Indian Farmers’ Protest Resurges Against Corporate Control: Where Is the Global Support This Time?
CST Reasearch
The 2020–2021 Indian farmers’ protests garnered significant international support due to the unprecedented scale and resilience of the movement against three controversial farm laws. The government’s harsh crackdown on...
Farm Laws Reborn: Tear Gas, Water Cannons and a Toxic Platter for India’s Farmers and Consumers
CST Research
India could see an authoritarian central government with subordinate state governments under the control of corporate interests and international finance capital. So says the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), a...
Farmers’ Protest in India – Price of Failure Will Be immense
Colin Todhunter Globally, there is an ongoing trend of a handful of big companies determining what food is grown, how it is grown, what is in it and who...
Viral Inequality: From Jeff Bezos to the struggle of Indian Farmers
The world’s 10 richest billionaires have collectively seen their wealth increase by $540bn over this period. In September 2020, Jeff Bezos could have paid all 876,000 Amazon employees a...
Farmers’ Protests Reflect Existential Crisis of Indian Agriculture
Colin Todhunter With over 800 million people, rural India is arguably the most interesting and complex place on the planet but is plagued by farmer suicides, child malnourishment, growing...
GM Crops & the Agrarian Crisis
Father of Green Revolution in India Rejects GM Crops as Farmers Demand Justice in Delhi Colin Todhunter Genetically modified (GM) cotton in India is a failure. India should reject...
