Farmers in the state are gearing up to court arrests (Jail Bharo) on August 9 demanding the BJP-led NDA government to ‘Quit India’ for its anti-farmer policies. They are also planning to take out a Kisan Mazdoor Rally to Delhi…
The Andhra Pradesh Kisan Sabha held its state-level workshop at the Com MB Vignana Kendram, Vijayawada on June 17. It was attended by over 200 leading activists from nearly all districts. It was presided over by AP Kisan Sabha state…
All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) president Ashok Dhawale said here on Sunday the neoliberal policies of 1991 had such a devastating impact on agriculture that a staggering four lakh farmers had committed suicide in the last 25 years. Dig at…
June 1, 2018 marked the first anniversary of the beginning of the historic united farmers’ strike in Maharashtra, which lasted for 11 days. The AIKS played a key role in the strike. This strike forced the unwilling BJP-led state government…
At least 200 activists of the Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party in Surgana joined the CPI(M) mass organisation All India Kisan Sabha in support of the protest and agitation for farmers rights. They were welcomed with slogans of…
Today June 12 is the 31st anniversary of the martyrdom of Comrade Laxman Bagul. This Adivasi comrade was killed in police firing on June 12, 1987 at Vanganbari village near Umbarthan in the Surgana tehsil of Nashik district, during the…
On June 3, 2018, a large convention against the proposed Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train, a pet elitist project of the BJP’s Modi government that will lead to disastrous land acquisition from the peasantry in both Maharashtra and Gujarat, was held at…
On June 3, a large Convention against the proposed Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train, a pet elitist project of the BJP's Modi Government that will lead to disastrous land acquisition in both Maharashtra and Gujarat, was held at Palghar by the Bhoomi…
Union agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh on Saturday termed the two-day-old farmer agitation a publicity stunt, prompting accusations of "insensitivity" and of "insulting" the farmers. "Any organisation will have 500, 1,000, 2,000 or 40,000 farmers, and they have to do…
Union agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh on Saturday said some farmers have been staging protests just for the sake of media attention. Singh was quoted in ANI as saying, "It is natural that any farmers' organisation will have 1,000-2,000 farmers…