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Nyeleni Newsletter #41: “Beyond Land – Territory and Food Sovereignty”

by La Via Campesina

Control over land and related resources reflect the power relations in a country/region, and are an indicator of existing social injustices. At the same time, these resources are central to the rights, livelihoods and identity of small scale food producers, and they have been at the heart of the food sovereignty movement from its beginning. This issue of the Nyéléni Newsletter is the second edition this year dedicated to the theme of land. In a historical review, we look at how land-related struggles have evolved over the past decades, starting with demands for agrarian reform to a more comprehensive framing, which asserts people's and communities' close and multi-faceted relationships to their territories. Despite persistent challenges to people's struggle for land, this issue celebrates important victories and features the ingeniousness of communities around the world to assert their rights and manage their territories. Social organizations are finding ways to include emerging issues such as the challenges of climate change and digital technologies into their struggles. In the light of aggressive digitalization, financialization and authoritarianism, as well as an increasing overlapping of agrarian and ecological questions, we point out the need for movements to revive and refocus their strategies. DOWNLOAD THE EDITION HERE [1] Links: ------ [1] http://www.nyeleni.org/ccount/click.php?id=149

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La Via Campesina Web-Dialogue | 10 September | 13h00 (Harare time)

by La Via Campesina

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* "Globalize Solidarity, Localize Agriculture" _La Via Campesina Web-Dialogue_ 13h00 - 15h30 (Harare time) 10 September 2020 REGISTER [1] On 10 September 2020, La Via Campesina will once again mark the International Day of Action against WTO and FTAs. On this day, in memory of Lee Kyung Hae's sacrifice, we intend to hold a web-dialogue between peasant leaders and activists from Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas. They will elaborate and argue why agriculture must remain out of all Free Trade Negotiations that take place both inside and outside the WTO. The dialogue titled "GLOBALIZE SOLIDARITY, LOCALIZE AGRICULTURE" will focus on people's alternative that emerges from centuries of peasant experiences and evidence. Speakers: - Jeongyeol Kim, La Via Campesina Asia - Shalmali Guttal, Focus on the Global South - S Kannaiyyan, La Via Campesina Asia - Festil Pierre Doudou, La Via Campesina Americas - David Otieno, La Via Campesina Africa - Million Belay, Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa - Vincent Dauby, European Coordination Vía Campesina Moderated by: Peter Rosset, ECOSUR REGISTER [1] Links: ------ [1] https://bit.ly/LVC-Trade-Webinar-2020

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