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Media | As ‘Trolley Times’ Captures Imaginations, Punjab Remembers Historic Newspapers of Protest -Kusum Arora

As ‘Trolley Times’ Captures Imaginations, Punjab Remembers Historic Newspapers of Protest -Kusum Arora

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published Published on Jan 13, 2021   modified Modified on Jan 14, 2021

-TheWire.in

From 1907’s struggle against British land revenue rates, to 202-21’s agitation against the new farm laws, at least five newspapers were launched to provide platforms for those fighting for their rights.

Jalandhar: Nearly a century ago, when desperate farmers and labourers in Punjab agitated for their rights in British-ruled India, they found a platform in a newspaper called Kirti (Labourer). This newspaper not only led to the formation of the Kirti Kisan Party but also caught the attention of the national and foreign press. In its February 11, 1928, edition, Pravda, a Russian newspaper then the official mouthpiece of the Communist Party of Soviet Union, wrote: “Good news from Punjab. They have a paper of their own to organise the peasantry”.

Today, Trolley Times, a bilingual newspaper for farmers that was launched on December 17, 2020, appears to be the new Kirti. With its first headline – ‘Unite, Fight and Win’ – and its name based on the tractor trolleys on which Punjab’s farmers arrived at the borders of Delhi to protest the new farm laws, it caught the imagination of the national and international media immediately.

Though not the farmers’ official mouthpiece, Trolley Times has so far printed six editions, launched a digital edition and is soon to launch an official website.

Do protests pave the way for newspapers? Do newspapers birth protest movements? Whatever the answer might be, history shows us that protests and newspapers often work in tandem.

From the latest to the first, The Wire tracks five historic protests in Punjab and the newspapers associated with them.

Please click here to read more.


TheWire.in, 13 January, 2021, https://thewire.in/media/farmers-protests-trolley-times-newspapers


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