The Communications Collective of South Asia, with support from the Youth Media Collective of MONLAR, is releasing the first edition of La Via Campesina’s South Asian Dispatches. Episode 1 focuses on the ongoing farmworkers’ strike in Bangladesh, organized by the Bangladesh Agricultural Farm Labour Federation since July 21, 2023. The struggle has compelled the government to establish a committee to study the matter and provide recommendations.
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Bangladesh: 25 state-run jute mills shut, 45,000 workers laid off. ‘Suicidal’ says BAFLF
In a surprise move, on June 26, the Bangladesh government announced the shutdown of the… Read more →
Bangladesh: Farmworkers demand income guarantee and unconditional cash support as COVID 19 cases soar
Bangladesh Agricultural Farm Labour Federation and National Women Farmers and Workers Association have issued a… Read more →
Bangladesh : Peasant movements intensifies the struggle against ‘Golden Rice’
BAFLF general secratery Abdul Mazid stated that the multinational companies have targeted Bangladesh as laboratory for the trail of their GM crops and using people and farmers as guinea-pigs for their own interest.