After the historic 'long march' in Maharashtra and 'mahapadav' (mass sit-in) in Rajasthan, the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) is now mobilising farmers in Uttar Pradesh to stand up for their rights. A prelude to it was seen in the…
After the success of the farmers' 'Long March' in Maharashtra, the All India Kisan Sabha will now turn its attention to the cattle trade ban and its impact on agricultural incomes. The AIKS will hold a two-day convention in New…
Thousands of farmers gathered in Lucknow from different parts of Uttar Pradesh to press for their specific demands, mainly the loan waiver. Men and women, old and young were holding placards in their hands with demands inscribed on them. Women…
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Maharashtra government finally gave written assurances Monday to placate discontented farmers who staged a long march to press for their demands. However, the struggle to secure this assurance from Devendra Fadnavis’s government in black and…
A sea of hammer and sickles and red flags swept the Indian state of Maharastra, as Indian farmers protested neoliberal policies and demanded agrarian reform. The farmers began their march from the southwestern city of Nashik to Mumbai on Mar.…
Press conference held at 36, Canning Lane, New Delhi on 13th March – 2.30pm The continued disruption of agriculture, strongly pursuance of anti-people policies by the governments, and apathy for the conditions of farmers and agricultural workers has reached a new…
The headlines in English national newspapers would have us believe Mumbai cared only about office timings and traffic disruption as an estimated 35,000 farmers marched into the city on Sunday, walking 180 kilometres from Nashik. But, across the city, individuals,…
Thousands of women farmers marched into Mumbai alongside their male peers on Monday demanding the government recognizes their rights over forests and stops the takeover of land for industrial projects. The protesters, who over several days walked 180 km (112…
"Inquilab Zindabad," shouted a farm leader. "Zindabad, Zindabad," the farmers responded. At the end of a gruelling march across 180 kilometres, the exhausted farmers’ chants at Azad Maidan in south Mumbai – where the morcha concluded on March 12 –…