agriculture

1928: The Santa Marta Massacre

Submitted by Reddebrek on Dec 14 2019 15:20

Diplomatic reports from various US and Colombian government agencies and the United Fruit Company about a strike by plantation workers in 1928 and the governments bloody actions to break it. The Santa Marta strike is often referred to as the Banana massacre due to its high death toll.

2014: Vermont Migrant Farmworkers March and Picket for Return of Withheld Pay

Submitted by Reddebrek on Jun 28 2019 18:24

An acocunt of picketing by Migrant workers at a dairy in Vermont over poor living and working conditions and wage theft.

Fields, Factories and Workshops tomorrow

Why I work on the land

TIM MEADOWS is a farm worker in Essex.

Anarchism and Agriculture

ALAN ALBON is a farm worker in Sussex

The Slave of the Farm

1850: Bulgarian Peasants Revolt

Submitted by Reddebrek on Nov 22 2018 18:44

A short history of an uprising by (mostly) Bulgarian peasants in the waning Ottoman Empire. The peasants fought to abolish their feudal duties and taxes, but many of their leaders were also motivated by a mix of national autonomy and Christianity. The revolt was defeated but outrage over the severe reprisals by the authorities forced the Ottoman Empire to back down and introduce limited land and tax reforms.

1968-1969: Pakistani students, workers, and peasants bring down a dictator

Submitted by Reddebrek on Jul 10 2018 19:03

An account of the waves of strikes and protests against the inequality, brutality and corruption of Pakistans military dictatorship.

Tea workers: Poorest of the poor, in Bangladesh

Submitted by akmshihab on May 21 2018 06:54

On May 20, 1921, around 30,000 tea labourers left their workplace in Sylhet region and started walking towards Chandpur Meghna Ghat. When they reached there, the then Assamese police opened fire on the protesters. Many of the workers were killed, and their bodies were thrown into the river. The rest fled.
Marking the incident, Tea Workers Day will be observed tomorrow like every year.