and global solidarity actions Jan. 26 – The Militant


By Roy Landersen
February 1, 2021
Above, The Indian Express/Abhinav Saha; inset, Militant/Carole LesnickIndian 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 for staple crops. They come after farmers’ incomes have declined for years, forcing many into deepening debt.
Up to 300,000 farmers are organized at the protest sites by nearly 400 farm organizations. This is the largest protest against the Indian government in decades and the biggest opposition Modi has faced since coming into office. ....

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