The Grim Reaper: Major farmer protests around the world in the past 100 years
One of the largest protests in human history got the world's attention as hundreds of thousands of farmers marched to India's capital and set up camp at its borders to protest the new farm laws. As this visual survey of past protests show, farmers the world over have been trapped by bureaucratic and oppressive government policies, exploitation by landholders, crippling debts, losses on marketed goods, and devastating weather, leading to some significant protests in those countries
Curated By: Madhu Kapparath
BELGIUM 2015
Farmers spray straws on police forces from a combine harvester during a demonstration in front of the European Commission building hosting an European agricultural ministers’ meet on September 7, 2015, in Brussels, Belgium. Thousands of angry European farmers set off fireworks, blared horns and blocked Brussels streets with tractors as they demanded emergency EU funds to help them cope with plunging food prices and soaring costs.
