India Protest Update

On November 19th, Indian Prime Minister Modi announced that the three controversial farm laws that sparked the largest protest in history would be repealed. Farmers celebrate their historic win, at great cost, including 670 lives, and Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), a united front of 40+ Indian farmers unions that has been leading the strike, has called to continue the protests until their remaining demands are met, including a legally guaranteed Minimum Support Price for all crops and all farmers. Read this solidarity statement we signed on to and learn more about the additional demands being sought by Indian farmers.  These farmers are enduring now what happened in the U.S. almost four decades ago. One of the main asks we can make of the Biden administration is to stop prioritizing the interests of agribusiness over small farmers, thus abetting further corporatization of the food system here and in other countries. Rural Vermont stands and is in solidarity with Indian farmers and farmers and farmworkers everywhere in the struggle for food sovereignty.