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La Via Campesina Calls for a Proactive Boycott of the Israeli Goods- Reiterates Support for the Global BDS Campaign
by La Via Campesina 24 Nov '23

24 Nov '23

LA VIA CAMPESINA CALLS FOR A PROACTIVE BOYCOTT OF THE ISRAELI GOODS- REITERATES SUPPORT FOR THE GLOBAL BDS CAMPAIGN Press Release (Bagnolet: November 24, 2023) In response to the genocidal war being waged on the people of Palestine, we, La Via Campesina, reiterate our steadfast solidarity with the peasants, fisherfolk and working families of Palestine. Many of them dedicate themselves daily to the realization of Peasants Rights and Food Sovereignty, engage in heroic acts such as planting their lands, caring for their orchards, fishing in their rivers and sea, and organizing themselves within the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC), a longstanding member of La Via Campesina. There are no words to describe the pain and the heartbreak felt within all of La Via Campesina with each life lost, each child maimed and orphaned, each home and hospital destroyed, each farm and field abandoned for fear of death by air raids in Gaza or armed emboldened settlers across the West Bank. This illegal Israeli occupation that has lasted far too long now carries out what one UN official described as a "textbook case of genocide". Over 13,500 civilians have been killed, at the time of writing this press release, and the numbers of lost souls continue to increase. The majority of the casualties are women and children. Another 3,000 missing trapped under the rubble. A ceasefire is imperative to prevent further horrors. It is our duty as social movements, organizations, and individuals within society to globalize the struggle and solidarity, and put to an end these shameful crimes that do not lead to peace and undermine sovereignty, destroying the future of generations. Boycott Israel for a Free and Food Sovereign Palestine! The BDS campaign's first goal is to challenge international support for Israeli apartheid and settler-colonialism. In the context of Israeli's genocidal war increasing the global effort in boycotting Israeli products aim at reaching as soon as possible a ceasefire, allowing massive entry of humanitarian aid in Gaza, and pushing for diplomatic negotiations towards the end of the illegal occupation of Palestine. Honoring our commitment to a Food Sovereign Palestine, and in memory of our dear Islam Ali - UAWC organizer killed by Israeli airstrikes on 13 October 2023 - La Via Campesina calls on all of its 182 member organizations, friends and allies alike, to join in reaffirming its collective demands of October 2023 [1] [SEE BOX BELOW] and, in addition to actively participating in popular protests worldwide [2], public campaigns to pressure all governments and the United Nations. We invite all people and organizations of good conscience to take concrete coordinated action as encouraged by the Boycott, Divestment and Sanction (BDS) campaign. Aiming for the greatest of possible immediate impacts, La Via Campesina invites the entire Food Sovereignty Movement and its allies to: * Boycott all Israeli goods [3], especially food and agricultural products from the occupation such as fruits, vegetables and wines: Many products are wrongly labelled as "Produced in Israel" when they come from stolen Palestinian lands. As explained by BDS, "Farming is tied to the Palestinian people's identity, history and resistance to Israel's colonial occupation. Israeli agricultural export companies play a key role in Israel's destruction of Palestinian agriculture, the dispossession of Palestinian farmers and land grabs that make way for illegal Israeli settlements". Boycott all Israeli goods and demand that they be removed from any and all markets and supermarkets! Buy Local - Boycott Israel! * As suggested by the BDS Movement [3], we call for a proactive boycott of Carrefour, Siemens, Axa, Puma, HP, Re/Max, Ahava and Sodastream, and other transnational companies identified by BDS as "involved in war crimes committed by the Israeli regime of occupation, settler-colonialism and apartheid over the Palestinian people". Join BDS and La Via Campesina in boycotting these companies and their products worldwide! They must cut ties with UN declared illegal Israeli settlements! Palestinian rights are Human rights! La Via Campesina Demands of October 2023 - Unconditional Cessation of Hostilities: An immediate and unconditional cessation of ongoing hostilities and acts of violence against civilians. - Safe Passage and Border Openings: The establishment of safe corridors and the opening of all border crossings to facilitate the swift entry of medical aid, and food, and to expediently transport the injured for urgent medical care. - Accountability for War Crimes: Prosecution of those responsible for war crimes before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in line with its mandate and international law. - Formation of International Investigative Committees: Establishment of international committees to investigate and report on the unprecedented crimes committed during this conflict. In advocating for these actions, we stand in solidarity with all civilians caught in the crossfire and seek justice, peace, and the upholding of fundamental human rights. See: https://viacampesina.org/en/la-via-campesinas-petition-on-palestine-more-th… Globalize the Struggle! Globalize Hope! Links: ------ [1] https://viacampesina.org/en/urgent-call-for-solidarity-with-palestine-sign-… [2] https://www.gazaispalestine.com/protest [3] https://bdsmovement.net/get-involved/what-to-boycott

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La Via Campesina calls on the CFS to take immediate measures to fulfill its institutional mandate as Gaza faces an imminent risk of starvation
by La Via Campesina 24 Nov '23

24 Nov '23

LA VIA CAMPESINA CALLS ON THE CFS TO TAKE IMMEDIATE MEASURES TO FULFILL ITS INSTITUTIONAL MANDATE AS GAZA FACES AN IMMINENT RISK OF STARVATION Press Release (Bagnolet, November 22, 2023) The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) mandate is to enable UN member states to work together to combat hunger. In the autumn of 2023, we are witnessing with horror the massacre of already more than 12,000 civilians in Gaza and the use of hunger and thirst as a weapon of war by State of Israel. Faced with the blockade on all food, water and diesel imposed by the Israeli army, the Palestinian population is faced with an odious choice: leave their land or die. Moreover, in the West Bank, Israeli settlers are attacking and killing Palestinian farmers in order to extend their hold over the Palestinian territories. Both the forced displacement of populations and the use of hunger as a weapon of war are banned by the United Nations (REF: "The Security Council recalls its resolution 2417 [2018] and its Presidential Statements of 9 August 2017 [S/PRST/2017/14] and 29 April 2020 [S/PRST/2020/6], Statement by the President of the Security Council - 3 August 2023 ). Under these conditions, the silence of the CFS Plenary on the situation in Palestine is shameful. The amendment proposed by Egypt, even if adopted, is only a modest but insufficient step to move towards effective and operational proposals to address the food situation in Gaza. La Via Campesina, as a CFS participant, and the global peasant movement representing more than 200 million peasants and agricultural workers around the world, earnestly calls on the CFS to adopt the following resolutions: * condemn the use of food and water as weapons of war in Gaza and in West Bank; * urge the international community to impose International Sanctions for individuals and entities responsible for using hunger as a weapon in Palestine; * condemn the violent attempts of eviction of Palestinian farmers and land grabbing in the West Bank by Israeli settlers; * call for a permanent and unconditional ceasefire to enable the supply to the civilian population of Gaza and the Occupied Territories the humanitarian aid they urgently need to cope with the current dire situation and also allow them access to water, food and medical aid; * call for specific protection to be granted to farmers and their activities in Gaza and the Occupied Territories, as they are the only possible source of food supply for the Palestinian people now and in the immediate future; * call for the Establishment of an International Inquiry Commission under the supervision of the United Nations to investigate the use of hunger as a weapon in Gaza and the West Bank and to document and report on the violations committed against Palestinian civilians and farmers; * call for the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Food and Agriculture Organization and other UN agencies to take an ambitious initiative to rebuild Palestinian farming sector and support Palestinian farmers to recover their productive capacity to sustainably provide food to all Palestinian people. We call on all Governments and social movements to push for these urgent demands.

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Urgent Aid to Gaza: Call for Donations
by La Via Campesina 15 Nov '23

15 Nov '23

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* URGENT AID TO GAZA: CALL FOR DONATIONS ------------------------- * Este artículo está disponible en * English [1] * Français [2] The Palestinian people have been subjected to a genocidal war in Gaza and a campaign of ethnic cleansing in the West Bank by the Israeli military. Israeli warplanes have been bombing homes, hospitals, mosques, and churches, resulting in more than ten thousands killed and tens of thousands of wounded and missing. More than 60% of homes in the Gaza Strip have been completely or partially destroyed. Tragically, up to 69% of the victims are children and women. The Israeli occupation is wielding starvation as a weapon against civilians to force them to leave Gaza and migrate to Egypt. This brutal tactic has already displaced more than 1.5 million Palestinians from the north to the south of the Gaza Strip. In response, the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) [3] is spearheading an international campaign to provide aid to Gaza and the West Bank targeting thousands of affected Palestinian families by providing food, water, and life essentials to bolster their resilience against the crimes of the Israeli occupation and thwart the plans for their forced displacement. PLEASE MAKE YOUR DONATION HERE DONATION [4] At this stage, because of the blockade, we rely on procuring food from the limited local supplies in Gaza. Your donation can be the difference between life and death for a Palestinian family facing starvation. Raise your voice against this terrible injustice and illegal occupation! ------------------------- [5] [6] [7] [8] To unsubscribe from the distribution list click here [9] For questions or comments, email lvcweb(a)viacampesina.org Website: www.viacampesina.org TV: www.tv.viacampesina.org To subscribe to this newsletter - Click Here [9] Links: ------ [1] https://viacampesina.org/en/urgent-aid-to-gaza-call-for-donations/ [2] https://viacampesina.org/fr/aide-urgente-a-gaza-appel-aux-dons/ [3] https://uawc-pal.org/index.php?&lang=en [4] https://stopgazastarvation.org/ [5] https://www.facebook.com/viacampesinaOFFICIAL [6] http://www.twitter.com/via_campesina [7] https://www.instagram.com/la_via_campesina_official/ [8] https://viacampesina.org/ [9] https://mail.viacampesina.org/lists/listinfo/Via-info-es

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#25Nov23 | With conviction, we pave the way for peasant and popular feminism, build Food Sovereignty, and fight against crises and violence
by La Via Campesina 14 Nov '23

14 Nov '23

*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* #25Nov23 | With conviction, we pave the way for peasant and popular feminism, build Food Sovereignty, and fight against crises and violence 10 November 2023 8 - Bogota (2023) <https://viacampesina.org/en/who-are-we/our-conferences/8-bogota-2023/>, Campaign to End Violence against Women <https://viacampesina.org/en/what-are-we-fighting-against/patriachy/campaign…>, Patriachy <https://viacampesina.org/en/what-are-we-fighting-against/patriachy/>, Women <https://viacampesina.org/en/who-are-we/women/> * This article is available in * Español <https://viacampesina.org/es/25n23-con-conviccion-allanamos-el-camino-al-fem…> * Français <https://viacampesina.org/fr/25nov23-cest-avec-conviction-que-nous-ouvrons-l…> *Bagnolet, 10/11/23* | *Call to Action – International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 25 November, the */International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women/*, La Via Campesina is sounding the alarm about the various forms of violence experienced by women around the world. During crises and violence such as wars, occupations and expulsions from our territories, peasant women, fisherwomen, shepherds, indigenous women, quilombolas and indigenous peoples, landless, migrants and agricultural workers continue to resist in Palestine, Haiti, Cuba, Niger, Peru and other territories around the world, making history in the struggle against capitalism, patriarchy, racism, colonialism and the advance of fascism. In Palestine, in the span of 25 consecutive days of these attacks against civilians, 8,525 Palestinians have tragically lost their lives, and 67% of the victims were women and children. This has not only resulted in loss of life but has also led to the widespread destruction of numerous homes, hospitals, schools and critical infrastructure, all of which occurred without any prior warning of evacuation. Women enduring the harsh realities of this occupation are forced to live in appalling conditions as they have been forcibly displaced. Among them are pregnant women who need essential medical care and other basic necessities to feed their babies, while enduring the lack of even the most basic standards of living. The Israeli occupation has imposed a total siege, severely limiting access to food, water and fuel for the past three weeks. This siege employs starvation as a cruel and inhumane tactic, causing immense suffering among women who have no safe place to live and provide urgently needed care for their children. On this day, we denounce the inability of the States to guarantee their commitments in the construction of a public policy of equality, the complicit and patriarchal judicial system that protects aggressors and promotes a culture of impunity and violence against women, girls and diversity. As Morris Tidball-Binz, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, noted in his 2023 report, <https://news.un.org/es/story/2023/10/1525152> “Femicide is a global tragedy of pandemic proportions, with tens of thousands of girls and women, including transgender women, murdered every year because of their gender, and many more at risk of dying from gender-based violence because States don’t fulfil their duty to protect victims’ lives and ensure their safety.” Since the foundation of our movement, in these 30 years of struggle and organisation, food sovereignty as a political principle has allowed rural women to denounce the capitalist system, the generator of the multiple injustices and inequalities that we are experiencing today, which has turned food into a commodity for agribusiness, putting market interests first, poisoning the soil and threatening the subsistence of humanity and life on the planet. Rural women are essential in the fight against hunger and in the defence of food sovereignty, in the care of biodiversity, in the recovery of indigenous seeds, in the care of water, soil and ancestral knowledge. At the same time, we are a front of struggle, resistance and resilience in the face of political, economic and environmental crises. Through agroecological practices we ensure the sustainable management of Mother Earth and promote a feminist, supportive and just economy. At the same time, we denounce the neoliberal and fascist policies on women’s bodies and lives: the lack of fundamental rights such as education, housing, health, sexual and reproductive rights, as well as freedom of mobility, organisation and communication. The world is currently experiencing a setback and a serious loss of fundamental and historical rights in multiple crises caused by wars, the climate crisis, poverty and pandemics, which have a clear gendered impact and unequally affect women and girls. Before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, as peasant women we have affirmed food sovereignty as a concrete way to face these crises, and we continue to produce more than 70% of the food we represent 50% of the labour power in the field. However, we own less than 2% of the land, infrastructure and necessary services. In this sense, we see the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants, adopted in 2018, <https://viacampesina.org/en/undrop-illustrations/> as a political tool to defend and fight for our rights, and to guide public policies that guarantee a dignified life in the countryside and healthy food for humanity and life on the planet. *On this day of action #25Nov23,* together with organised and rebellious women from all over the world, we will call for a day of mobilisation, training and exchange, with forums, direct actions, fairs and other events denouncing the daily and structural violence that women and peasants experience. We will take to the streets and networks to put forward our political proposals to condemn capitalism, patriarchy, the states and the judiciary as the main accomplices of the violence and crises we are experiencing today. Towards our 8th Conference and 6th International Women’s Assembly in Bogotá Since its birth, La Via Campesina has sought to guarantee the participation of rural women at all levels of action, power and representation, in order to build a broad, democratic, international movement, politically and socially committed to the defence of peasant agriculture, food sovereignty, the struggle for land, justice, equality and the fight against all forms of gender violence. Since the First Conference and the Women’s Assembly of La Via Campesina, we have achieved key objectives such as gender parity, peasant and popular feminism and the fight against violence <https://viacampesina.org/en/graphic-book-the-path-of-peasant-and-popular-fe…>. We have also gained recognition for our strategic role in food sovereignty and food systems and in the construction of the Declaration of Peasant Rights. “These spaces are key to talking about the context, the strengthening of the right, fascism and neo-fascism. All this means a lot in the lives of rural women. There is still a lot of political violence, so during the Assembly we have to deal with the causes of this violence. With conviction, as our slogan says, but without fear,” commented Adriana Mezadri of the Brazilian Women’s Peasant Movement and the Women’s Articulation of the South American Region of La Vía Campesina. The International Women’s Assemblies that have been held during these years, within the framework of our International Conference (1-8 December 2023), give the movement a political base and a horizon, since it is here that the actions for the following period are evaluated and planned. Our 1st Assembly took place in Bangalore, India, in 2000; the 2nd Assembly in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 2004; the 3rd Assembly in Maputo, Mozambique, in 2008; the 4th Assembly in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 2013; and the 5th International Women’s Assembly in Derio, Basque Country, in 2017. Petra Ortiz, from the Panamanian Peasant Union of the Central American Region, says that several face-to-face and virtual meetings, schools <https://viacampesina.org/en/video-we-are-going-to-till-and-study-internatio…>, gatherings and assemblies have taken place in the run-up to the 6th International Women’s Assembly <https://viacampesina.org/en/6th-international-womens-assembly-of-la-via-cam…>, which will take place in Bogotá on 2 December. “We have reviewed the history of articulation, the journey of articulation in La Via Campesina, and the advance of peasant and popular feminism in the search for justice. Also to look inwards and say that there is still violence in organisations, so we are also working on training our colleagues in feminism and new masculinities against all patriarchal practices. We have the challenge of continuing to integrate young people, strengthening solidarity, and migration is also a serious issue in the region and globally, as is the environmental crisis, which is aggravating the situation in the countryside,” she says. Global Campaign to ‘Stop the Violence Against Women’ – 15 Years of Breaking the Silence The International Campaign to Stop Violence Against Women is celebrating its 15th anniversary since it was launched at the 5th Conference in Maputo in 2008, where La Via Campesina “broke the silence” and conceived it as a way of dialogue within the movement and with society on the importance of building new and better human relationships as part of the construction of new societies. Anuka De Silva, from MONLAR Sri Lanka and the Asian continent, says that the peasant population is a large one, with a lot of rural areas and cultures. This region is promoting a campaign against micro-lending, which enslaves peasant women with unpayable bills. “This is also a form of violence. We want to include it in our campaign, which will celebrate its 15th anniversary at the 8th World Conference. We don’t have land in our patriarchal societies. That’s why we demand changes in the laws and fight for joint ownership. At the same time, she mentioned the importance of stepping up the campaign against agrochemicals, which are not only related to food. In Asia, they are causing the deaths of women and children. “Migration is also a serious problem in a number of countries in the region. There are no labour rights. We are calling for women and countries to be mobilised for rights. In addition, the environmental crisis has caused floods and droughts, so we demand climate justice and real policies,” she adds. Food sovereignty cannot be sown with violent and toxic relationships! It also seeks to denounce the violence of agribusiness, which greatly affects rural women, peasants, fishermen, shepherds, landless women, migrants and farm workers, displacing, poisoning, exploiting, criminalising and killing them. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Download our communication materials and campaign poster here <https://comms.viacampesina.org/s/9Zxjkf7gccDckHc>.* Follow us on social media using the hashtag: *#PopularPeasantFeminism #StopViolenceAgainstWomen #25Nov23 #8ConfLVC* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Facebook <https://viacampesina.org/#facebook>Twitter <https://viacampesina.org/#twitter>WhatsApp <https://viacampesina.org/#whatsapp>Telegram <https://viacampesina.org/#telegram> Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/viacampesinaOFFICIAL> Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/via_campesina> Link <https://www.instagram.com/la_via_campesina_official/> Website <https://viacampesina.org/> To unsubscribe from the distribution list click here <https://mail.viacampesina.org/lists/listinfo/Via-info-es> For questions or comments, email *lvcweb(a)viacampesina.org* <mailto:lvcweb@viacampesina.org?subject=Newsletter%20Comments%3A%20> *Website:* www.viacampesina.org *TV:* www.tv.viacampesina.org To subscribe to this newsletter - Click Here <https://mail.viacampesina.org/lists/listinfo/Via-info-es>

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