India
International round up—Indian farmers block trains
Farmers in India stepped up their battle with the government last week with blockades of railway tracks.
LETTERS—India’s vaccine rollout driven by power politics, not need
The Serum Institute of India is the world’s largest producer of vaccines, with the ability to produce 1.5 billion doses per year.
International round up: State crackdown on farmers’ support in India
The panic-gripped Indian state responded to massive support for the farmers’ movement by accusing everyone of conspiring against it.
International round up: Students in Turkey ‘won’t back down’
Student protests have swept across Turkey, beginning at Istanbul’s Bogazici university. They could develop into the biggest revolt by young people since the Gezi Park protests of 2013.
Far right moves to smash farmers in India
A coalition of far right thugs, police and government ministers are out to smash the Indian farmers’ movement.
Indian farmers reap success after state violence fails to stop march into New Delhi
Farmers’ protests across India have been a massive blow to the ruling hard right BJP party.
Militant farmers rage on the streets of India
26 January 2021Hundreds of thousands of protesting farmers on tractors were fighting their way into the Indian capital New Delhi as Socialist Worker went to press on Tuesday.
Covid-19 vaccine—who will be to blame if the poor are again left to die?
23 January 2021The rollout of Covid-19 vaccination programmes helps governments claim they are in control of the coronavirus pandemic. But the vaccine isn’t for everyone—the poorest are being left behind. And ultimately the scheming of powerful states and pharmaceutical firms put everyone at risk
Indian government’s attempts to sow division fail to stop farmers’ protests
13 January 2021India’s highest court has decided to suspend temporarily the implementation of new farming laws that led to a huge, weeks-long protest movement.
Letters—Union wrong to counterpose saving jobs to saving planet
05 January 2021Scarborough police broke up our socially-distanced anti‑offshore gas field demo this week.
International round-up: Millions of workers could add to Indian farmers’ protests
05 January 2021Protests by hundreds of thousands of farmers in India continue to grow despite cold and heavy rain in the capital New Delhi.
Farmers’ protests in India pile on pressure
15 December 2020Farmers’ protests in India continue to put the hard right government of Narendra Modi under extreme pressure.
Indian farmers join mass action after Modi government attacks
05 December 2020Tens of thousands of farmers are confronting measures pushed through by Narendra Modi’s government.
Indian general strike shows workers’ power to take on hard right Modi government
27 November 2020A stunning general strike by 250 million Indian workers on Thursday shut down most of the country’s main cities and towns.
Woman’s rape and murder sees mass revulsion across India
05 October 2020A wave of anger at police, politicians and caste violence has spread across India after four upper-caste men allegedly raped and murdered a low-caste Dalit woman.
Udham Singh—revolutionary who took revenge for empire
29 September 2020As Sir Michael O’Dwyer left the speakers’ table after his lecture for the East India Association in London 80 years ago, an Asian man rushed from the audience as if to greet him.
Pritilata Waddedar - demanding equality in the struggle for Indian freedom
18 August 2020She said, 'Today if our brothers can enlist in the war of independence, we too the women should be allowed to do the same'
Heatwaves show need for action on climate
11 August 2020People are paying with their lives as extreme weather hits across the world, reports Sarah Bates
All-female health staff group stages a two-day strike across India
11 August 2020Hundreds of thousands of workers held a two-day walkout last week as confirmed coronavirus cases in India passed two million
Governments’ failures mean coronavirus accelerates across the world
02 August 2020The World Health Organisation recorded the highest daily number of new cases globally on Saturday.
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