Indian farmer / protester (voice clip) (Unknown)

In a place where you could not vote, one way that Black folks were able to exert power was having some control over the land under their feet.

White folks recognized pretty early on that one way to stop the civil rights movement, one way to undercut it, was to get rid of land ownership.

And you know...

You take away the water, you take away my job.

These laws will have an effect on anyone who eats.

They will buy from us at very low prices and we lose our livelihoods.

Now, the government's responding by using massive concrete barriers to box in the three main sit-in sites along New Delhi's highways.

It's also cut off electricity, water and the internet.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has broke his silence describing violence in the capital, New Delhi, last Tuesday as an insult to the country.

Modi says he'll not change his mind on the new laws, but has repeated an offer to delay them for 18 months.

We've made this our home.

Whether it takes four years or more, we're here to stay.