The 13th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) took place in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, during 26-29 February. In spite of extending its duration by an additional day, this conference failed to resolve any of the major contradictions that have thrown the WTO into crisis in recent years.
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Powerful protests of farmers throughout Europe
Farmers of member countries of the EU are demanding that their governments implement measures to safeguard their livelihood. They are condemning their governments for pouring billions of Euros into the war against Russia. They are increasingly coming to the conclusion that the European Union represents the interests of the biggest monopoly capitalists of Europe, and that it does not care for their interests.
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Farmers and fisherfolk demand that the government defend their interests
They are demanding that the Indian government uphold the principle of self reliance, and defend the security of livelihood of farmers, fisherfolk, and other working people as well as the food security of our people.
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Sugarcane farmers in western UP demand their dues
Thousands of sugarcane farmers from Western Uttar Pradesh have been carrying on an agitation since 18th October. They are demanding that the sugar mills pay their dues for the previous crushing season (2022-23) amounting to around Rs 4,000 crore. Farmers are angry that while the new sugarcane crushing season (October 1, 2023- September 30, 2024) has already started, they have not yet been fully paid the dues for the previous year.
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Haryana farmers assert their claims
More than 3000 farmers from 15 villages of Haryana blocked the Gurugram-Jaipur Expressway on Sunday 15th October demanding just compensation for over 1800 acres of their land which had been acquired by the Haryana State Industrial & Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC)
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Farmers of Punjab and Haryana assert their claims
Farmers of Punjab and Haryana have been organizing protest actions to assert their claims.
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Farmers struggle in Sirsa over non-payment of crop insurance claims
Report of the correspondent of Mazdoor Ekta Committee
On the afternoon of 16th August 2023, the farmers in Sirsa district of Haryana staged an indefinite dharna at Bhavdin Toll, demanding the payment of their insurance claims for crop failure during the Kharif season of 2022.
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Sweet victory for the farmers of Rajasthan in their struggle
The farmers, of Rajasthan’s Nohar and Bhadra tehsils have been waging a long-drawn struggle against the theft of water from the Amarsingh branch. This struggle has been successfully waged under the leadership of Amarsingh Branch Sangharsh Samiti, Bhadra-Nohar. The Rajasthan unit of Lok Raj Sangathan has worked very hard to achieve success in this struggle.
Continue readingFrom our Readers: Sugar subsidy to farmers- a big lie
The article on sugar subsidy in your website dated 28/12/2020 has nicely brought out how sugar subsidy actually helped the sugar mill owners.
Continue readingCommunist and Left parties hold militant protest march in support of the agitating peasants
The Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, Communist Ghadar Party of India, Revolutionary Socialist Party and Forward Bloc held a militant protest march on Parliament Street in New Delhi on December 2, to demand immediate repeal of the three anti-peasant laws.
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