SKM has issued an appeal to international farmers’ organisations to mark the first anniversary of the historic protests of Indian farmers, on November 26th 2021.
Farmer organisations at Delhi state- The struggle against corporate-controlled food and farming systems is a universal fight to protect farmers everywhere. In the so-called developed world, farmers are a marginalised and distressed lot, and corporatisation of food and farming systems has left them impoverished and weak. It is a paradigm where some countries support the remaining farmers through heavy and ever-increasing subsidies, and a paradigm that the Indian farmers’ movement is questioning in its current agitation.
“Our fight in a sense is for the survival and protection of farmers everywhere, against corporate onslaught and abdicated government responsibility”, says SKM
3. Birsa Munda, Kartar Singh Sarabha and Veerangana Uda Devi Pasi
Adivasi leader Birsa Munda’s birth anniversary was marked by numerous farmers’ organisations all over the country yesterday. Today is the martyrdom day of Sardar Kartar Singh Sarabha of Ghadar Party that fought against the British rule and oppression in India. He was hanged to death in Lahore Central Jail on this day, on charges of conspiracy, at a young age of nineteen years, and today is his 106th martyrdom anniversary. Sarabha was known to be an inspiration for Shaheed Bhagat Singh. Today, the martyrdom day of Veerangana Uda Devi Pasi is also being marked with respect. She was a dalit warrior in the first war of independence in 1857, and fought in the Battle of Sikandar Bagh valiantly against British soldiers.
