Repealing the farm laws: The first and foremost demand of the protesting farmers’ organisations is the repeal of three new agricultural laws. Minimum support price: The second demand of farmers is the guarantee of Minimum Support Price (MSP) to ensure procurement of crops at a suitable price.

Populism refers to a range of political stances that emphasise the idea of “the people” and often juxtapose this group against “the elite”. Populist parties and social movements are often led by charismatic or dominant figures who present themselves as the “voice of the people”.

After the 1896 Democratic National Convention nominated William Jennings Bryan, a prominent bimetallist, the Populists also nominated Bryan but rejected the Democratic vice-presidential nominee in favor of party leader Thomas E. After the 1896 presidential election, the Populist Party suffered a nationwide collapse.

A peasant movement is a social movement involved with the agricultural policy, which claims peasants rights. Early peasant movements were usually the feudal and semi-feudal societies, and resulted in violent uprisings.

Gogineni Ranga Nayukulu, also known as N. G. Ranga (7 November 1900 – 9 June 1995), was an Indian freedom fighter, classical liberal, parliamentarian and farmer leader. He is founding president of Swatantra Party. He was an exponent of the peasant philosophy, and considered the father of the Indian Peasant Movement.

1. Champaran Satyagraha (1917): The Champaran peasant movement was a part of the independence movement. After returning from South Africa, Gandhiji made the experiment of non-cooperation by leading the Champaran (Bihar) and Kheda (Gujarat) peasant struggles.

A peasant is a man or woman of the land, who has a direct and special relationship with the land and nature through the production of food and/or other agricultural products. Peasants work the land themselves, rely[ing] above all on family labour and other small‐scale forms of organizing labour.

Medieval Peasants – Medieval Serfs All serfs were peasants but not all peasants were serfs. In other words, “peasant” was an umbrella term used to define the common people in the Middle Ages while a serf was one of three types of peasants, the others being slaves and freemen.

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Peasant, any member of a class of persons who till the soil as small landowners or as agricultural labourers. The term peasant originally referred to small-scale agriculturalists in Europe in historic times, but many other societies, both past and present, have had a peasant class.

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One of the oddest myths about the Middle Ages is that people did not drink water. Many books and articles have repeated the notion that water was so polluted during this period that medieval men and women would only drink wine, ale or some other kind of beverage. Instead, they would speak of drinking ale or wine.