Ownership of means of production is essential to protect the livelihood of communities living based on natural resources. - Roma speaking on the webinar - Asserting livelihood with dignity @aiufwp
The constitutional rights based on right to livelihood should be deepened by furthering the agrarian reforms which were manipulated by the zamindari class. Resources should be given to people then only we can protect livelihood of the people
Land and forests cannot be treated as commodities, forest land taken, pond encroached, pastoral land alienated. People dont want food but livelhood to live with dignity.
What will migrant labourers fall back when they go back to their villages. If there is food and livelihood security they can live with dignity. In villages where women have occupied land, they have struggled to build their livelihood back
We need to look at the concept of Right Work and not just NREGA when we reimagine the future. What seemed impossible entered the mainstream political discourse Now there is a need to strengthen it.
This should look at
1) State and its role 2) Employment and work particularly in the covid crisis 3) idea of nature of work