Rural Emancipation in South Asia Today
A reflection on the several faultlines that need addressing to further emancipatory politics in South Asia’s countryside.
“Strikes Are Normal Growing up”: Plantation Politics in Sri Lanka
An interview with Menaha Kandaswamy, former General Secretary of the Ceylon Plantation Workers’ Union.
Itineraries of Insurgency in Rural India
Sara Abraham speaks to veteran Odia activist and author Ranjana Padhi.
Land Reforms Are Dead, Long Live Land Reforms: Thoughts on Land Struggles in Pakistan
By juxtaposing communist-led land-to-the-tiller struggles in 1970s Pakistan with current movements against real-estatization, we see the prospects and limits of redistributive land politics.
Contestations over Land in Northern Sri Lanka
Rethinking hegemony and resistance in land conflicts in the post-civil war Sri Lankan North.
A Fight Within: Women and Dalits in India’s Farmers’ Movement
Progressives widely lauded the Indian farmers’ protests for incorporating women and Dalits. But a closer look points to the endurance of casteism and patriarchy in the movement.
Women, Land and Livelihoods in Post-War Northern Sri Lanka
In post-war Sri Lanka, women navigate class, caste, gender, and religious discrimination to access land and livelihoods.
Infrastructures of Protest: Life at Dehli’s Kissan Morcha (Border Camps)
A photo essay on the social and physical infrastructures of protest built by the Indian farmers’ movement on the borders of Delhi.
Lessons from India’s Farmers Movement
A leading organizer reflects on the strategic successes of the movement.