La Via Campesina: June-July | 2021 | e-Newsletter
by La Via Campesina
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This edition of the newsletter is the result of a collective effort
of organisations that are part of_ La Via Campesina's_ global movement.
To subscribe to our monthly newsletter click here [1]
FOOD SYSTEMS THAT EMPOWER PEOPLE, NOT CORPORATIONS!
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Between 25-28 July 2021, some 9,000 people gathered for a mostly virtual
counter-mobilization to oppose the United Nations Food Systems (UNFSS)
Pre-Summit. The alternative forum was hailed a huge success, as it drew
together a wide variety of attendees and was able to catalyze and
amplify a counter-narrative to the official proceedings. With critical
articles and pieces published in major media outlets such as the BBC
[2], Al Jazeera [3] and Italian state TV Rai [4], and several thousands
of #FoodSystems4People [5] posts on social media seen by potentially 10
million users, the counter-mobilization succeeded in reaching a broad
public with its vision for genuine transformation of unsustainable food
systems. Read More [6]
More photos from our online campaign #NotInOurNames
#BoycottUNFoodSummit is available on this Twitter Thread [7] and also on
our official Facebook [8] Page.
Opening Declaration of the Counter-Mobilization to Transform Corporate
Food Systems. Read More [9]
Here is why we are boycotting the UN Food Systems Summit. Read More
[3]
Food Sovereignty: 25 years in the making Read More [10]
The UN and Green Capitalism Attack Food Sovereignty. Read More [11]
ACT NOW TO SUPPORT GAZA'S FARMERS, FARMWORKERS AND FISHERFOLK! HELP GAZA
FEED ITSELF!
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15 years into an already-devastating blockade, the recent assault on
Gaza left thousands of Palestinian farmers, farmworkers and fisherfolk
in urgent need of support and solidarity. Alongside the tragic loss of
life, the homes, schools and hospitals destroyed, Gaza's food system is
in ruins. Palestians now seek to restore their water wells, greenhouses,
animal barns and fishing boats, among other needs, and La Via Campesina
wants to help by contributing USD $250,000 to this effort. Join Us!
MAKE A CONTRIBUTION HERE. [12]
ECVC launches publication on gender diversity in rural areas. Read
More [13]
"Hands that hold the plough will never plead", Indian farmers'
protest completes 200 days. Read More [14]
Open letter: Call for the Suspension of the EU-Colombia Free Trade
Agreement. Read More [15]
Thousands of farmers demonstrate in Lisbon for a fairer CAP. Read
More [16]
This year 2021, we celebrate 25 years of peasant-led efforts and
campaign in our communities to bring food sovereignty to reality -
healthy diets, healthy soils, healthy seeds, agroecology etc - and
continue to resist the capitalist model. This vision, of relating to
nature and with one another harmoniously, practised for thousands of
years was put into words by La Via Campesina and allies at the 1996
World Food Summit [17] in Rome. We defined "Food Sovereignty" as the
right of people to autonomously produce healthy, nutritious,
climatically, and culturally appropriate food, using local resources and
through agroecological means, primarily to address the local food needs
of their communities.
As a mark of celebration, we are releasing our first official poster in
a series that will explore the different dimensions of Food Sovereignty,
as laid out at the 1996 Summit.
Art work by Rosanna Morris
NEW PUBLICATION
Nyéléni Newsletter: Communicating for Food Sovereignty
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Edition: June 2021
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FEATURED VIDEO
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Several Social Movements are boycotting the UN Food Systems Summit. In
this short video, La Via Campesina explains why this Summit is
problematic. For more information:
https://viacampesina.org/en/tag/unfss2021/
Music by Greg Dombrowski
YOU ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE AUTONOMY OF OUR MOVEMENT
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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.
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https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/7/25/here-is-why-we-are-boycottin...
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http://confini.blog.rainews.it/2021/07/22/il-tradimento-del-vertice-onu-s...
[5] https://twitter.com/hashtag/foodsystems4people
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“Artists for Food Sovereignty”: Inviting Artists around the world!
by La Via Campesina
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"ARTISTS FOR FOOD SOVEREIGNTY"
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"_Art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it". _Ernst
Fischer
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This year, La Via Campesina is celebrating 25 years of peasant-led
efforts and campaign in our communities to bring food sovereignty to
reality - healthy diets, healthy soils, healthy seeds, agroecology etc -
and continue to resist the capitalist model.
This vision, of relating to nature and with one another harmoniously,
practiced for thousands of years was put into words by La Via Campesina
and allies at the 1996 World Food Summit [1] in Rome. We defined "Food
Sovereignty" as the right of people to autonomously produce healthy,
nutritious, climatically, and culturally appropriate food, using local
resources and through agroecological means, primarily to address the
local food needs of their communities. Throughout the past 25 years, the
formation of Food Sovereignty has contributed to strengthening a model
of society that prioritizes life.
Food sovereignty, among the multitude of ideas that it encompasses, is
also about defending the billion diversities that exist on this planet,
and is a celebration of our many unique practices, tastes, cultures and
customs. An important pillar in this struggle for food sovereignty is
the role played by popular rural cultures, of peasants, fisher-folk,
family farmers and Indigenous Peoples. Art and popular communication [2]
are vital tools of expression, exchange and resistance in peasant and
indigenous cultures worldwide.
It is in this context that La Via Campesina launches its international
call to action, "ARTISTS FOR FOOD SOVEREIGNTY", as we build up our
efforts towards _OCTOBER 16, 2021 – THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION FOR
PEOPLES' FOOD SOVEREIGNTY AND AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS_.
"ARTISTS FOR FOOD SOVEREIGNTY" attempts to gather audio-visual
expressions of the historical struggles and resistance led by peasants,
food artisans, indigenous peoples, fishers, shepherds, the landless,
women, agricultural wage earners, migrants, and youth worldwide, to
defend our way of life and livelihoods.
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> THROUGH THIS INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR SOLIDARITY ACTION, LA VIA CAMPESINA IS ENCOURAGING PROGRESSIVE ARTISTS AROUND THE WORLD TO SEND US DIVERSE MATERIALS IN THE FORM OF MUSIC, VIDEO CLIPS, POETRY, PAINTINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS, ILLUSTRATIONS, DOCUMENTARIES AND PODCASTS.
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ARTISTS AND MULTIMEDIA PRODUCERS COULD TAKE INSPIRATION FROM ANY OF THE
THEMES LISTED BELOW:
1. Specific experiences of Food Sovereignty- Peasant Cooperatives, Rural
fairs, Seeds, Agroecological Schools, Community Radio, etc.
2. Challenges and Threats posed by Industrial Agricultural politics and
its impact on agrarian reform, land grabbing, climate change and
criminalisation of social movements.
3. The dispute between the peasant agroecological model of production
and the industrial model of agribusinesses.
4. The urgency of a new society that is built on the principles of
global solidarity, internationalism and social justice
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In 2016, the musical group Che Sudaka dedicated the song "Cuando será"
(When it will be) to La Vía Campesina in their fight for Food
Sovereignty.
> "_You that cultivate fields_, _You that cultivate dreams_ _You with your friends_, _Collect the food_ _For you, I present this song_, _So that you feel inspiration_ _That you know you are not alone_, _There are many fighting against time_."
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Additionally, several supporters, activists, friends and allies of LVC
have been inspired by our fight. They have captured this art in
paintings, poems and murals, songs and various other forms of
expression. Last year, during the COVID 19 pandemic, Francisco Daniel, a
friend of Movement Without Land, painted the main image of our campaign
#TimetoTransform.
We want to unite these beautiful artistic expressions in favour of Food
Sovereignty and share them with you all in a VIRTUAL GALLERY DURING
OCTOBER 2021 AS PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE ACTION – FOR FOOD
SOVEREIGNTY, AGAINST MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES. We have set out to gather
all the materials from August until September of 2021.
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These materials also will contribute to the spread, communication and
political formation of La Via Campesina, uniting collective forces for a
transformation and liberation project. It is an attempt to break away
from the alienation caused by a mass-media culture. These art forms are
symbolic of our resistance against the corporate-political nexus and
their economic, cultural, and political oppression of the rural areas.
This call for artistic expression centres around the theme of Food
Sovereignty. The text below serves as a close guide to how we understand
Food Sovereignty within the movement. Artists are free to interpret this
vision of Food Sovereignty and base it in their socio-cultural and
political context.
_WHAT IS FOOD SOVEREIGNTY? _
_Food Sovereignty "is the people's right to healthy food and culturally
suitable products through sustainable and environmentally friendly
methods. It is also the right of the people to define their agricultural
food systems. Food sovereignty is intrinsically linked to the debate
over what we envision for rural areas and what type of development
should be applied. It is about defining what kind of food to produce and
why? To prioritise production for local markets, in line with a culture
of local and regional consumption. It defends the interests and the
inclusion of future generations. It offers a strategy to resist and
dismantle the current regime of corporate food trade and points at the
nutritional, rural, pastoralist and fishing systems determined by local
producers. Food Sovereignty prioritises the local and national economies
and markets, empowers rural and family agriculture, traditional
fisheries and shepherding and the production, distribution and
consumption of food based on environmental, social and economic
sustainability. Food Sovereignty promotes transparent trade that
guarantees a fair income to everyone and the rights for the consumers to
food and nutrition. It assures that the rights to collectively own and
manage our lands, water, seeds, livestock and biodiversity so that these
means of production remain in the hands of those who produce the food.
Food Sovereignty involves new social relationships free from oppression
and inequality between men and women, differences, peoples, racial
groups, social classes and generations. "_
Let this be a moment to transform our resistance through music, poems,
documentaries and inspiring images that expose the urgency of Food
Sovereignty as a solution against hunger, climate change and
authoritarianism.
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* INFORMATION: title of the work, full name, country, organisation
(optional), social media profiles (optional)
* LANGUAGE: mainly in Spanish, English, French but local languages are
welcome with the respective translation (Reduce the text for best
accessibility)
* FORMATS: Video, audio, Word, Jpg or PDFs, without borders,
backgrounds or watermarks.
* DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 16 September 2021
* EMAIL: Email all the materials with the subject _"Llamado Artistas
por la Soberanía Alimentaria"_ to lvcweb(a)viacampesina.org with a copy
(CC) to Viviana.rojas(a)viacampesina.org.
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La Via Campesina will select and curate from the compiled material and
exhibit them in a virtual gallery that will be available on the website
of LVC. The curated work will also be distributed as a digital
catalogue, acknowledging the contribution of each artist.
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https://viacampesina.org/en/nyeleni-newsletter-communicating-for-food-sov...
[3] https://youtu.be/JwB0PXM8NMg
[4] https://vimeo.com/440624449
[5] http://www.facebook.com/ViaCampesinaOfficial
[6] http://www.twitter.com/via_campesina
[7] http://www.instagram.com/la_via_campesina_official
[8] http://viacampesina.org/en
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