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July 23, 2021

Indian Farmworkers Renew Protests Against Neoliberal Agricultural Reforms
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In India, over 200 farmers launched a sit-in and led a protest near the
Parliament in New Delhi Thursday marking some eight months of resistance
against three pro-corporate agricultural laws enacted by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi. Farmers are continuing to pressure Modi's government to
repeal the laws, which deregulate agricultural markets and roll back key
labor and income protections. Millions of farmers and opponents of the
reforms have staged multiple strikes across India since at least last
November. Agriculture is the leading source of income for more than half
of India's 1.3 billion population.


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