Inside India’s Massive Farmer Protests
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- Опубліковано 25 лют 2021
- It’s being called the largest protest in world history. Millions of farmers in northern India have come out against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new “free-market” farm laws. And they’re going to dramatic lengths to make their voices heard, occupying highways and setting up huge camps. Farmers insist the laws would push them further into debt and leave them vulnerable to exploitation by corporations. But the government is cracking down, and India has seen a wave of police violence, censorship, nationalist propaganda and jailing of activists and journalists. Still, support for the farmers is growing.
AJ+‘s Dena Takruri gets a firsthand look inside one massive protest camps - complete with sleeping sites, pharmacies and communal kitchens - and speaks with a farmer who’s living there and reporting on what’s really going on. How long are farmers prepared to stay and resist? And is this India’s biggest challenge to capitalism yet?
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Have you been following India’s massive farmer movement and do you think it will be successful?
yes, it will be. Fascists regimes don't last long.
No.. Because majority farmers do support these laws and have a read on those laws, it will help farmers...
Yes it will be!
It will be successful for sure. The farmers main demand is that they receive an assured (ie. minimum) fair price for their crops, something definitely worth protesting for.
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What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places-and there are so many-where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction.
And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.
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Take note how this is never played on the corporate news networks in America.
nor it has been played honestly on Indian National media owned by Indian corporates and the government...
This is also a corporate media.
Because many big farm company interested with this law that benefit them more than small farmers.
They are starting to commercials on television about the farm strikes so we are getting some information about it
They will succeed! There is no other options for this inspiring movement.
Sending solidarity from Massachusetts, USA.
Way to go India! ✊🏽🇮🇳✊🏽
No , it will not .
Mandi or msp is only in Punjab , which has population of 50 mil while rest of farming states have already ditched this which forms rest 550 mil . It is now has become lokpal a tool to bring down a gov and unite people . I also want modi to go but actually free market is in interest of Indian economy . So what happened to Anna movement is going to happen to this with rise of khalistan .
@@VivekKumar-rb7zk common up haryana punjab rajasthan ...all of them are 🔥..!!
They will win..and bihar will benefit from it ❤️.
Let bihar farmers have good life, donot exploit them👍🙏
@@VivekKumar-rb7zk You are right. The MSP steals money from landless laborers who build the industrial and service taxes. The money instead of investing in industry and infrastructure is diverted into pockets of landed so they can continue their unviable small farming. The landless keep toiling for 100$ a month while farmers buy scorpios. The land prices per acre are shooting roof, and even small farmers are rich compared to laborers. Enormous amount (tens of thousands of crores) of subsidies are showered on the landed farmers again diverting the sweat of industrial and landless labour. Income tax on farmers need to be started and small farmers should be told in no ambiguous language that India will only invest in industry and infrastructure. Small farmers should lease their land if they find small acreage is not efficient or viable. Or they can find out if organic or multi layer farming is possible for them. There is no reason to treat landed farmer small or big different than landless laborer.
So u want govt to buy grains using tax payers money at high prices and let it rot .. since govt can't export these bcoz of wto restriction.. instead you should question ur usa govt on why it has opposed india buying crop at MSP .. double standards u have
@@k2119r arre buy ....then same crop is sold by industries for 3x price.
They eat major part..
Govt. Should do for both sides..
Msp
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Sellers can sell with just particular profit (like 1.5x buying price or whatever) then common people life go easy ...they will have more savings and lead a better life....if govt want 🙏
This again, is what a true grassroots movement of the people, by the people, for the people looks like. These farmers are true heroes.
Infact you're wrong. Many farmers are happy with the new reforms and only farmers from Punjab and Haryana are agitated. PS farmers from these two states are the richest compared to all other ones. So why are the richest and elite farmers of the country agitated??.
@@sanghavl8589 there you go. Paid corporate propoganda again. Get a life
@@OlllOHD there you go paid George soros socialist propganda. Get a life.
@@sanghavl8589 when you mentioned G.Soros, you turned my doubts into a fact that you are 😉
@@OlllOHD no facts but turning the argument somewhere else. That's what you do. Our country has already suffered from socialism and these laws bring hope to majority of the farmers on India. If anyone is to be worried that's the elite.
I hate that most US media doesn’t cover this in depth if at all smh
Considering Indian media doesn't go in depth for an issue inside India, I am not surprised. Also, US media is the one which shares news only when it seems to raise views. So again not surprised. :)
"For Protests, see India" !
US media love to make bad news about china. 🤣
India have same ideology with US, "holly god western democracy ", thats why bad news have to be suppress to minimum
@@dwimj , Indian media makes bad news about US?
Yes, agree with your last point.
Coz this is propaganda news ..aljazeera is leader of it
Solidarity to our Indian brothers and sisters ✊
Please get the full picture of something then go online
Too bad Americans don't have this kind of resolve.
Luckily, Biden got elected. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Modi sold out to big business. Is he becoming dictatorial?
@Rank Amateur controlling Internet.......*sniff* *sniff* it smells like Dictatorship out of China.....
@Rank Amateur You are a rank amateur.
stfu
Too Bad Americans voted for Racist Joe Biden
Don't mess with the farmers. They are critical and essential to an economy.
That's the reason why these laws are introduced... To increase farmers income
@@gblife7350 Oh man, you must think we are stupid. Who are you?
@@mns8732 yeah you are stupid enough to bark without knowing facts about these laws! At present farmers are in debt trap and hanging themselves to death, so if not this then please tell better reforms so that we can rise farmers from poverty! Otherwise shut up because these laws will be implemented,cause some punjabis and a bunch of frustrated liberandis are not representation of farmers!
Whenever there is a reform ,the few percentage who were milking the existing system will surely protest..
Stop MSP. Stop stealing money from govt. Subsidies are good enough already though a big burden on states.
I don't blame them for protesting, the India people and farmers have been treated badly for a long time. American farmers could learn something from this. Farmers of America are being told what they can grow and how much they can grow.
Are you high the Punjab farmers are revolting against India you idiot
We support the farmers’ protest. Thanks for the informative video.
Super blessings to our Indian Folks 🙌🙏✨💖
..."at the mercy of greedy corporations."
Nothing new under the sun. 😏😒🤔
Farmers are the real back bone of the economy. It must remain open and free to everyone.
i agree but no where is the developed world do they have this kind of socailism . Canada the united states wanted india to reform its farming sector. I find it interesting that staunch capitalists are supporting the farmers. Personally farming is a huge part of the economy and may are the most vulnetrable. They need protection so I am very happy they listened to the will of the people but like many things unfortunately you can not divorce the politics from the issue
Farmers stand your ground . Do not allow the corporations to take over.
Corporate dominance results in fascism.
... and more poverty and dependency.
@@gmanon1181 lol, corporatism in Italian social Republic under mussolini had helped millions to get work, thus letting them out of poverty...... you leftists talk anything duhhh
@@truthlover6079 I talked about during WW2 under fascist Italy, not the current situation, read my comment again , I talked about Mussolini, not current Italy
@@truthlover6079 I think you don't read history........ I have surely read many history book and even I am damn sure that the statements I have placed are pretty correct, if you don't believe me please search about how Mussolini dealt with employment rate during the 1930s and how Churchill, Lenin , Franco and even Mosely appreciated his stance and hardwork
@@comradebrother7411 Wow. A literal apologist for fascism.
All your comments against the farmers protest should be read with this in mind.
Dena, thank you so much for showing the truth!!!
KISAN EKTA ZINDABAD 💚💛🚜🌾
God bless the farmers.
You have done a great job of providing a true image of this movement by bringing history of farmers and highlighting the government's authoritarian agenda overall...
punjabi farmer fuddu fools
Thank you Indian farmers for standing up to corruption.
This is not corruption firstly clear your facts moron
One major assumption is that most farmers use the Mandi system. The figure is around 50-50. those who like using Mandi system like the fact they store storage system, credit, etc while others dislike it because of corrupt officials. Out side of Mandi, there is no msp and frankly most marginal farmers sell out of mandis only.
This issue could mean literally life or death for the hundreds of millions of India's farmers. I can't help but think that India's mostly small scale farms are also better for the environment (more carbon storage in the soil) than the industrial farming the reforms will encourage.
What are your statements based on ? Are there any statistics? Why are farmers from states with highest suicide rates not protesting? Why are only two states protesting? - www.downtoearth.org.in/tag/farmer-suicides
Like here in the states, smaller farmers will not survive and big farming corporations will buy their land at cheap prices...
Yeah, you are right
That's why they are standing up and fighting
It’s rise of humanity , thought of oneness , baseline of these son’s of soil hailing from River Attok to Ganga .. from last century British and Brahmins dismantles the thought process.. covered them with cloths of religion and caste ..
You reap what you sow Modi, You play up the HK protests and now this happens to you.
Workers of the world UNITE
#SupportFarmersProtest
As a hearing-impaired person, I have to downvote videos without the CC subtitles.
Read lips 🤷♀️
@@ButtBanginTranny damn! That's harsh!
@@ButtBanginTranny i think it’s so that he won’t get recommended these videos
I got subtitles on this.
This is piece of garbage. I am also a farmer...protest is against govt...al jazeera is a propaganda network
We stand with Indian farmers in this time of despair.
They are literally revolting against the state and actually these are Punjab farmers so every other farmer from every other state is not involved you imperialist pog
You Pakistanis do your job don't came in India's matter
Bhikhari stan should not bother trying to meddle their noses in the internal affairs of India and should instead focus on earning money for their next meal without begging from the rest of the world.
@@warnpassion Well, EU Disinfo lab's report says that your comment is ironic.
@@AbdulaImran IMF, FATF and UNSC reports prove me right and burst your illusions of self grandeur.
The problem with Indian government regarding these farm laws is that farmers have understood the government's ill intentions behind these laws
I send you brother and sisters my prayers you are the heart of India peace be with you
What a great video. I'm surprised you haven't reached a million views.
Authoritarian government, the proposed law change was de-regulation....
Did you guys even do one ounce of research?
I support the farmers 1,000%, you guys keep fighting never give up until you get what you want you have a right to what you want and you have a right to be treated and paid fairly farm work is back breaking hard work everyday 24 hours a day so I just want everyone to know that I support the farmers and the USA support the farmers
😊 SAVE OUR FARMS AND FARMERS... DON'T LEFT THEM DO THIS!!❤🎉🎉
Only those farmers (a small group) who deal with foreign trade should be on strike, the majority of Indian farmers
produce for their own market, so what ????
Very well researched. Sandeep has been there since Day 1. Thanks AJ
Nope - this is totally biased and the statistics don’t support it. www.downtoearth.org.in/tag/farmer-suicides - farmers from the states with highest suicide rates haven’t been protesting ? Why are they not protesting? ..may they have no issue with the new laws ?
@@srix01 how about you look at statistics closer to 2021 and not 2010. Kerela Punjab Rajasthan Haryana Maharashtra have been protesting and more are joining everyday
punjab is threat to India
@@lifeishard7363 😂 sure man
@@gursimranplo3084 they are the terrorists of India
I certainly hope they succeed!
Yes they wins
BHAICHARA ZINDABAAD🤝💪
KISAAN MAJDOOR EKTA ZINDABAAD🌾🚜💚💪
#FarmersWon ✌
ekta ke baad bhi hara nhi paaye bjp ko
@Meep P example with sources
I wish them well. They need to protect themselves. I am sorry to hear that Modi is considered to be worse than Trump. Thankfully, we have removed him, but our country may never be the same. Climate change will exacerbate all of these issues in the coming years. I will pray for the farmers in Punjab and all across India!
Is there an alternative farming system different from both the current & old one that can be implemented and approved by both sides?
Not easy. A hard rock, a hard place, and a harder place. But we got to try to change and it will be very painful for changes to change us.
That’s what the farmer laws are about, they don’t remove the mandis (government warehouses that give a minimum support price for crops ) but also allow corporates and businesses to buy produce from farmers directly ( which wasn’t allowed until now). Yet the protesters don’t want corporates to enter at all
Power to the farmers !!! Let’s goooooo !!!✊
The one major incorrect fact being pushed in this video is placing the blame on the green revolution. It literally saved India from starvation
*Agriculture provides employment to over 50% of India’s population but the contribution of agriculture to India’s GDP is only 16%. Why? ~ To start:*
* Farm size- the average farm size in India is 1.3 hectare. While in Australia it’s 800 hectare, Argentina 518 hectare, Canada 315 hectare, US 250 hectare, UK 86 hectare, so the average Indian farmer only has 1/50 - 1/500 of the land a farmer elsewhere will exploit, to generate an income.
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* Access to markets-the majority of farmers are lacking access to a functioning logistics network to sell their output. The roads, rail and canal transportation aren't there, along with safe / cold storage to preserve food till it can be processed or sold. Resulting in a 30-50% spoilage rate, effectively halving India’s farm output
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* Irrigation- just over 1/3 of India’s arable land is currently irrigated, and where used water and energy inefficient flood irrigation is common. Increasing the cost and reducing the potential land that could be irrigated, degrading yields outside of the monsoon
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* Fertilizer- approximately 10 million tonnes, annually, of nutrients are removed from India’s soils, and not added back through the application of fertilizers, degrading soil and lowering future crop yields
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* Technology/Methods- the small farm sizes won’t physically support, and the farmers can’t afford the substitution of human effort, for mechanical, so labour intensive and inefficient millennia old farming practices continue~
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In combination these result in the average agricultural worker living little more than a subsistence life, being barely able to produce / earn enough to sustain their own family, from a typical 1.3 Hectare farm, let alone contribute to society at large.
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If India did farming in a Western manner, with say 100 Hectare farms, that would support the application of fertilizers, drip irrigation, mechanical harvesting and processing, storage and transportation issues resolved, the quantity of produce reaching the markets could well double, but the number of laborers required would likely reduce from 700 to 12 million. At which point the 1% of the population still engaged in agriculture would likely account for 30% of GDP. This leaves the question of what to do with the surplus 688 million bodies ?
Move them to manufacturing. Didn't China do all this in the 80's ? Almost everyone in China used to be a farmer remember?
@@backinthegame34 *Countries by Carbon Emissions* -
1 China 10.06GT
2 United States 5.41GT
3 India 2.65GT
4 Russia 1.71GT
5 Japan 1.16GT
6 Germany 0.75GT
7 Iran 0.72GT
8 South Korea 0.65GT
9 Saudi Arabia 0.62GT
10 Indonesia 0.61GT
11 Canada 0.56GT
12 Mexico 0.47GT
13 South Africa 0.46GT
14 Brazil 0.45GT
15 Turkey 0.42GT
16 Australia 0.42GT
17 United Kingdom 0.37GT
18 Poland 0.34GT
19 France 0.33GT
20 Italy 0.33GT
21 Kazakhstan 0.32GT
India already has an air pollution problem. Can you imagine how much air pollution would be caused if India completely moved towards manufacturing cheap goods like China ?
@@vishalkrishnareddy7871 every factory doesn't produce carbon emissions 😐. Use renewable energy. And give the kids of these people skillful education to uplift them out of poverty.
Nice piece. As far as 688 million people are considered they are already Unemployed. Search Disguised Unemployment.
And also mention the benefit we will get in terms of food security, backward and forward linkage and also exports.
You are speaking like a luddite.youa re forgetting the high economic yield in 80s green revokutionalso came from introduction of HyV seeds pesticides and fertilizers and in Punjab haryana combine harvesters and tractors are also used.the law is not even doing that it is merely providing a parallel market for farmers to trade their good outside the mantis where they are procured for msp if the market prices goes down.increased demand will shift sales from mandis to private players and reduce the pressure on government procurement as it leads to spoilage and ration distribution in poorbstaes hurts local farmers from whom nothing is procured by governmet.6 percent of farmers get msp and 60 percent of wheat procured is from these two states of Punjab and haryana
I live in America 🇺🇸 but I’m on the side of the small home mom&pop 👩🏽🌾 👩🏽🌾 farmers this is how these ppl live THIER way of life.ITS ALWAYS THE BIG CORPORATION THT WANNA COME IN PRIVATIZE STUFF CUT THESE PPL OUTTA THIER HARD WORK LAND AND MONEY 💴 ITS JUS WRONG KEEP FIGHTING FARMERS!!!!
Why dont you cover broker, how they exploit the farmers in Mandi system.
Please go through the farm laws.
Farmer die by suicide because of loans because they sell the crop at MSP and then same produce resell is at higher price and profit is not passed on to farmer.
These laws state whatever they sell to corporate will be tied to profit, not to losses.
Farmers will have right to sell anywhere in India rather than local mandi where they cant get profit.
Just now hearing about this.
Thx for showing the pain of farmers
Remember 120 million farmers in India .
Why are there only a certain section of India farmer protesting.
This certain states enjoyed msp procurement by the centre government
Yep that’s true and states with most suicide rates aren’t protesting and only 2 states are protesting - www.downtoearth.org.in/tag/farmer-suicides
@@srix01 true...and this laws make fair to every farmer.....
@@SP-jn6ew Maybe farmers from few states have issues and I respect that and they can negotiate with the govt and this has been said almost like 100 times but they just want to repeal it without discussing the pros and cons. Most of the states are not even protesting and the states which have an issue have a choice to use existing system if they like it so much. Now they say but it will kill APMCs, why do they think so if they like it so much they should stick to it and let others have an option.
@@srix01 and as days go by...more people will be aware of what injustice farmers of other states have compared to the farmers protesting in Delhi who have had more government help
I am wonder why our onion supply from India still unaffected with this mass protests.
Will you make a video about Turkey's situation? all political opponents in jail, universities etc?
I support the farmers of India and no to corporations..There must be a new govt for the people
We Indians rather prefer allowing corporations. Corporates bring in scale and supply chain benefits which a government can never provide. Do you know currently a lot of farm produce in India rotts in government warehouses. It’s like government buys produce from farmers and is unable to send it to the retail market in time. The loss is borne by Indian tax payer.
@@mychannel694 Who Indians?
You alone don't account for 1.3 billion indians!
@@akshatsharma6172 maybe the statics will help you understand - www.downtoearth.org.in/tag/farmer-suicides , how come the farmers from the states with most suicides aren’t protesting? Why only farmers from 2 states are protesting?
But government not listening farmer voice.
Farmers all over the World are standing up and speaking truth to power ! The government in India must be changed to one that honors all of it’s people ! Eliminate the people who divide and subjugate the masses ! 🙏🏽🙏🏾🙏🏻🙏🏿🙏4️⃣🌎✌🏿✌️✌🏼✌🏻✌🏽❗️
It was started by "Rahul Gandhi" during september'2020 when he drove tractor rally from state of "Haryana & Punjab"
Tu gadha hai.
Shame on you bro ...you people are still struggling in politics..... Wake up ...leave these corrupt politicians... No matter its bjp or congress all are same
The video is Completely biased and lack of proper research on the reality of the issue - www.downtoearth.org.in/tag/farmer-suicides , states with most suicide rates are not protesting and only 2 state farmers are protesting. Lot of us were silent due to the respect for farmers irrespective of the state but this has gone too far and facts based on data need to be presented and not propaganda.
I hope for India's sake and the world that the protest are successful, and that Modi is ousted and replaced with someone much more progressive in 2024!
It's still going on
❤👍👍support farmers
well farmers did succeeded and the GOV have to back off soo those peoples who said that farmers are not gonna succeed watch this now
The laws are right. So are the farmers. Hence the deadlock.
Laws are right ? ...brother first read the bills ... According to bill page no 4 point no 8 if private corporate cheats farmers then farmers can't go to court... Is this democracy. ? ..even rapist and criminals are allowed to go to court but not farmers? .. How will you defend this ?
.there are more than 15 loopholes in these bills
@@sukhbirsinghaulakh3234 so maybe the farmers should protest about these specific points and ask the govt to make amends .. cos they said that they are ready to negotiate and make amends ? They have said the same in the house, that they are ready to discuss point by point and make amends and also suspend the implementation till 1.5 years. That is progressive to make laws more tighter.
@@srix01 brother just for once think logically.... There are more than 15 loopholes in these bills ...or agar bills me ekk bhi loophole hotti he to vo farmers ka death warrant sabit hogga ....orr government koi 3 sal ki bachi nahi thi joo unkoo loopholes nahi dikhee ...watch this full video you will understand everything about the bills facebook.com/nitishrajpute/videos/289500552409581/ ..........................and after watching above video a question will arise in your mind that why government brought these deadly bills ...the answer to that question is in this 2 yea old video of an economist ..he predicted all this is going to happen ... Watch this.. facebook.com/ravisinghkhalsaaid/videos/240185707596426/
@@sukhbirsinghaulakh3234 I am glad you provided some references. I saw both of them and only first one had valid points. Adding to that and most of the points and history has been addressed in this video - ua-cam.com/video/sIQvJBSna7U/v-deo.html . I hope you also see this video completely.
@@srix01 bhai yeh video bahut baddi he ..and mere exams chal rahe he ...lekin mene starting ke kuch minutes dekhe orr sach manno yeh banda chuuut ( lying ) boll reha he. .. Kesse ? Vo bhi sunno .... Pehli baat issne ki like america valle kiu vi inn bills ka viroth kar rahe he jabki unke yeha to privatisation pehle se hi he right ? .. Bhai tu tweeter pe jana or ( nation farmers union ) search karna .. Vo America ki farmers ki union he ...they said in there tweets that in America private player has been exploiting farmers from years and now they are trying to do same with indian farmers ..they said that its time for them also to end this privatisation of farming because currently only 2% farmers are left because of there private players .....so what i a trying to say is that they also want to end this privatisation and they are with indian farmers so the theory that American farmer become rich from these private corporate is totally false because there are not to many farmers in America now and all this is because of privatisation......... Second he says that why shouldn't we allow private player like ambani to go in farming sector right ? .... Brother do you know why indian billionaire are very excited to put step in agriculture industry ? Let me explain why..... In America there are only 2-4 major private corporate who are in agriculture industry or field .....and one of them is ( bill gates) yes this man ...one of richest person on earth ....you know what is the percentage of land they own in American ? ...this will shock you.... These private players own 2-3 % agricultural land of America .... Are u serious ? Did something ring in you mind ? Thats the major reason why farmers in America got exploit because they have to leave farming because of low rates and eventually sell there land to these corporates .....2-3 % land is not less its just like owning Haryana in india..and plus in America suitable land for agriculture is too less soo these numbers are very large than they seems to be ...... And in india farming is 500 billon dollars sector.. And you can imagin that what will happen if these ambani like players got control over indian land ......... This shit is too deep brother...... In the end i will only say one thing ..... This whole shit was planed and all political parties are involved in it...... Brother If you got any question you can ask me ...
Farmers will win. There is no other way.
Those eyes are making me uncomfortable
THANKYOU Mam
The farmers need to make bigger demands
So this is all about farmers not wanting the government subsidies to disappear and the privatization of land? Unless there is a need for these crops to justify the subsidies, perhaps not so many Indians should be in farming at this point.
What about the pollution in Delhi...Its because of the farmers...Supreme court has asked them not to burn it but they still do...If a corporation owns the land government can fine the company,which is not possible with individual farmers
chal bhag
Thank you very much appreciated for your excellent information
Finally someone bold enough to stand against Capitalism.
@Amandeep Singh the richer they are, cornier they get.
And the market is controlled by the richest and corniest ones.
In truth, they have no choice but to put morals aside for profit,
Otherwise anyone who puts profit first will outcompete them.
Its just that Capitalism works that way. Morals dont pay off.
Only solution is to replace this system with something that focuses on collective good and not profit.
@Amandeep Singh 1st those countries you mentioned were not Communist, they were Socialist.
2nd, China has a world's largest economy.
3rd most of other ones were small enough to be destroyed with restrictions from other countries. (Cuba, Venezuela) or even bombed (Vietnam) for being Socialist.
4th Countries that were Socialist but not enemies of Western Block like the Yugoslav countries had a time of prosperity during Socialism.
Their citizens had free education, healthcare and housing paid not by the taxpayer money but with surplus profit from the collective companies.
That's right, goverment focused on the people's needs and not on serving the elite.
Capitalists simply won the cold war and most of the Socialist countries were destroyed. They didnt fail by themselves like media wants to portray.
So that argument is not valid. People should stop refusing to see the failures of Capitalism because the media invented an invisible enemy and called it Communism.
This system is far from perfect and it has to be replaced. And we both know that to be true.
@Amandeep Singh yeah but the thing with Venezuela is the fact that the other countries restricted their trade when they became Socialist, and their whole economy depended on oil.
So now the staple of their economy was basicly boycotted.
Far right Modi? We have seen that in West Bengal. How far right he is. He is another Mahatma Gandhi, who needs a Nobel Prize what Gandhi could not won.
Modi and Monsanto are spawned from the same devil . Down with both wish our farmers fought Monsanto the way these brave Sikhs have maybe a strawberry would taste like a strawberry instead of just look like one #iremember buy organic.
You don't know anything so better shout your mouth
@@Rockyboy2106 you don’t know anything and I won’t shut my mouth EVER especially for a man or directed by a man .
Ok that comment at 3:28 is not correct there is no mention of withdrawal of government mandis in the bill. Please read the bill before making “factual” statements. Also note that the protests are primarily only in a single state. There are no other protests against the Bill all over India. There are farmers in every state of the country, the death rate mentioned by the report is largely from the other states not Punjab, which has a fraction of the total death rate. If the Bill was so bad this would be an all India movement instead of just one state. As such the bill is good but the politics is bad which is what has led to this situation.
It’s Punjab not pun jab
For reference you might want to check out (Vandana Shiva on Democracy now!) on UA-cam.
I got lost in your eyes,
Can you please repeat all that Dena❣
😂😂😂
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Farmers voice is matter.
only in Punjab
The bill is not bad. Farmers are not wrong. A negotiated solution is possible that will benefit the farmers. The bill is FOR them
This is a revalotion in the making.
I am guessing but i think the government should protect its farmers from capitalism. Food is non negotiable. So many factors affect farming so losing this sector of the economy is death to the whole country. Stand strong or food prices will escalate beyond peoples income. Even in Europe we subsidise farmers food is life, how can the government be so stupid. Oh i know GMO's. follow the money people.
Explained very well
Are they worried about big corporations taking over farming?
The farmer is the only man in our economy, who buys everything at Retail and sells everything at Wholesale
And paus thr freight both ways.
John F Kennedy
Ex. President USA.
Need a similar workers' movement in Pakistan, but our big bad wolf is the military corporation. Just look up Okara military farms, where military has occupied farming land and the local farmers have been fighting their own fight without any help from anyone and a country wide media blackout
Dena thanx you so much
I'm big fan of you
Are you guys serious right now? All the people supporting this article are that dumb to know the actual facts?
Those farmers laws aren't draconian in nature. Actually, it's exactly the opposite. Those laws are boon to the farmers.
Before a farmer can only sell their crop to mandi at some fixed price. Now the farmers can sell their crop to anyone where they can get good revenue in return. Along with the mandis still being maintained. Now the farmers get to chose who to sell their crop.
People who are protesting are misled farmers and the people who are beneficiaries of mandis. International media making it a propaganda to fit the narrative. Do not believe in this news channels. Google for more info.
I have a question,weather private business innovative at health care????????! Please make a video about it
The answer is no plain and simple. Unless you mean innovative in new ways to monetize your sickness.
Im suprised how this channel is not covering how MSP can be and is exploitated by these agents
Instead of covering pov of only one community why don't you cover others pov on farm laws? U r just showing opinions of certain ppl
Why don't u do interview with other famers (other states who r actually supporting these laws?) who also come under these laws ? U r just trying to ridicule the govt .
Stop showing us opinions of certain community , we want u to cover the whole thing and not just one sided opinion.
I normally don't call people names but you're a clown.
250 million workers in one field is the minority opinion? And the fact that there isn't even a sample size large enough to support the view point of farmers actively supporting these laws goes to show you. That you are a clown.
Big shame for Indian state sponsored media
This video is biased and lack of proper research on the reality of the issue - www.downtoearth.org.in/tag/farmer-suicides , states with most suicide rates are not protesting and only 2 state farmers are protesting. Lot of us were silent due to the respect for farmers irrespective of the state but this has gone too far and facts based on data need to be presented and not propaganda.
Interesting piece. Very informative, the only wrong piece of information is that there is no evidence of GMOs being bad for humans.
Thank you for helping me understand the issue.
well, gmo's have much less nutritional value for one. Also, the seeds of the mother plant can not reproduce. Which is the main reason small farmers can't use them.
Aloha from Shainia daughter of HANNIMAL TWO MOON'S and LIKALEIALANI LUMPUR KUKONU GRAY. Please do more research on GMO. Study the effects it has had on the health of the wildlife. Let the farmers in the USA share the devastating experience taking place. The TRUTH always prevails. Aloha from Shainia
@@hannimalgray4978 I mean, I am doing a PhD in environmental engineering, so anymore would seem excessive 😅.
@@gerri577 that's not actually accurate about the nutrition, but you are correct that some cannot reproduce. There are two parts to that, one is so they don't contaminate wild strains of the crop, but the other is the economics for the farmers. It is terrible how they can be exploited and forced to pay far too much for the seeds annually.
Punjab❤
Nothing is gonna happen. Majority of people in India support farming reforms. If these reforms are implemented then the 2 decade stagnant agriculture sector will once again grow.
India has every right to carry out farm reforms. These farmers don't seem to understand that the free market system will help them become more productive and wealthier. The socialist system will not change their current status. Their children will inherit that sad existence under the current system.
Seems to be the comtrary
Repeal three laws? Yeah, and repeal the nationality law, and ban the IMF and World Bank, and forgive all farmers debt, and subsidize small farms, and invest in rural and poor communities, and invest massively in infrastructure, and abolish caste discrimination, and...
Farmer protest❤ zindabad
Nice.
Completely motivated, false, misleading report. This is not farmer's agitation. Diverse interests - except genuine farmers - have united to create anarchy, hoping to push their own agenda. Will fizzle out sooner.
Why are they protesting?
They will succeed and send a message to World leaders everywhere , don’t mess with the people, especially when they feed you. Modi needs to be voted out of power by his own Hindu people to send a message to the world that nationalism is not welcome.
I wish the same. However the BJP (Modi's Party) is there to stay. Hindus make up 78% of the electorate, and even if he taps half of them he can win in a landslide (in 2014 he received 31% of votes and the election was a huge, huge landslide win.)
Are you in india dena
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Great journalism as usual Dena!
Completely biased and lack of proper research on the reality of the issue - www.downtoearth.org.in/tag/farmer-suicides , states with most suicide rates are not protesting and only 2 state farmers are protesting. Lot of us were silent due to the respect for farmers irrespective of the state but this has gone too far and facts based on data need to be presented and not propaganda.