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'Happened in US 40 Years Ago': 87 US Farmers' Unions Speak Out for Indian Farmers' Protest


Happened in US 40 Years Ago : 87 US Farmers Unions Speak Out for Indian Farmers Protest
Reagan era furthered the farm crisis through deliberate federal policy changes, with systematic erosion of parity prices and other deregulatory efforts.
Rakesh Tikait, president of Bharti Kisan Union, one of the largest farmers unions, is helped to get onto a stage upon his arrival to attend a Maha Panchayat or grand village council meeting as part of a farmers protest against farm laws at Kandela village in Jind district in the northern state of Haryana, India, February 3, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Danish Siddiqui.
World21/Feb/2021
New Delhi: Citing damning examples of Reagan era policies that have led to irreparable damage to the US’s farmers, 87 farmers’ unions in the country have extended solidarity to the ongoing protests by farmers in India. ....

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Black farmers, civil rights advocates seething over Vilsack pick


Black farmers, civil rights advocates seething over Vilsack pick
POLITICO
12/10/2020
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Tom Vilsack.
President-elect Joe Biden’s decision to bring Tom Vilsack back to lead the Agriculture Department has enraged many farmers of color who say his record on civil rights should have disqualified him from the job.
The criticism comes as Biden is under intense pressure to name a historically diverse Cabinet and expectations had been particularly high for USDA, which has been almost exclusively led by white men and systematically discriminated against farmers of color and women, giving them far less access to crucial federal programs since its inception in 1862. ....

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Transition 2020: Black farmers, civil rights advocates seething over Vilsack pick


President-elect Joe Biden’s decision
to bring Tom Vilsack back to lead the Agriculture Department has enraged many farmers of color who say his record on civil rights should have disqualified him from the job.
The criticism comes as Biden is under intense pressure to name a historically diverse Cabinet and expectations had been particularly high for USDA, which has been almost exclusively led by white men and systematically discriminated against farmers of color and women, giving them far less access to crucial federal programs since its inception in 1862.
“Vilsack is not good for the agriculture industry, period,” said Michael Stovall, founder of Independent Black Farmers, a coalition of Black growers and producers from key Southern states working to raise awareness on issues faced by Black farmers. “When it comes to civil rights, the rights of people, he s not for that. It s very disappointing they even want to consider him coming back after what he has done ....

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