{"id":435,"date":"2021-02-19T08:08:35","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T07:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spblinux.de\/The-Giraffe-Heroes-Blog\/?p=435"},"modified":"2021-02-19T08:08:40","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T07:08:40","slug":"we-stand-with-indian-farmers-full-page-advertisement-in-new-york-times-of-february-16-in-support-of-farmers-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spblinux.de\/Staying-the-Course\/index.php\/2021\/02\/19\/we-stand-with-indian-farmers-full-page-advertisement-in-new-york-times-of-february-16-in-support-of-farmers-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"WE STAND WITH INDIAN FARMERS – Full Page Advertisement in New York Times of February 16 in support of farmers movement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Dilip – 

WE STAND WITH INDIAN FARMERS<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We \u2013 farmers, activists, and citizens of the world \u2013 stand in solidarity with farmers in India protesting to protect their livelihoods. Nearly one million farmers are peacefully organizing and demonstrating, but the Indian government has responded with state-sanctioned violence, including the use of tear gas, water cannons, mass arrests and indefinite detention. These human rights abuses must end now.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indian farmers are standing up to defend their dignity and livelihoods. They are protesting three new laws, passed hastily without due deliberation, that will deregulate agriculture in India. For many, this is a matter of life and death. These laws benefit large conglomerate corporate entities and remove protections for farmers. Nearly half of India\u2019s workforce is in the agricultural sector, the majority on small-hold farms. Millions of families now stand to lose their farms. An increase in industrial farming could have a devastating impact on the food we consume and the future of our environment. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Farmers across India have peacefully organized and protested for months. Yet they have faced violence, persecution, and retaliation by the government. The protest sites, at times, have been cut off from water, aid, and electricity. Internet services have been strategically suspended to silence dissent. Media outlets have been censored and threatened. Protestors, activists, and journalists have been arrested, assaulted, and held in indefinite detention. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

India\u2019s actions run counter to core sacred values shared by all democracies: the protection of civic and political participation and the commitment to human rights. We are living in a dangerous time when global citizens must be called on to safeguard the principles on which all democratic nations are founded.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To Indian farmers: You have ignited one of the largest protests in human history. From the fields of Punjab, to the villages of Kerala, to the streets of New Delhi, your voices echo around the world. Now we raise our voices in solidarity.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We call on all people who champion human rights — in the United States and around the world — to join us and condemn the abuses against farmers, laborers, and protesters in India. Use your voice to call on India to respect the core principles of democracy, including the rights of all people to protest peacefully, demand accountability, and envision a safer, healthier, and more just future for all people on the planet.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Signed,<\/em>
Concerned farmers, activists, and citizens of the world<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: <\/em>https:\/\/justice4women.org\/indian-farmers-protest\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organizational Signatories<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

18 Million Rising<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AFL-CIO<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Agroecology Research-Action Collective<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amalgamated Transit Union International<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amnesty International USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amplifier<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apna Ghar, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asian American Writers’ Workshop<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Athens Neighborhood Planting Project<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aubin Pictures, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Auburn Seminary<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Battle Born Progress<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can\u2019t Stop! Won\u2019t Stop! Consulting<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caribbean Agroecology Institute<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chicago Metro LCLAA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cleveland Jobs with Justice<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Community Alliance for Global Justice<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Community Services Unlimited Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Detroit Black Community Food Security Network<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dolores Huerta Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Empowering Pacific Islander Communities (EPIC)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Equality Labs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fair Trade Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fair World Project<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project (FLAP)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Food Chain Workers Alliance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Food Empowerment Project<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Food Forest Network<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Freedoms<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Global Labor Justice-International Labor Rights Forum<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Global Project Against Hate and Extremism<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Green America<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hindus for Human Rights<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hispanic Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Illinois Migrant Council<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indian Bayou Food Forest<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jahajee Sisters<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jobs With Justice<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jonas Philanthropies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Justice for Migrant Women (see JMW video<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Justice For Muslims Collective<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La Conexi\u00f3n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Labor Council for Latin American Advancement<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leadership Counsel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lobelia Commons<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Louisiana Permaculture<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LULAC-IL<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meztli Projects<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Migrant Justice<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Milk with Dignity Standards Council<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mixteco\/Indigena Community Organizing Project<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moms Across America\/Mothers Across The World<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MPower Change<\/p>\n\n\n\n

National Domestic Workers Alliance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

National Lawyers Guild<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nest<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York City Fair Trade Coalition<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Real Food Media<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Repairers of the Breach<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Resilience Force<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sakhi for South Asian Women<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sankofa.org<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sapna NYC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Southeastern African American Farmers’ Organic Network (SAAFON)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Student Action with Farmworkers (SAF)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sur Legal Collaborative<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The National Council of Asian Pacific Americans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Revolutionary Love Project<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TransLatin@ Coalition<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UMOS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Win Without War<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Individual Signatories<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ahir Shah<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ai-jen Poo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ajay Appasaheb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Akhila Ananth<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alana Siegner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alba Ponce de Leon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alexandra Stanton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alok Vaid-Menon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

America Ferrera<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amreet Sandhu, J.D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amy Bell<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amy Emmerich<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrea Alford<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrea Castagno<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ani DiFranco<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aniq Rahman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anna Brown<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anna Rose Menken<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anoushka Shankar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Antonio Roman-Alcal\u00e1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

April Uchitel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aram Bingham<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ariane Goldman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arin Lawrence<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arjun Sethi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ashwini Sukthankar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bamby Salcedo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barkha Cardoz<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bhajneet Singh<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bisha K. Ali<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bishop William Barber II<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brian McLaren<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brittany Zion Estrada<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brooke Williams<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bruce Cheung<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carolina Iwanow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cheryl McDonough<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chiara de Rege<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chiara Moore<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chitra Ganesh<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christie Marchese<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christine Currence<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cindy Gallop<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cristela Alonzo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daisy Auger-Dom\u00ednguez<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daljit Soni<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dara Lazar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Moriya<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dawn David<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dawn-Lyen Gardner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deep Kailey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dee Poku<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deepa Iyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Desiree Peterkin Bell<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dev Benegal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dolores Huerta<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dyllan McGee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eleanor Forster<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ellie Burrows Gluck<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elsa Collins<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emily TeKolste<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eric Kampe<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erin Darke<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Esteli Jimenez-Soto<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eva Longoria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fariha R\u00f3is\u00edn<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fawzia Mirza<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Florian Koenigsberger<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fran Hauser<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Freida Pinto<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Garrett Grady-Lovelace<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Georgie Greville<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ginny Suss<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gregory Cendana<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guy Gunaratne<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happy Feminist<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hari Kondabolu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haya Emaan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heidi Bechtel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hitha Herzog<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hitha Palepu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iman Qureshi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iram Parveen Bilal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isolde Brielmaier<\/p>\n\n\n\n

James Zogby<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Janica Anderzen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeff Liebert<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jen Marshall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jennifer Cohan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jennifer Justice<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeremiah Younossi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JJ Rosenbaum<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joel Garcia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Morrow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karen Robinovitz<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kate Quarfordt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Katharine Henderson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kathryn De Master<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keisha E. McKenzie<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kerry Washington<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kiran Desai<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kiran Rai<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kisha Bari<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kishori Rajan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Knoxy Knox<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kourtney Collum<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Krystle Loyland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laura Keiter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zeren<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lauri London Freedman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leah Fischman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lilly Singh<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lucas Bragg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maloni Gosss<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maneesh Goyal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Manpreet Kaur Kalra<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Martha Caswell<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matthew Canfield<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Megan Cunningham<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Melanie DuPuis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Meuter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michelle Perro, MD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mim Shaikh<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monica Botkier<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monica Dogra<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M\u00f3nica Ram\u00edrez<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monisha Rajesh<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mythili Prakash<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nathan Teske<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Navneet Bhalla<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nicholas Gonzalez<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nikesh Shukla<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nikhil Shah<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nikkia Reveillac<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nina Davuluri<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nisha Anand<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nisha Ramachandran<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nyakio Grieco<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Otis Moss<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pabitra Benjamin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pallavi Sharda<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pamela Romanowsky<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paola Mendoza<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Piper Perabo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prabeen Singh<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prama Verma<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preti Taneja<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rabbi Sharon Brous<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachel Carmona<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rania Batrice<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rekha Malhotra<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reshma Saujani<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rev. Angel Kyodo Williams<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rosanna Arquette<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ruchira Gupta<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ryan Piers Williams<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sabari Raja<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sabrina Mallick<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sally Rumble<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sam Douglass<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sanjay Chhugani<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarah Berner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Severine von Tscharner Fleming<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shaifali Pur<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shikha Bhatnagar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shruti Rya Ganguly<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sonali Bijor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sr. Simone Campbell<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suchitra Vijayan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sue Udry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sukhman Dhami<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suman Mudunuri<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunny Jain<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Svati Shah<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sweety Kapoor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tana\u00efs n\u00e9e Tanwi Nandini Islam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tanya Selvaratnam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tanya Shah<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tara Abrahams<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tara Brach<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thais Stiklorius<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanu Yakupitiyage<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tiffany Chang<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tiffany Keriakos<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uma Kadekodi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uzma Hasan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Valarie Kaur<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Jones<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vanessa Hallik<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vijay Iyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vinay Patel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vivek Bald<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Waris Singh Ahluwalia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zain Alam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zohran Mamdani<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See video<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Dilip – Thursday, February 18, 2021 WE STAND WITH INDIAN FARMERS   We \u2013 farmers, activists, and citizens of the world \u2013 stand in solidarity with farmers in India protesting to protect their livelihoods. Nearly one million farmers are peacefully organizing and demonstrating, but the Indian government has responded with state-sanctioned violence, including the use of tear gas, water cannons, mass arrests and indefinite detention. These human rights abuses must end now. Indian farmers are standing up to defend their dignity and livelihoods. They are protesting three new laws, passed hastily without due deliberation, that will deregulate agriculture in India. For many, this Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,34],"tags":[161,131,159,149,157,160],"class_list":["post-435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-giraffe","category-human-rights-civil-disobedience-courage-honesty","tag-civil-disobedience","tag-dilip-simeon","tag-gandhi","tag-giraffe-heroes-2","tag-indian-farmers","tag-non-violence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spblinux.de\/Staying-the-Course\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spblinux.de\/Staying-the-Course\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spblinux.de\/Staying-the-Course\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spblinux.de\/Staying-the-Course\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spblinux.de\/Staying-the-Course\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spblinux.de\/Staying-the-Course\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":436,"href":"https:\/\/spblinux.de\/Staying-the-Course\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435\/revisions\/436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spblinux.de\/Staying-the-Course\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spblinux.de\/Staying-the-Course\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spblinux.de\/Staying-the-Course\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}