What Brought The Farmers’ Protests Under Global Spotlight? I Rihanna I Greta Thunberg

On February 2, the global spotlight shone on the ongoing farmer's protest, after the pop music icon, Rihanna, tweeted about the same.Since then, multiple prominent personalities have tweeted in support of the protests. These have included teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg, Indo-Canadian YouTuber turned talk show host, Lilly Singh, Ugandan climate justice activist, Vanessa Nakate, American actor, John Cusack and British parliamentarian, Claudia Webbe.Since their tweets, both Rihanna and Thunberg have faced vicious online attacks from Indian trolls.But in the face of this, Rihanna’s tweet did what it intended to: get the world to talk about Indian farmers and their protests.Like our work? Click here to support The Wire: https://thewire.in/supportThe founding premise of The Wire is this: if good journalism is to survive and thrive, it can only do so by being both editorially and financially independent. This means relying principally on contributions from readers and concerned citizens who have no interest other than to sustain a space for quality journalism. As a publication, The Wire will be firmly committed to the public interest and democratic values.We publish in four different languages!For English, visit www.thewire.infor Hindi: http://thewirehindi.com/for Urdu: http://thewireurdu.comfor Marathi: https://marathi.thewire.inIf you are a young writer or a creator, you can submit articles, essays, photos, poetry – anything that’s straight out of your imagination – to LiveWire, The Wire’s portal for the young, by the young. https://livewire.thewire.in/You can also follow The Wire’s social media platforms and engage with us.Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/TheWire/https://www.facebook.com/TheWireHindi/https://www.facebook.com/TheWireUrdu/https://www.facebook.com/TheWireMarathi/Twitterhttps://twitter.com/thewire_inhttps://twitter.com/thewirehindihttps://twitter.com/TheWireUrduhttps://twitter.com/TheWireMarathihttps://twitter.com/livewireInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/thewirein/https://www.instagram.com/livewirein/Don’t forget to hit the subscribe button to never miss a video from The Wire!