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La Via Campesina |e-newsletter| June-July 2019
by La Via Campesina 31 Jul '19

31 Jul '19

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* La Via Campesina | e-newsletter | June-July 2019 Donate [1] This edition of the newsletter is the result of a collective effort of organisations, which are part of_ La Via Campesina_ movement worldwide. To subscribe click here [2] UN DECADE OF FAMILY FARMING; PEASANTS VOICE THEIR HOPES AND CONCERNS The Decade was officially launched at FAO headquarters in Rome on 29th May 2019 and was preceded by sessions to exchange and discuss the priorities to implement the global action plan, with the participation of key stakeholders, including the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty and La Via Campesina. La Via Campesina, with a strong delegation of representatives from several regions around the world, different agricultural activities and battlefields for agroecology and food sovereignty, had an active participation in the dialogues and shared its expectations, hopes and concerns with regards to the Decade. Will this Decade simply be another declaration of intent, adding to other ineffective instruments? How is family farming defined? What is the role to be played by governments? And where is the place for peasant agroecology? The answers to these questions will be determining for the success of the Decade. Read More [3] FEATURED ARTICLES PEASANT'S RIGHTS DECLARATION ENRICHES THE HUMAN RIGHTS SYSTEM On 28 September 2018, the Human Rights Council adopted the declaration, which was voted in by a comfortable margin, and which represented, without a doubt, an important step forward on the part of the human rights system from a pluricultural and humanist perspective. Read more → [4] SOUTH ASIAN PEASANT MOVEMENTS MEET IN KATHMANDU, NEPAL Members of La Via Campesina from Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and India took part in the 3-day long meeting making a collective commitment to unify the struggles in the region to realize food sovereignty and to also strengthen the solidarity across the region. Read more → [5] DECLARATIONS FROM THE VII CONGRESS OF THE CLOC LVC In Havana, Cuba, 300 men and women delegates of peasant, indigenous, afro-descendant, landless, artisan fishers, native peoples and rural men and women workers, the youth and women from 30 countries in representation of all of the regions of America, as well as delegates from Via Campesina International, Africa, Asia, Europe and North America, and over 50 international guests all met to hold the VII Continental Congress of the CLOC Via Campesina. Political Declaration of the VII Congress [6] V Youth Assembly of the CLOC-LVC: Declaration [7] VI Women Assembly of the CLOC-LVC: Declaration [8] FORCEFUL MASS DISPLACEMENT AS A RESULT OF HOUSE DEMOLITIONS IN OCCUPIED EAST JERUSALEM The Israeli occupying authorities are accelerating illegal policies and practices to forcibly transfer Palestinians out of Jerusalem. Read more → [9] PROTESTS IN EL PASO AGAINST BORDER PATROL FACILITIES, TREATMENT OF MIGRANTS "It's critical now," she said. "Children are being held in cages now. Mothers are without their babies. Families are without their children.", says Rosemary Rojas, president of the board of directors for the Border Agricultural Workers Project (BAWP) Read more → [10] THE AGRARIAN ISSUE AND CURRENT CHALLENGES Throughout history, the progressive transformation of agricultural production has at its basis the struggle for land. This struggle aims to introduce a radical change in the productive structure; as a consequence, the agrarian issue is significant for the coexistence of humanity and it was dealt with by the leaders of social struggle. Read more → [11] KOREAN FORUM OF RIGHTS OF PEASANTS On May 24, KPL News and Nyeoreum Research Institute of Agriculture & Peasant Policy, with the support of peasants movement in Korea including Korean Peasant League (KPL), Korean Women Peasants Association (KWPA), launched Forum of Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas in Korea. Read more → [12] La Via Campesina Southern and Eastern Africa Youth Articulation Statement We, La Via Campesina Southern and Eastern Africa youth articulation delegates from eight organizations (ESAFF Uganda, ZIMSOFF, Kenyan Peasant League, COPACO, Landless People Movement, Agrarian Campaign for Food Sovereignty, União Nacional de Camponeses [UNAC], MVIWATA) gathered at Mutuko, Zimbabwe for the Youth training, are concerned about the current precarious state of the youth in our region and the African continent. Read more → [13] 2019 WILL BE A DECISIVE YEAR FOR THE BINDING TREATY ON TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS, SAY CAMPAIGNERS The Global Campaign to Reclaim Peoples Sovereignty, Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity (Global Campaign) has issued a call to mobilise in protest against corporate power on October 12 across the planet and to pressure governments to advance the Binding Treaty. Read more → [14] Mercosur: hypocrisy of the European Union In the midst of a climate crisis, how can EU sign an agreement that promotes a model of industrialization of agriculture instead of the localised agricultural systems which completely flies in the face of the objectives of the Paris agreement on climate change?, ECVC asks. Read more → [15] FEATURED PUBLICATION LA VIA CAMPESINA: 2018 ANNUAL REPORT The 2018 Annual Report highlights the selected activities and the advances made during the year towards strengthening the international movement. Download here [16] YOU ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE AUTONOMY OF OUR MOVEMENT ------------------------- As a supporter who has contributed financial resources to La Via Campesina, and as an activist who joins us on the streets and in the fields, your support is always welcome and put to good use. You can renew your contribution to La Via Campesina by clicking here [1]. 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DECLARATIONS from VII Congress of CLOC LVC, Women's Assembly & Youth Assembly
by La Via Campesina 24 Jul '19

24 Jul '19

Political Declaration of the VII Congress of the CLOC LVC In Havana, Cuba, on the 60th anniversary of signing of the Agrarian Reform Law, 27 years after the foundation of the CLOC and 25 years after its first Continental congress, 300 men and women delegates of peasant, indigenous, afrodescendant, landless, artisan fishers, native peoples and rural men and women workers, the youth and women from 30 countries in representation of all of the regions of America, as well as delegates from Via Campesina International, Africa, Asia, Europe and North America, and over 50 international guests all met to hold the VII Continental Congress of the CLOC Via Campesina. Read the full text of the Declaration [1] VI Women Assembly of the CLOC-LVC: Declaration Ten years after the historical day when, in the Niceto Perez School of the ANAP, CLOC-Vía Campesina declared that peasant men and women in Latin America pave the way for socialism, women stood up and shouted with all our strength that WITHOUT FEMINISM THERE IS NO SOCIALISM. The VI Peasant Women Assembly was part of the VII Congress of the Latin America Coordination of Peasant Organizations, CLOC-Via Campesina, which took place in the municipality of Güira de Melena, province of Artemisa, Cuba. It gathered together women delegates of our organizations in 21 countries, inspired by the historical breakthroughs of Cuban women and the revolutionary spirit of Vilma Espin, Celia Sanchez and their people. We met to continue walking down our historical path, the one that has kept alive the resistance of women from the countryside in the face of the patriarchal and capitalist system. Read the full text of the Declaration [2] V Youth Assembly of the CLOC-LVC: Declaration On June 25th 2019 more than 100 men and women youth delegates from 19 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean met in Cuba for the V Youth Assembly of the CLOC-LVC, under the motto "youth of the countryside, youth of the city, let's struggle together for our ideals". Read the full text of the Declaration [3] Links: ------ [1] https://viacampesina.org/en/political-declaration-of-the-vii-congress-of-th… [2] https://viacampesina.org/en/vi-women-assembly-of-the-cloc-lvc-declaration/ [3] https://viacampesina.org/en/v-youth-assembly-of-the-cloc-lvc-declaration/

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