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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...
Youths, women, workers and farmers prepare for Feb 6 ‘chakka jam’
According to farmer leaders, nearly a thousand solidarity protests will be observed on Saturday from Kerala alone. Other states plan blockades between 12 PM to 3 PM.
Punjab lawyers set up help desk at Delhi protest sites
Internet black out continues at farmers’ protest sites, doesn't deter protesters or lawyers assisting them
Farmer dies at Ghazipur border, family booked for draping body in Tricolour
Police say the family covered the body with the National Flag like that of a martyr; FIR was registered against farmer Baljindra's mother Jasvir Kaur, brother Gurvinder and an unidentified person
FIR against unknown ‘toolkit’ makers, not Greta Thunberg: Delhi Police
Following mass social media outrage against an FIR assumed to be filed against Greta Thunberg, city police say that the FIR never listed the young activist as an accused.
Why do Urban and Rural Indians have such different priorities?
The farmers' movement is the first time, the rural population has risen against the insensitive regime
British Parliament may consider debate on Indian farmers’ protests
UK Parliament's Petitions Committee may hold debate at Westminster Hall in the House of Commons on the farmers protests and press freedom in India
Farmers’ movement: How NIA summons triggered the ‘Khalistan’ conspiracy theory
Are we seeing the history of the 1980’s repeat itself?
Peaceful protests are a hallmark of any thriving democracy: US on Farmers’ Protest
Remarks made at a press briefing by State Department spokesperson, meanwhile Delhi Police file FIR against Greta Thunberg
Greta Thunberg continues to support farmers, offers toolkit on Twitter
While Indian celebrities band together to popularise government-favoured hashtags, activist Greta Thunberg posts about possible methods to support the movement online.
Farm laws, not just farmers’ problem: Delhi citizens
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