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DESCRIPTION:SUNDAY MORNING AT THE MARXIST LIBRARY\n\nSun, Jan 17, 2021: 10:30 am to 
 12:30 pm\nThe Farmer’s Movement in India\n\n   Present protests of 
 farmers have grown with tens of thousands in opposition to the three farm 
 laws government of India passed in the parliament where the ruling BJP has 
 majority, taking advantage of  the Covid pandemic lockdown period which 
 restricted the movements and thus also protests. These 3 laws have the 
 purpose of denying fair prices to farmers, to the advantage of big 
 (capitalist) privately owned corporations both Indian and foreign. They 
 will be allowed to take over agricultural land, to hoard agricultural 
 produce and sell them at much higher prices making huge profits at the cost 
 of consumers and farmers. Hence there are widespread protests all over the 
 country by all sections of farmers and farm workers. But in Delhi those 
 states which are located close to the Capital of India, New Delhi, farmers 
 unions have mobilized to march to the capital and protest over 2 months 
 back. They have been stopped at the border of Delhi State, a central 
 government territory by the police.  Now these farmers are choking Delhi by 
 blocking all highways into the city. The Modi government has come forward 
 with some amendments which are cosmetic. Farmers are firm in demanding 
 repeal of laws. The Supreme Court of India (SCI) has intervened, which is 
 permitted in India for the SCI when the issue is a large public interest 
 one. The SC has ruled to suspend these new laws, and has created a 
 committee to study and provide it the advice of the committee. But farmers 
 have rejected this committee. Over 70 farmers have died in the harsh winter 
 outdoor living on the roads. The crisis is unresolved. \n   Our speaker,  
 Mr. G. N. Nagaraj, is an agronomist based in Karnataka State in South 
 India. This state is now ruled by BJP but was ruled by the Congress Party 
 in 1983. He resigned from his state job in 1983 over what he saw was 
 unfairness to the farmers. He then worked with farmers unions. He helped 
 found an organization of farm workers as they suffered most because of 
 their social situation as Dalits and economic situation as landless 
 agricultural labor.\n\nAbout Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library\nA 
 weekly discussion series inspired by our respect for the work of Karl Marx 
 and our belief that his work will remain as important for the class 
 struggles of the future as they have been for the past. \n\nFor info go to 
 ICSSMARX.ORG\nLog-info available on our website; \nICSSMARX.ORG LINK: OUR 
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