Equal Exchange Blog ... "Support the Families of the Potong Tea Garden"

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Support the Families of the Potong Tea Garden

In June 2017, a strike spread across Darjeeling, India and closed the entire region for 104 days. The motivation was political- a fight over identity, sovereignty, independence. In August we wrote about the fight for Gorkhaland, a movement to separate Darjeeling and surrounding areas (parts of Dooars and Siliguri) from the State of West Bengal to create an independent new state.

Caught in the middle were tea gardens, workers,and small farmers- including Potong, a long-term partner of Equal Exchange ...

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