Is there a good long-read explainer on the farmer protests in India? I’m not really grokking what’s going on or why based on the news coverage.
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No long reads but I’d recommend listening to @sialmirzagoraya and ’s podcast, which includes on the ground info. Would also recommend reading Ashok Gulati’s work in the Indian Express.
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You can find a good summary of what’s in the three acts and why the protestors have a lot of cause for concern here theindiaforum.in/article/three- on the broader political economy there are these 4 key aspects hindustantimes.com/india-news/fou
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Picked up this book while researching my ancestors' associations w/Marxist-Leninist movements in Srikakulam
Mr Myrdal is the son of nobel laureates and a notorious swedish communist
India Waits (1980) ruminates a Marxian-inspired peoples' movement, emanating from rural India




