La Via Campesina | e-newsletter | June - July 2020
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LA VIA CAMPESINA #TIMETOTRANSFORM
SOW THE SEEDS OF STRUGGLE AND RESISTANCE, AND CULTIVATE OUR RIGHTS! –
#TIMETOTRANSFORM
The world is currently living through a different and intense context
and historical moment, with a much-accelerated change in the balance of
forces and the political struggle. Taking into account the peculiarity
of each country or territory, as the working-class and peasants in the
countryside, we face two great enemies of the people; (i) A visible
enemy like Covid-19 ... Read more ... [3]
#THE WINDS OF CHANGE ARE BLOWING HARDER: COVID-19 UPDATE ON PEASANTS,
RURAL WORKERS AND OTHER MARGINALIZED GROUPS!
_Within the framework of our strategy of formation/training, information
and political analysis in defense of Food Sovereignty and Peasant
Agriculture, with the slogan "Sow the seeds of struggle and resistance,
and cultivate our rights!", we share a second report on the COVID-19 and
the situation of the peasantry._
It has been five months since most countries imposed lockdown measures,
including travel restrictions both within and across borders, to control
the spread of COVID-19 pushing millions of hungry people over the edge.
During this period, tens of millions of people have contracted COVID-19,
and over half a million people succumbed to death. ... Indeed, COVID-19
has shown that we can no longer return to business as usual, that we
have to change how we live and interact as a society. It is time to
transform. Read more ... [4]
FEATURED ARTICLES
LA VIA CAMPESINA CONDEMNS THE COLONIALIST ANNEXATION PLAN IN PALESTINE
(Harare, July 2, 2020) Steadfast in our solidarity with all those who
struggle for Food Sovereignty and the full realization of peasants'
rights, La Via Campesina expresses our unwavering support for the
Palestinian people and peasant movement united against U.S.-backed
Israeli attempts to annex the vital lands, waters, and territories of
occupied Palestine's Area C. Read more ... [5]
SIGN THE CALL FOR GERMAN EU COUNCIL PRESIDENCY TO STOP THE EU-MERCOSUR
AGREEMENT
Negotiations between the EU and Mercosur countries (Brazil, Argentina,
Paraguay and Uruguay), underway for over 20 years, culminated in a
political agreement in June last year. The European Commission has since
been preparing the EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement for signature. But
the agreement is highly controversial. Read more ... [6]
MST'S INTERNATIONALIST BRIGADES AND THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19 AND FOR
LIFE IN AFRICA AND LATIN AMERICA
The world is currently undergoing a serious health crisis and is
possibly facing the biggest social and economic crisis of the 21st
century. While scientists strive to find ways to overcome the COVID-19
pandemic, hypotheses about the origin are being made. The fact is that
there is a high probability that the virus that caused this pandemic may
have originated from the environmental crisis we are also facing and the
actions of the capital, especially in agriculture. Read more ... [7]
INDIA: KRRS FARMERS PROTEST IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS ACROSS KARNATAKA
AGAINST AMENDMENTS TO LAND LAW
Since the time Karnataka government announced that it would bring
amendments to the Karnataka Land Reforms Act-1961, thousands of farmers
organized under the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha, and Hasiru Sene
(KRRS) are protesting [8] against the government's move throughout the
state. Read more ... [9]
SAY THEIR NAMES! ANTI-RACISM STATEMENT; HONORING OUR BLACK FARMWORKER
SAY THEIR NAMES! George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and all
the others, whose lives have been lost senselessly, needlessly and
tragically because of an ever-pervasive and inherent racism that infects
our country....like a pandemic. Read more ... [10]
UNION LEADER PROTEST THE TREATMENT OF MIGRANT WORKERS
On Tuesday, June 16, the USB unionist Aboubakar Soumahoro chained
himself near Villa Pamphilj, in Rome, where the "General State of the
Economy" are underway , a series of meetings organised by the government
between the government itself, international institutions, trade unions
and trade associations. Read more ... [11]
NEPAL: NOW IS TIME FOR SOCIALIST ECONOMIC REFORMS
The COVID-19 pandemic has given a few messages to the world. The
countries with centralised public services, public healthcare system,
planned economy, and better public policies such as China, Cuba,
Vietnam, and Kerala state of India are dealing it more effectively than
the capitalist countries like the USA, the UK, France, Spain and Italy.
Read more ... [12]
MILLIONS FORCED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN HUNGER OR COVID-19
The Quilombo Campo Grande camp is currently resisting an attempted
eviction which began early on Wednesday August 12. The camp located in
the municipality of Campo do Meio, in the state of Minas Gerais, is home
to 450 landless families. Dozens of police officers and vehicles have
been brought in from neighboring cities to carry out the action. Read
more ... [13]
INDONESIA: SPI CALLS FOR URGENT SOLIDARITY WITH IMPRISONED PEASANT
LEADER
Serikat Petani Indonesia, one of the country's prominent peasant unions
and a member of La Via Campesina, has issued a letter seeking solidarity
from social movements and civil society, in connection with the
imprisonment of one of their leaders. Read more ... [14]
LA VIA CAMPESINA MEXICO ISSUES LETTER IN DEFENSE OF SEEDS AND PEASANT
AND INDIGENOUS AGRICULTURE
_We, La Via Campesina Mexico, claim our right, as peasants and
indigenous people, to conserve, use, exchange and selling seeds and
other propagation preserved in the production units peasant and
indigenous production units _ Read more ... [15]
"PROTECT PEASANT AND AGROECOLOGICAL PRODUCTION." LA VIA CAMPESINA AT THE
MEETING OF THE UN DECADE FOR FAMILY FARMING
On 27 July, Elizabeth Mpofu, General Coordinator of La Via Campesina,
reminded everyone who attended the global exchange meeting in the
framework of the UN Decade for Family Farming that the COVID 19 Crisis
reveals to us the limitations of the industrial food system. Read more
... [16]
UAWC'S REPORT ON ISRAELI OCCUPATION VIOLATIONS AGAINST PALESTINIAN
FARMERS IN THE WEST BANK DURING JUNE 2020
Palestinian LVC and agricultural committees documented more than 81
violations against farmers in various areas in the West Bank mostly
classified as C. including, setting up fires where 55 dunums were
burned, destroying and confiscating crops where 40 Stacks of wheat hay
and 3 tons of fodder were stolen, Bulldozing More than 1080 dunums,
cutting down more than 116 productive trees, and confiscating more than
50 dunums. Read more ... [17]
COLOMBIA IS MILITARISING ITS TERRITORIES INSTEAD OF PROMOTING PEACE
States must respect, promote and guarantee human rights; however, it
seems necessary to remind Duque's government of the existence of these
international obligations.
Since 2016, when the Peace Agreement between the Colombian State and the
extinct FARC-EP guerrillas was signed, violence against human rights
defenders, land restitution leaders, social leaders, people in
reincorporation process and, in general, rural communities, has
gradually increased. Read more ... [18]
THE GAZA BLOCKADE IS ENTERING ITS FOURTEENTH YEAR
_In solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza and the rest of
Palestine, La Via Campesina's Arab and North Africa region is calling
for the immediate lifting of the brutal blockade._
As on June 14, 2020, thirteen years have gone by since the Israeli
occupation first imposed this brutal blockade on our brave people in the
Gaza Strip. In this period, 1.8 million Palestinians in Gaza have lived
in a virtual prison, under the weight of a land, sea, and air blockade.
Read more ... [19]
WHAT KIND OF AFRICA AND WORLD SHOULD EMERGE FROM THIS CRISIS?
The COVID-19 pandemic is perhaps the biggest global event in recent
decades. The crisis is highlighting and exacerbating existing
inequalities in the globalised neo-liberal and patriarchal
socio-economic system. Read more ... [20]
MILLIONS FORCED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN HUNGER OR COVID-19
GRAIN
On the eve of May Day 2020, in full coronavirus pandemic, the
International Labour Organisation (ILO) released some hair raising
statistics. About 1.6 billion workers from the informal sector are in
dire straits because of the lockdowns governments have imposed to stop
the spread of the virus. Read more ... [21]
FEATURED PUBLICATION
DIGNITY FOR MIGRANT WORKERS AND THE MOVEMENT FOR FOOD SOVEREIGNTY ARE
THE SAME STRUGGLE!
Land is the basis for social life. It is a foundation not only for
agricultural production, but also shapes and is shaped by societies'
political, economic, and cultural dynamics: POWER AFFECTS LAND ACCESS,
AND LAND ACCESS GRANTS POWER.
Given land's central role to human society, it is unsurprising that it
has also been CENTRAL TO PROFIT ACCUMULATION IN THE EXPANSION OF GLOBAL
CAPITALISM. DOWNLOAD HERE [22]. [23]
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GLOBALIZE HOPE (1H 13 MINS)
New film on the history of La Via Campesina
This film chronicles how La Via Campesina was born more than 28 years
ago, as an alternative that brings together struggles, dreams and
challenges to build solidarity and secure our collective human future.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Select English, French or Spanish subtitles by clicking
on the "CC" button on the Vimeo player.
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