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February 12: Workers and Farmers Forge a Historic Axis of Resistance Across India

For observers of general strikes and journalists covering trade unions and farmer movements, the February 12 General Strike did not unfold as a routine ritual. It unfolded as a...

Kisan Sansad: Farmers reject APMC Bypass Act

Dismissing the law as one that caters to big corporations, farmers demanded that the Indian Parliament do the same

SKM people’s whip on MPs for repeal of three anti-farmer laws during the monsoon session!

Asserting the whip as a constitutional right, farmers said it is the duty of MPs to voice the concerns of their constituents.

Mahapanchayats and hate panchayats are not the same

Jamia shooter, Surajpal Amu call for anti-Muslim violence, and seem to have gotten away yet again!

4,000 Adivasis, Charged as ‘Naxals in Jails of Jharkand

“4000 Adivasis, charged as ‘naxals’, are in the jails...

Let Us Act to Save Common Village Lands of Jharkand: A Constitutional Plea

Can Govt Give Away ‘Common Village Land’ to Industrialists...

Who is responsible for Extremism or Naxalism?

Supreme Court says: ‘Indian State, with its blinkered vision...

I raise my voice for Adivasis, am I a Traitor?

(This piece authored by Fr Stan Swamy was originally...

SKM files FIR against BJP goons for disrupting Ghazipur protest site

After seven months of protest, farmers face harassment in the form of censorship and even physical violence

Save Agriculture, Save Democracy Day: Protests marred by detentions and lathi-charge!

Farmers peacefully protesting and marching to Raj Bhavans were taken away by local police despite prior intimation of farmer protests

India’s dairy farmers face another harsh summer – but not because of the heat

Fair prices for produce, audit of milk cooperatives and subsidies for milk powder and butter – but will these demands of dairy farmers be accepted?

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