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Saturday, January 30
10 a.m. Pacific, 1 p.m. Eastern, 11:30 p.m. IST
In a mass uprising, India’s farmers, with supporters from labor, have been blocking key highways connecting the capital of New Delhi with the vast country’s north for months. The angry farmers know that agricultural “reform” legislation adopted in September make them vulnerable to predatory corporate cartels and may well reduce them to destitution.
Their protest tactics have included sit-ins, rallies, and warehouse and railway blockades.
How have 15 million farmers and their supporters mobilized so quickly to fight back against new corporate-friendly laws being imposed by the Modi government? How are they facing some of the biggest corporations in the nation, which clearly have friends in high places? Might farmers and workers actually maintain solidarity and gain a bigger say in decision-making? What lessons have they learned, abandoned, adopted?’
In this webinar, Aarti Sethi, a leading researcher on the impacts of economic exploitation on India’s farmers, will share her insights into the roots of the farmers' uprising and its prospects for success on any level. Given the enormity of the country and size of its diverse population, that's a lot to ponder.
Dr. Sethi teaches anthropology at the University of California at Berkeley. A socio-cultural anthropologist, her primary interests are in agrarian anthropology, rural life, political economy, and the study of South Asia.
Register now for Zoom. We will also livestream this event on our Facebook page and later post a recording on our YouTube channel.
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