January 26 March on Delhi: Indian farmers valiantly organize to affirm their rights

By J. Singh 

Farmers in India are continuing their struggle without letup. They continue to demand the repeal of the three farm laws which favour agribusiness at their expense.

January Events in Canada: Stand with Indian Farmers

Vancouver

Monday-Friday, 11:00 am-2:00 pm
Indian Consulate, Unit 201, 325 Howe St.
Organized by Sikh Motorcycle Club of Canada

 

Daily, 4:30-6:00 pm
Clearbrook Rd South of Fraser Way

 

Daily, 5:30-9:00 pm
King George and 88th

 

Daily, 6:00-9:00 pm
Scott Road and 72nd

 

Monday-Friday, 11:00 am-3:00 pm
Indian Consulate, Unit 700, 365 Bloor St. E.
Organized by Sikh Motorcycle Club of Canada

 

Monday-Friday, 11:00 am-2:00 pm
Indian Embassy, 10 Springfield Rd
Organized by Sikh Motorcycle Club of Canada

 

Farmers Protests Panel Discussion

 

Richmond

2:00-6:00 pm
Highway No. 5 and Steveston Hwy

 

Car and Truck Road Show
11:00 am
Gather at Abbotsford Stadium, drive to Vancouver Art Gallery

Vancouver

Voices of the Oppressed, Standing in Solidarity
1:00-4:00 pm
Vancouver Art Gallery

Abbotsford

Tractor Rally
10:00 am
Mann Farms Corn Maze (McKenzie and Vye Road)

 

Kisaan Rally and Peaceful Demonstration
1:30 pm
Gather at noon, H Lot, UBCO

Vancouver

Protest Republic Day
1:00 pm
Indian Consulate, 325 Howe St

 

Kisaan Rally
12:00 noon
Meet Strawberry Hill Parking Lot, Cineplex
Destination; Indian Consulate
325 Howe St, Vancouver

 

Kisan Republic Day Car Rally
3:30 pm
Gather at Westwood Mall
5:00-7:00 pm
Rally at Square One

Saturday, January 30

 

2:00-6:00 pm
Highway No. 5 and Steveston Hwy

November 1 Day of Action in Defence of Migrant Rights

Raise the Call: Status for All!

Migrante and la Association de Mexicanos en Calgary visit an Alberta farm on Thanksgiving, share a meal, games and karaoke before the migrant workers return home for the season.

The Migrant Rights Network has called for a national day of action on Sunday, November 1 to once again raise the call for Status for All! 

US monopoly interests behind Ukraine putsch

“Ukraine’s agriculture could be a real gold mine.” – U.S.-Ukraine Business Council

Behind the U.S.-backed coup that ousted the democratically-elected president of Ukraine are the self-serving predatory interests of giant corporations – from Cargill to Chevron to Monsanto – and vulture capitalists which see the country as a potential “gold mine” of profits from the plunder of its rich agricultural and energy resources, as JP SOTTILE* documents in consortiumnews.com. This underlies the sharpness of the inter-imperialist contradictions over control of Ukraine as well as the crimes being carried out by the big powers of the U.S. and Europe against the Ukrainian people. Canadians should firmly reject this meddling in Ukraine’s affairs as they can no doubt extrapolate that the same process in the Ukraine is also being carried out by the imperialists in our country and elsewhere.**

(March 16) – ON JANUARY 12, a reported 50,000 “pro-Western” Ukrainians descended upon Kiev’s Independence Square to protest against the government of President Viktor Yanukovych. Stoked in part by an attack on opposition leader Yuriy Lutsenko, the protest marked the beginning of the end of Yanukovych’s four year-long government.

That same day, the Financial Times reported a major deal for U.S. agribusiness titan Cargill.