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India's farm law disaster / Avik Saha

Jan 11 2021
Episode 1281

 

Avik Saha

The formula for a nightmare: Understanding India's farm law disaster.

Lawyer and farmer activist Avik Saha on the corporatization and monopolization of the Indian agricultural sector under the government's (illegal) proposed ordinances, Modi's use of Hindu majoritarianism to divide the working class and consolidate political power, and the bleak future facing India's farmers.