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Peasant struggles | EN | Feb 2025
by La Via Campesina 28 Feb '25

28 Feb '25

Edition : February 2025 SUBSCRIBE [1] Check out our newsletter, "PEASANT STRUGGLES" from La Via Campesina, featuring a selection of the latest articles, podcasts, and videos. [2] Call to Anti-Fascist Action on #8M25 ------------------------- Women have reaped political victories that were long cultivated through organization and mobilization. The achievement of rights is the result of the collective effort of the working class. We salute all women who, in different territories, sustain life, food, care, and social transformations. As La Via Campesina, we reaffirm our commitment to Peasant and Popular Feminism and its campaign Stop Violence, promoting concrete responses to current crises through food sovereignty and feminist struggle. At the same time, we call for international solidarity and mobilization against fascism, in defense of human rights, Food Sovereignty and social justice. Women continue marching, denouncing violence and environmental and social crimes, resisting the looting of our resources and the massacre of our peoples. We continue weaving networks and alliances to expose patriarchy, capitalism and neoliberalism as a threat to life on this planet! READ THE CALL TO ACTION [3] Your donations help us remain autonomous! La Via Campesina depends on funding from our supporters who are committed to the vision of food sovereignty. Your support allows the global movement to remain autonomous and independent of all influences, and to voice our grassroots proposals and demonstrate our agroecological practices in international and national policy-making spaces. We believe that the transformation of our society into a more inclusive and equitable one requires the collective efforts of all who firmly believe in the ideas of social justice and equity. DONATE [4] Palestine: La Via Campesina Welcomes the Formation of The Hague Group, Urges Immediate Global Participation ------------------------- La Via Campesina welcomes the establishment of The Hague Group by the governments of Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Malaysia, Namibia, Senegal, and South Africa. This unprecedented alliance marks a historic and urgent intervention in the fight against impunity and the ongoing genocide committed against the Palestinian people. READ MORE [5] Also Read: A Delegation of Peasant Farmers from La Via Campesina Visited Palestine in December 2024: Notes from their Daily Diaries are now available online [6]. DRC Conflict: Southern and Eastern African La Via Campesina Calls for International Solidarity, Flags Attacks on Women and Girls ------------------------- It is impossible to establish a stable society, and thereby their food sovereignty, in a territory where there is no peace and respect to basic human rights and dignity. READ MORE [7] The MERCOSUR-EU trade agreement and its impact on peasant women: Notes from Brazil ------------------------- The scenario, created by free trade treaties, imposes a series of vulnerabilities and setbacks to important achievements achieved by women, who in times of labor crisis are the first to be fired from companies. READ MORE [8] 'New GMO' Deregulation: Europe's Small-Scale Farmers and Breeders Warn of Corporate Control and Socio-Economic Risks ------------------------- The proposed law excludes new GMOs from the existing EU GMO legislation. In particular, it excludes most of them from being checked for safety, allowing their deliberate release into nature. READ MORE [9] Japan: Nouminren Protests Reopening of Nuclear Power Plants, Pledges to Protect Territories ------------------------- The demonstration, organized by Nouminren's Fukushima Prefecture chapter on December 19, 2024, called on the government and TEPCO to cease nuclear plant re-openings and provide compensation to affected farmers. READ MORE [10] READ ALL FEBRUARY UPDATES [11] Canada: Bunge-Viterra merger approval highlights myth of competition and need for effective regulation, says NFU ------------------------- When the merger is finalized, ADM, Bunge, Cargill, and Louis-Dreyfus, will continue to dominate internationally, with Bunge now in first place. Together these four giants control 70% of the world's grain trade. READ MORE [12] Land Rights, Trade Justice, and Generational Renewal Among the Key Issues Peasant Youth Table at the Oxford Real Farming Conference 2025 ------------------------- This year, the Land Workers' Alliance (our member in the UK) and a small group of peasant youth from La Via Campesina participated in various onsite and online panels. READ MORE [13] India: On Price Support for Farmers, Mainstream Economic Opinion Shifts from 'Why' to 'How' ------------------------- Researchers argue that in 2022-23 alone, public sector banks wrote off loans and the government extended tax waivers to corporations amounting to $38 billion--nearly 1% of India's nominal GDP. In contrast, providing MSP to India's food producers would cost just a tenth of this amount. READ MORE [14] La Via Campesina at the 17th Global Forum for Food and Agriculture in Berlin ------------------------- The GFFA took place amid a global hunger crisis, with 733 million people facing food insecurity. Farmers worldwide confront dramatic challenges, including low farm prices that do not cover production costs, limited access to essential resources, rising inequalities, and the devastating effects of the climate catastrophe. READ MORE [15] READ ALL JANUARY UPDATES [16] FEATURED VIDEO [17] In the latest episode of Peasant Alert (Spanish/Portugese), we're joined by Márcio Santos from MST (Brazil) and Eliana Zafra from CPDH (Colombia), both also representatives of La Vía Campesina South America. Together, they analyze the ongoing crises in their respective territories and emphasize the critical need for international solidarity. READ THE ARTICLE FOR ENGLISH TRANSCRIPTS. [18] Your donations help us remain autonomous! La Via Campesina depends on funding from our supporters who are committed to the vision of food sovereignty. 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Peasant struggles | EN | Nov-Dec 24
by La Via Campesina 31 Dec '24

31 Dec '24

*|MC:SUBJECT|* *Edition : November - December 2024* *SUBSCRIBE* <https://click.mailchimp.com/track/click/30010842/ee.forms.viacampesina.org?…> Check out our newsletter, *"PEASANT STRUGGLES"* from La Via Campesina, featuring a selection of the latest articles, podcasts, and videos. <https://click.mailchimp.com/track/click/30010842/viacampesina.org?p=eyJzIjo…> *GLOBALIZE THE STRUGGLE, GLOBALIZE HOPE!* As a global peasant movement, we welcome this new cycle with strength, mobilization, and solidarity in a world facing some of its gravest crises. We hope that every home will have a plate of food, along with joy and hope for a better world. Our movement renews its commitment to fighting for Life, Social Justice, Peace, and Food Sovereignty for our peoples *Your donations help us remain autonomous!* La Via Campesina depends on funding from our supporters who are committed to the vision of food sovereignty. Your support allows the global movement to remain autonomous and independent of all influences, and to voice our grassroots proposals and demonstrate our agroecological practices in international and national policy-making spaces. We believe that the transformation of our society into a more inclusive and equitable one requires the collective efforts of all who firmly believe in the ideas of social justice and equity. *DONATE <https://click.mailchimp.com/track/click/30010842/donatenow.networkforgood.o…>* *Palestine : A delegation from La Via Campesina in the West Bank witnesses the devastating impacts of the Israeli occupation.* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ During the 10-day visit, the delegation toured key regions, including Nablus, the Jordan Valley, Ramallah, Bethlehem, and Hebron, and met with Palestinian farmers, governors, and representatives from civil society organizations, including women’s cooperatives, youth groups, and human rights advocates. The meetings revealed a bleak reality: systematic policies of home demolitions, land seizures, and restrictions on access to water have devastated the livelihoods of Palestinian farmers and rural communities. *READ MORE <https://click.mailchimp.com/track/click/30010842/viacampesina.org?p=eyJzIjo…>* *Haiti: Devastating floods leave a tragic toll on lives and livelihoods* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Floods have added a new layer of suffering and loss in Haiti, a country already grappling with gang violence and extreme poverty. Today, Haiti is facing one of the worst natural disasters in its history, with devastating floods hitting especially the north, Grande-Anse, and the Northwest. The human and material losses are tragic. Dozens of bodies have already been recovered from the waters. Peasants, who form the backbone of the rural economy, have lost nearly all their crops, as well as animals vital to their livelihood. *READ MORE <https://click.mailchimp.com/track/click/30010842/viacampesina.org?p=eyJzIjo…>* *Nov. 25 – International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women: Stop Violence, Hunger, and War!* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We affirm that the fight against violence, climate change, and hunger in rural areas requires popular land reforms and the creation of an alternative model of food production worldwide. We seek to radically transform the economy to place the reproduction of life at its center. *READ MORE <https://click.mailchimp.com/track/click/30010842/viacampesina.org?p=eyJzIjo…>* *Baku, COP29: La Via Campesina's Responses to the Climate Crisis* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ False solutions, including carbon markets, offset systems, genetically modified crops, geoengineering megaprojects, "climate-smart agriculture," and "nature-based solutions," reinforce an imperialist development agenda, deepening colonialism and environmental degradation. *READ MORE <https://click.mailchimp.com/track/click/30010842/viacampesina.org?p=eyJzIjo…>* READ ALL NOVEMBER UPDATES <https://click.mailchimp.com/track/click/30010842/viacampesina.org?p=eyJzIjo…> *December 3 – International day for Life and against agrotoxics: Peasant Agroecology ensures Food Sovereignty* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The intensive use of pesticides is one of the main causes of the biodiversity crisis the world is facing. Pollinator and bee populations are declining at an alarming rate, directly impacting biological and cultural diversity. Affirming peasant agroecology and food sovereignty is essential to preserving life. *READ MORE <https://click.mailchimp.com/track/click/30010842/viacampesina.org?p=eyJzIjo…>* *South Korea: Peasant Unions and Urban Youth Unite to Overcome Police Barriers in ‘Victory at Namtaeryeong’* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Their demands included the abolition of open agricultural policies and urgent social reforms to support small-scale producers. Over 10,000 citizens joined the peasants as they filled the streets of Namtaeryeong at the Sadang station. *READ MORE <https://click.mailchimp.com/track/click/30010842/viacampesina.org?p=eyJzIjo…>* READ ALL DECEMBER UPDATES <https://click.mailchimp.com/track/click/30010842/viacampesina.org?p=eyJzIjo…> *FEATURED VIDEO * <https://click.mailchimp.com/track/click/30010842/vimeo.com?p=eyJzIjoiRndUc0…> La Via Campesina's photography exhibition in Paris: *La Via Campesina: The Diversity of Peasants Who Feed and Protect the World* <https://click.mailchimp.com/track/click/30010842/viacampesina.org?p=eyJzIjo…>. Relive the inauguration of our exhibition, open to the public since November 21, in the heart of the City of Light, and available until January 13 at the gates of the Square of the Tour Saint-Jacques. *FEATURED PODCAST* <https://click.mailchimp.com/track/click/30010842/open.spotify.com?p=eyJzIjo…> Communities worldwide marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women with protests, awareness campaigns, and solidarity actions. Highlights of the month also included COP29 delegations addressing corporate greenwashing, solidarity with Palestine, and protests in Honduras and Morocco. 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La Via Campesina Peasant Struggles: September - October 2024
by La Via Campesina 18 Nov '24

18 Nov '24

Edition: September - October 2024 SUBSCRIBE [1] La Via Campesina's 'PEASANT STRUGGLES' brings to you a monthly synthesis of articles and videos from our website and multimedia library. Read, share and help us globalize the struggle! [2] #25Nov24 - Call to Action: Peasant women united for justice and Food Sovereignty! Stop violence, hunger, and wars! ------------------------- Throughout November, we invite you to self-organize and share your local actions with us. We also invite you to form alliances with our national and regional organizations and to amplify their struggles. We will achieve this by building unity in action! We must peasantize feminisms, and join forces in the fight for food sovereignty! READ THE CALL TO ACTION [3] COP 16 - UN Convention on Biological Diversity: La Via Campesina's Position Paper calls for inclusion of Peasant, Indigenous Peoples, and traditional cosmovisions in political decisions ------------------------- In the context of the climate crisis, it is important to recognize the fundamental role of peasants, Indigenous Peoples, traditional, and ancestral communities in the conservation of biodiversity and the protection of the commons. We have always maintained a critical stance towards the lack of social and climate justice, advocating for the need for integral and popular agrarian reform, as well as the inclusion of peasant, Indigenous Peoples, and traditional cosmovisions in political decisions. READ THE STATEMENT [4] Call to Action for the 3rd Nyéléni Global Forum 2025: Systemic transformation is NOW or NEVER! ------------------------- Inspired by Nyéléni, a peasant woman who fought for the rights of peasants--particularly women peasants--in Mali centuries ago, and by the two previous Nyéléni forums named after her and that successfully brought together thousands of grassroots organizations and allies across all the world, we are enthusiastically reaffirming our call for joining the process towards the "3rd Nyéléni Global Forum 2025." READ MORE [5] Global Family Farming Forum: LVC Declares, "No More Policies That Harm Family Farming! We Need a New International Trade Framework!" [6] ------------------------- Delegates from La Vía Campesina participated in the Global Family Farming Forum (GFFF), which took place in Rome from October 14 to 18, on "Halfway through the United Nations Decade of Family Farming (2019-2028). As La Vía Campesina, we have five proposals for following up on the Decade over the next five years. LVC brings UNDROP as a tool to implement the UNDFF to address the concerns on the main pillars of the global food system [7] ------------------------- UNDROP broadly seeks to address the many agrarian conflicts which affect peasants and indigenous people who in such cases face repression, criminalization and eviction. LVC brings UNDROP as a tool to implement the UNDFF in which the international peasant movement seeks to address the concerns on the main pillars of the Global Food System. Nothing multilateral about it! Campaign groups slam the last-minute postponement of Binding Treaty negotiations [8] ------------------------- On September 20th, in a surprise move, the Permanent Mission of Ecuador to the UN in Geneva announced that the tenth round of negotiations of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises with respect to Human Rights (OEIGWG) will be postponed to December 2024. Global movements demand accountability for Israel's weaponisation of food [9] ------------------------- Representatives from hundreds of civil society and Indigenous Peoples organisations worldwide denounced the inaction and complicity of governments in fueling the genocide and campaign of mass starvation that the State of Israel is currently imposing on the Palestinian people in Gaza. They are also condemning the illegal assaults on food sovereignty and the right to food of people across Palestine and in Lebanon. READ ALL OCTOBER UPDATES [10] READ ALL SEPTEMBER UPDATES [11] FEATURED VIDEO [12] #AlertCOP16 [13] | A path of CLIMATE JUSTICE AND REPARATION is urgent, the Convention on Biological Diversity must be adapted to the environmental needs of humanity and life in its fullness. We, the peasants of the world, bet on an agroecological transition as an answer to these crises. 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 on the Donate button on our home page [14] and following the link to our PayPal account. 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#16OCT24 | International Day of Action For People’s Food Sovereignty, and Against Transnational Corporations
by La Via Campesina 02 Oct '24

02 Oct '24

= *|MC:SUBJECT|* #16OCT24 | International Day of Action For People’s Food Sovereignty, and Against Transnational Corporations 1 October 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *CALL TO ACTION | BAGNOLET, 01 October, 2024* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We, the global peasantry of diverse rural peoples, Indigenous and migrant communities, women and children in rural areas, fisherfolk, pastoralists, and all other small-scale food producers, once again unite to amplify our struggles for the Food Sovereignty of Our Peoples. Every day, the world wakes up to news of worsening environmental degradation across various regions, while corporate elites continue to profit from the crises they have created. Life is constantly at risk, and many public policies are being eroded of basic rights like healthcare, housing, and food, as well as collective and peasant rights. This has led to the deterioration of social justice and the monopolization of common goods The global peasantry, along with other vulnerable populations, faces constant dispossession of their livelihoods and means of survival. To add to it, war and military occupation continue to destroy biodiversity and Food Sovereignty, while spreading terror and claiming lives in various regions like Palestine, Lebanon, Sudan, Yemen, and Haiti. The criminalization and oppression of struggles for land and territory continues to take the lives of defenders, as seen in countries like Honduras, the Philippines, Colombia, and Brazil, to name a few. Global warming, primarily driven by agribusiness, extractivism, and mining, exacerbates these crises and endangers our peoples’ right to food. Over two billion people <https://click.mailchimp.com/track/click/30010842/www.fao.org?p=eyJzIjoiREVU…>– that is nearly a third of the world’s population – struggle to access adequate food regularly. Hunger and severe food insecurity now affects 864 million people <https://click.mailchimp.com/track/click/30010842/www.fao.org?p=eyJzIjoiREVU…>, particularly children and women. Malnutrition is a reality for many, and more countries are reporting its rise. *So, what is to be done in a world that is in the grip of a systemic crisis?* >From the global peasantry and the global movement for Food Sovereignty, we firmly believe in the need for a systemic transformation that protects our symbiotic relationship with Mother Earth, guarantees social justice, peace, and a comprehensive agrarian reform that ensures we can live with dignity, free from poverty and hunger. To start, we *DEMAND* an agroecological transition that safeguards local food systems and promotes a new trade framework based on the principles of Food Sovereignty. We *URGENTLY NEED* public policies that support and implement such a transition that prioritizes models of peasant production, social, and solidarity economies. We also *DEMAND* the protection of peasants and human rights defenders of our territories against the violence that undermines human rights, stigmatization, and criminalization, through actions that defend and reclaim our rights as stipulated in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas. Corporate-driven agricultural policies only worsen the climate crisis, and the emphasis on imported agricultural products is causing growing despair among the peasantry. We *DEMAND* measures to curb the growing power of corporations in the political spaces of our countries and in multilateral forums. We *CALL FOR* a Binding UN treaty to regulate transnational corporations (TNCs), end human rights violations, end corporate impunity, and guarantee access to justice for affected communities, in line with the UNDROP and other legal instruments. It is urgent to establish a climate change response system that *RECOGNIZES* the peasantry as a key actor, particularly peasant women. However, in many countries and cultures, peasant women and diversities still lack legal recognition. It is essential to amend laws and public policies to guarantee property rights, recognizing their historic role in agriculture. <https://click.mailchimp.com/track/click/30010842/comms.viacampesina.org?p=e…> *For all these reasons, on this October 16, 2024, the International Day of Action for People’s Food Sovereignty and Against Transnational Corporations, we call on our regional and local organizations, allies, social movements, and collectives to mobilize together in defense of life, healthy and sovereign food for the people, and the rights of millions of peasants.* We demand policy changes that move away from dependence on carbon-emitting imported agricultural products and corporate-driven agriculture. We need sustainable agriculture based on Food Sovereignty, which is why agrarian reforms, as guided by UNDROP, are essential. A global delegation representing our member organizations will participate in various activities, including mobilizations to defend biodiversity at COP 16 in Cali, Colombia, the sessions to mark the Decade of Family Farming in Rome, the Plenary Session of the Committee on World Food Security and so forth. We will also be joining and supporting the preparations for the /3rd Nyéléni Global Forum for Food Sovereignty, Global Justice, and Systemic Change/ – planned for 2025. We appeal to you to join these mobilizations and activities, support us, and help amplify our voices. Let’s Do It Together! Throughout October, we invite you to self-organize and share your local actions for Food Sovereignty with us. We also invite you to build alliances with our national and regional organizations and echo their struggles. 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Peasant Struggles | August 2024
by La Via Campesina 20 Sep '24

20 Sep '24

Edition: August 2024 SUBSCRIBE [1] La Via Campesina's 'PEASANT STRUGGLES' brings to you a monthly synthesis of articles and videos from our website and multimedia library. Read, share and help us globalize the struggle! [2] International Day of Action Against the WTO and Free Trade Agreements: Call to Action! ------------------------- It is high time for the world to follow a different economic trajectory, vastly different from the dominant model guided by neoliberal principles. La Via Campesina is calling upon all our social movement allies everywhere to organize and agitate for a new economic framework for the world. READ THE FULL STATEMENT [3] Colombia: Declaration from the Peasants' Summit as preparations for Biodiversity COP16 gather pace ------------------------- On 29 and 30 August, in the run-up to the 16th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16), to be held in Cali later this year, a delegation from La Via Campesina was present at the Peasant Summit in Fusagasugá, Cudinamarca, Colombia. We produce below the full text of the Declaration from the Summit. READ THE DECLARATION [4] Haiti: The struggle for Food Sovereignty amid political and systemic turmoil [5] ------------------------- Since the 1980s, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and institutions like the International Monetary Fund have imposed economic reforms that undermined domestic food production and increased reliance on US food imports. Parity Pricing, Supply Management and Fair Income for Family Farms: A note from the United States [6] ------------------------- The U.S. experience makes it abundantly clear that "supply management" is unworkable without a guaranteed minimum price adjusted for inflation. The first essential element is the price support. A price support is a minimum price that the buyer must pay to obtain the commodity. Portugal: Winegrowers' Demonstration in Régua to Defend the Douro [7] ------------------------- In the Douro Demarcated Region, farmers face very low prices for grape and wine production (the same as 25 years ago), enormous difficulties in selling their produce, with major processing and trading agents threatening not to buy their grapes for the 2024 harvest, and extremely high production costs. Food Sovereignty as a Constitutional Right in Nepal - Evolution and Challenges [8] ------------------------- In a two-part series written for the digital publication Roots, the All Nepal Peasants' Federation (ANPFa) has elaborated on the processes and campaigns that led to the adoption of Food Sovereignty as a Constitutional right in Nepal ARNA: Solidarity with Sudanese Peasants Amidst Civil War [9] UAWC Palestine: 300 Days of Genocide [10] READ ALL ARTICLES FROM AUGUST 2024 [11] FEATURED PODCASTS [12] Jesús Vázquez, General Coordinator of Organización Boricuá de Agricultura Ecológica and a member of La Via Campesina in Puerto Rico, spoke on the IFAD's Foods-Farms-Future podcast about viewing agroecology not just as a set of practices, but as a social movement, a science, and a way of life. Listen Now [13] FEATURED VIDEO [14] _Depth of Field_ is a series of 40 short documentaries produced and presented by the National Farmers Union (Canada) and March Forth Creative. These films highlight Canadian farmers and farm workers, focusing on their sustainable farming practices both on and off the land. Featuring topics such as rotational grazing, seed saving, soil health, and social justice, each farmer shares their unique priorities. Together, these unscripted films tell the story of farming practices that can help create the food system we all desire.To access the complete library, click here [15]. 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 on the Donate button on our home page [16] and following the link to our PayPal account. 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10 Sept | Call to Action - For a New Trade Framework based on Food Sovereignty
by La Via Campesina 23 Aug '24

23 Aug '24

CALL FOR ACTION! READ ON THE WEBSITE [1] The 10th of September is recognized by La Via Campesina and its allies worldwide as the International Day of Action Against the World Trade Organization and Free Trade Agreements. It was on this day in 2003, outside the WTO Ministerial Meeting venue in Cancun, Mexico, that Lee Kyung Hae, a Korean peasant, sacrificed his life to protest against the devastating impact of opening national borders to free trade. At the time of his martyrdom, Lee wore a sign around his neck that read "WTO Kills Farmers." Twenty-one years later, as we commemorate his sacrifice, the world is confronted by a polycrisis of hunger, climate catastrophes, genocidal wars, extreme inequality, rising national debt, inflation, and migration. Yet, all we see is a desperate attempt to maintain the status quo, to continue with business as usual, and systematic efforts to deflect attention from the root causes of these crises by stoking racism, parochialism, patriarchy, and xenophobia. [2] CALL FOR SOLIDARITY ACTIONS! [1] ------------------------- Since its founding days, La Via Campesina has warned that free-market globalization--promoting disinvestment, privatization, and the dismantling of national regulatory networks--would lead to heightened concentration of power among political and corporate elites, in particular through transnational corporations, with devastating consequences for the world's rural communities and urban workers. Today, almost every country in the world is witnessing growing anger among its rural and urban working class, who have been systematically marginalized and invisibilized by an economic system that expanded with the blessings of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Trade Organization. It is high time for the world to follow a different economic trajectory, vastly different from the dominant model guided by neoliberal principles. We are living in a geopolitical moment that is witnessing the emergence of a multipolar order, where the hegemony of the old colonial powers is being challenged. But even within this reordering, there is little effort to rethink the exploitative economic model that has led us to the situation we face today and the power of transnational companies keep increasing. La Via Campesina is calling upon [1] all our social movement allies everywhere to organize and agitate for a new economic framework for the world. We need an alternative to the Agreement on Agriculture promoted by the World Trade Organization. The free-market logic that has guided international trade and driven capital expansion across borders must be stopped and replaced with a new framework that respects solidarity, internationalism, feminism, equity, social justice, and the protection of local economies and food sovereignty [3]. Since 2022, La Via Campesina [4] has been engaged in consultations to build an Alternative International Framework for Global Trade in Agriculture that promotes food sovereignty, aligns with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP), and fosters cross-border cooperation rather than competition. This year, we will broaden this consultative process to include our allies, friends in academia, governments, and diplomats. We urge all our members and allies to use the month of September to highlight the ongoing crisis in their communities and demand public policies that bring greater transparency to national and international trade, guarantee the food sovereignty of our peoples, and ensure fair prices for our produce. We, the peasants and small-scale food producers, still feed 70% of the world's population even as we struggle to meet our own production costs and feed our own families. We are the cornerstone of ensuring food sovereignty, and any government serious about ending hunger, and malnutrition, and building robust rural economies must guarantee that we have access to and control over all means of production, that our commons are protected, and that we receive fair compensation and wages for our work, alongside social security and healthcare for our communities. Free Trade Fuels Hunger! WTO Kills! A New Trade Framework, NOW! 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Peasant Struggles | July 24
by La Via Campesina 20 Aug '24

20 Aug '24

Edition: July 2024 SUBSCRIBE [1] La Via Campesina's 'PEASANT STRUGGLES' brings to you a monthly synthesis of articles and videos from our website and multimedia library. Read, share and help us globalize the struggle! [2] La Via Campesina Denounces Land Annexation by the Occupying and Apartheid State of Israel ------------------------- La Via Campesina vehemently denounces and condemns the illegal seizure of over 23.7 square kilometers (9.15 square miles) of Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank since the beginning of this year by the Israeli government amidst the ongoing genocidal war in the Gaza Strip. More than half of this land, amounting to 12.7 square kilometers in the Jordan Valley, was announced on July 2nd, marking the largest land annexation in the last 30 years since the 1993 Oslo Accords. The Jordan Valley, considered the breadbasket of the future Palestinian state, is endowed with fertile lands and rich water resources. READ THE FULL STATEMENT [3] LVC Ground Report : Kenya's Peasant Protests against the IMF ------------------------- Kenya's debt crisis is severe and well-known. As of April 2024, the country was facing loan maturities totaling KES 50 billion (USD368.32 million) per week. In January 2024, Kenya spent KES 123.53 billion (USD 910 million) on debt servicing, and another KES 66.7 billion (USD 491.34 million) in February 2024. The IMF is notorious for imposing unpopular tax measures on debt-ridden countries to prevent defaults. These measures often include debt restructuring that increases overall debt and promoting Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) that support privatization and liberalization of key state-owned enterprises. The Gen Z-led protests have directly accused the IMF, World Bank, and WTO of imposing harsh taxes and prioritizing creditor interests over the needs of the Kenyan people. Kenyan peasants have had enough of the overreach by these institutions. READ THE REPORT [4] Nepal Needs Comprehensive Land Reform, Not Land Banks [5] ------------------------- Peasant and indigenous communities in Nepal view land not as a commercial commodity but as a means of production tied to identity, culture, heritage, and sovereignty. The World Bank's concept of a Land Bank treats land as a commodity, contradicting the interests of peasants, indigenous peoples, and small-scale food producers. La Via Campesina supports and stands in solidarity with the Kanak Peoples, New Caledonia [6] ------------------------- Given the stakes of mineral and tourist resources, agricultural development is not a priority for the authorities, and most agricultural goods are imported from Australia. However, subsistence farming, practiced and exchanged among indigenous peoples, accounts for a quarter of the indigenous families' resources. Zimbabwe: Peasant Agroecology transforms Shashe community [7] Haiti : Armed Groups Target All the Spaces Where Women Are Thriving [8] India: Peasant Movements Protest Forceful Acquisition of Farmland [9] ------------------------- For the past 850+ days, small-scale farmers and allied agricultural workers' unions in Channarayapatna, Devanahalli, near the Bengaluru International Airport, have been leading a protest against the acquisition of their land for an industrial project. 'Land grabbing is rolling along as we speak and in fact intensifying' [10] ------------------------- When we say that 70% of farmland is controlled by 1% of the world's largest farms, that's a dangerous trend because they don't love the land. Land is like family: if you don't love it, you will exploit it and destroy it. That's what we're seeing around us. Indonesia: SPI Launches Oil Palm Cooperative in North Sumatra, Advancing Agrarian Reform Campaign [11] ------------------------- This June, members of the Indonesian Peasants Union (SPI) in Sei Kopas Village, Asahan Regency, North Sumatra, inaugurated a new Oil Palm Plantation Cooperative. Korean peasants protest as climate crises, crop loss, rising costs, and cheap imports pose existential threat [12] ------------------------- Angered by Yoon Suk-yeol's government policies favoring agricultural destruction and farm-related suicides, peasants nationwide gathered outside the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea on July 4th. Brazil: Environmental crisis - How long do you have to wait to start making changes ? [13] ------------------------- We don't need to cut down any more trees to plant crops or raise cattle. Zero deforestation needs to be extended from the Amazon to other biomes like the Cerrado, the Atlantic Forest, and the Pantanal. Rethinking the regulation of agricultural markets in Europe | Call for Contributions [14] ------------------------- What lessons can be learned from the successes and failures of past policies to regulate agricultural markets, in Europe and elsewhere in the world, in order to rebuild the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on the basis of food sovereignty and enable the agroecological transition? READ ALL ARTICLES FROM JULY 2024 [15] FEATURED PODCASTS [16] For more news and updates from peasant movements worldwide, subscribe to our Monthly Newswrap Podcast. Tune in Now! [17] FEATURED VIDEO [18] Farmers have been taking to the streets all over the world in recent months. In this webinar hosted by the National Family Farm Coalition in the US , you can hear first-hand from farmers about the roots of discontent in Europe and the protests they're leading in their countries. 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 on the Donate button on our home page [19] and following the link to our PayPal account. 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Peasant Struggles | June 24
by La Via Campesina 19 Jul '24

19 Jul '24

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Edition: June 2024 SUBSCRIBE [1] La Via Campesina's 'PEASANT STRUGGLES' brings to you a monthly synthesis of articles and videos from our website and multimedia library. Read, share and help us globalize the struggle! [2] La Via Campesina: Climate Catastrophes require urgent global attention and response! Enough of False Promises and False Solutions! ------------------------- In the face of this grave crisis, La Via Campesina has been calling on states and governments to adopt concrete and resilient alternatives for affected populations. It insists that the fight against climate change must have political will but also ensure that communities have control over their territories, not transnational corporations. It's urgent to change the system and transform food systems, identifying the responsible parties and their responsibilities, and implementing clear solutions such as the UN Declaration of Rights of Peasants (UNDROP), Peasant Agroecology and Food Sovereignty, which create dignified conditions, healthy nutrition, and regenerate life and nature. READ THE FULL STATEMENT [3] On June 25th, over 400 Kenyan officers arrived in Haiti as part of a neo-colonial strategy to undermine Haitian sovereignty. The deployment of Kenyan police forces in recent weeks has not prevented recent incidents of insecurity, such as the takeover of a police station in Port-au-Prince and attacks on food transporters on provincial roads, such as National Route 1 where gangs massacred civilians in the agricultural areas of Lower Artibonite, resulting in numerous casualties. READ THE REPORT [4]. Urgent Appeal to Save the Revolution and the Sudanese People [5] ------------------------- This war has resulted in an appalling humanitarian tragedy, costing the lives of over twenty thousand people, injuring another fifty thousand, and displacing over 8.5 million from their homes. In addition, the war has led to the almost total destruction of infrastructure, the looting of markets and farms, and the disruption of livelihoods, catastrophically worsening living conditions. Sri Lanka: Social movements decry large-scale land grab in Kilinochchi [6] ------------------------- The People's Alliance for the Right to Land, an umbrella network of social movements, civil society organizations, and land rights activists in Sri Lanka, has warned of a large-scale land grab in Kilinochchi district for mineral exploration purposes. Tokyo Cement Company's controversial project involves acquiring 3,000 acres of land for limestone excavation and cement factory construction. Neoliberalism and repression of social movements explain the rise of the far right in Europe [7] ------------------------- The far right has no answers to the multiple social crises facing rural areas in Europe. Everything they are proposing - which includes combating migration, limiting the rights of migrant workers, rolling back environmental measures, and so forth - will not improve the situation of people living in rural areas. UK: The Landworkers' Alliance's Top Five Demands for the New Government [8] ------------------------- As part of its efforts to put food and farming higher on the political agenda, the Landworkers' Alliance has set out its top five demands for the next government. Emphasizing the urgent need for sustainable practices and increased support for farmers, the Alliance's demands highlight critical issues impacting the sector. Uganda: Making a business case for agroecology and empowering small-scale farmers [9] ------------------------- Members of the Eastern and Southern Africa Small-scale Farmers' Forum (ESAFF) explain how the new Agroecology Business Hub (ABH) is helping tackle three key factors for small-scale food producers; Access to Credit, Linkages to Local Markets and Building Capacities. Another Blow to Kenyan Government as High Court Extends Ban on GMO to October 2024 [10] ------------------------- The statement by KPL also noted that the matter was significant because it touched on very critical issues affecting the Kenyan society; the right to quality and acceptable food, the right to health and not in the least, the economic & social rights of peasant farmers who produce over 80% of the food consumed locally in the country La Via Campesina mobilizes for the defense of Democracy in Bolivia! [11] ------------------------- We stand in solidarity with and join the resistance of our Cloc - Vía Campesina Bolivia Organizations. We call on all our organizations worldwide to remain vigilant against these destabilizing strategies in Bolivia and the region. Landless Women Building Free Territories: 40 Years of Struggle for Agrarian Reform in Brazil [12] ------------------------- To think about the MST's organizational process is to think about the meaning of women's protagonism. The MST's organicity is only the way it is due to the feminist outlook addressing topics of human existence, like education, health, child care, the fight against gender-based oppressions, building agroecology, food sovereignty. READ ALL ARTICLES FROM JUNE 2024 [13] FEATURED PODCASTS [14] For more news and updates from peasant movements worldwide, subscribe to our Monthly Newswrap Podcast. Tune in Now! 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La Via Campesina Urges UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) to support a Food Sovereignty-Based Global Trade Framework
by La Via Campesina 14 Jul '24

14 Jul '24

*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Afficher ce courriel dans votre navigateur <https://viacampesina.org/fr/kit-de-presse-8e-conference-internationale-de-l…> La Via Campesina Urges UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) to support a Food Sovereignty-Based Global Trade Framework 4 July 2024 *In an open letter* addressed to Ms. Rebeca Grynspan Mayufis, Secretary-General of UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), La Via Campesina extends regards for UNCTAD’s 60th anniversary, recalling its founding ideals for fair global trade. The letter points to current times, reveals failures in global trade governance, and urges UNCTAD to embrace new solutions promoting food sovereignty and social justice worldwide. Here is the full text of the letter: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To: *Rebeca Grynspan Mayufis,* *Secretary-General,* *UN Trade and Development* Greetings, >From La Via Campesina, one of the world’s largest networks of small-scale food producers, comprising 180 peasant and indigenous peoples’ organizations in 81 countries, we convey our best regards and wishes for the 60th anniversary of the UN Trade and Development, UNCTAD. *We recall the noble intentions behind the creation of UNCTAD*: the drive for independence among many Southern countries and the aspiration to overhaul the world trade order inherited from colonization, aiming for trade that benefits people, particularly in the Global South. However, we find ourselves in extraordinary times that betray these intentions, and we hope that UNCTAD @ 60 is mindful of the realities confronting humanity today. Global geopolitics is shifting towards multipolarity, a consequence of the longstanding hegemonic foreign policy of Western superpowers and of the increasing power of transnational companies. This policy dictated global trade rules crafted to benefit and expand the economic interests of a small oligarchy, enabling them to firmly control the finite resources of countries around the world. This multipolar world emerges amidst recurring climate catastrophes, stemming from an extractivist model of industrialization initially devised in the Global North and systematically exported to the South. Structural adjustment programs, free trade agreements, and economic partnership frameworks perpetuate this model, exacerbating the loss of lives, livelihoods, and exacerbating global hunger and malnutrition. *We contend that globalization has failed to deliver on its promise of inclusivity and prosperity, both for people and the planet.* La Via Campesina emerged in 1993 as a response to globalization’s perceived cover for the neocolonization of our territories. We warned against the expansion of capital, commodification of resources, and the erosion of rural economies, advocating for cooperation over competition in international trade. Repeatedly, we sounded alarms against institutions like the World Trade Organization, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund, which promoted privatization, deregulation, and financialization of ecosystems. We cautioned against the commodification of seeds and crops, dismantling of public food programs, and the rise of factory farms and global agrifood transnational companies foreseeing the concentration of the global food chain and its catastrophic consequences. *Since 2023, protests have erupted in nearly 90 countries, led by marginalized groups disillusioned by the false promises of globalization.* Governments of the Global South, long deceived by these promises, are awakening to the reality of their resentment. The desire to integrate into the WTO, once seen as a solution, has proven illusory, as the trade order has consistently favored transnational corporations and Northern oligarchies. Even those Southern governments that have demonstrated the political will to implement public agricultural policies that promote better market regulation, price support and poverty reduction programmes are being insidiously trapped by the global financial institutions into huge external financial debts – limiting their ability to implement meaningful public policies. Extraordinary times demand extraordinary solutions, from the people. In 2016, we *cautioned <https://viacampesina.org/en/lvc-declaration-on-trade-markets-and-developmen…>* UNCTAD against neoliberalism’s “free trade paradigm” and “market-driven development” schemes, which consolidate corporate control over food systems. Since the early 1990s, UNCTAD shifted its activities from trying to build a fair international trade system to try to support Southern countries in WTO negotiations. Its premises was that WTO could be beneficial to Southern countries if they were able to get organized and get the best of it. La Via Campesina believes that this strategy has failed. *The WTO has continued to be the tool of Northern oligarchies in order to increase market access for transnational corporations. It has never been beneficial for the people, in particular in Southern countries. *We call on UNCTAD and all member countries to recognize this failure and to reconnect with its original mandate: creating a fair international trade framework towards people’s sovereignty and social justice. Today, as UNCTAD marks its 60th year, we remind you that true solutions must arise from those most affected by decades of neoliberal policies: peasants, small scale-farmers, agricultural workers, indigenous peoples, workers, rural and urban women, urban poor, in particular those in Southern countries *We call on UNCTAD to heed the voices from the ground clamoring for food sovereignty.* Food Sovereignty embodies the right of peoples to healthy, culturally appropriate food produced sustainably. It places the needs of small-scale food producers, distributors, and consumers at the forefront, rather than the interests of markets and corporations. *In 2022, La Via Campesina embarked on the creation of a global trade framework in collaboration with peasant and indigenous peoples’ organizations across 80 countries. This framework is grounded in the principles of Food Sovereignty, Internationalism, and Solidarity.* It aims to address the social and ecological crises gripping our world today. This framework empowers each country to determine its agricultural and food policies, safeguarding and nurturing local food systems through various regulatory measures such as minimum support prices, public stocks, and supply management. The goal is to stabilize agricultural prices over the costs of production and combat speculation. Moreover, it pledges to prevent any country from being forcibly excluded from international agricultural trade. It advocates for regulated international trade in agricultural inputs, aiming to reduce dependency on these inputs and transition towards peasant agroecology. This framework strives for international trade free from geopolitical pressures and prohibits practices like dumping and export subsidies for agricultural and food products. It upholds the highest standards of human rights, including the right to food, UNDROP, UNDRIP, and ILO regulations protecting workers’ rights. It defends the rights of agricultural workers, women, fisherfolk, pastoralists, indigenous peoples, migrant workers, and others in the food system. Additionally, it condemns the use of food as a weapon in international conflicts. *We invite UNCTAD and its member states to collaborate with us in building this framework.* We propose a participatory process within the UN, with active involvement from the Food and Agriculture Organization. Our goal is to create a society where hunger is eradicated, and social justice prevails. A delegation from La Via Campesina eagerly awaits the opportunity to discuss our proposals further. Together, we can pave the way for a future where no one goes hungry, and where equity and justice prevail. We anticipate your response. *La Via Campesina* *04 July 2024, Bagnolet* Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/viacampesinaFR> Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/ViaCampesinaOfficial> Website <http://www.viacampesina.org> Instagram <http://instagram.com/la_via_campesina_official> Pour se désinscrire de la liste de distribution, poser des questions ou faire des commentaires, écrivez à *viacampesina(a)viacampesina.org* <mailto:viacampesina@viacampesina.org> Site web : www.viacampesina.org Pour s'abonner à cette lettre d'information - Cliquez ici <https://mail.viacampesina.org/lists/listinfo/Via-info-fr>

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EMERGENCY: Declare Gaza a Famine-Stricken Area and End the Genocide NOW !
by La Via Campesina 09 Jul '24

09 Jul '24

*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Afficher ce courriel dans votre navigateur <https://viacampesina.org/fr/kit-de-presse-8e-conference-internationale-de-l…> EMERGENCY: Declare Gaza a Famine-Stricken Area and End the Genocide NOW ! 2 July 2024 Bagnolet: june 26 , 2024 Here below is the latest petition to declare Gaza Strip a FAMINE ZONE and to end the genocidal war waged by the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian people. Every action counts at this moment. We ask all our members, allies, and friends to read the petition and sign it. *We must act NOW. Read our declaration from La Via Campesina and sign the petition.* *La Via Campesina, the international peasant movement, representing over 200 million peasants, calls on all social movements, civil society organizations, human rights defenders and activists to support the appeal to the United Nations and the Palestinian Authority to immediately declare Gaza a famine-stricken area due to famine, <https://viacampesina.org/en/recognize-gaza-as-a-famine-zone-la-via-campesin…> environmental pollution, and the spread of diseases and the severe restriction of the humanitarian aid.* The United Nations and the Palestinian Authority must adopt this declaration and coordinate global and local efforts in partnership with Palestinian civil society to develop an immediate plan to address these impacts, elevate emergency relief levels for citizens in the sector, and push toward accountability and prosecution of the occupation for committing war crimes and crimes against humanity. The Israeli genocide in Gaza has been ongoing for more than eight months and has intensified in Rafah, home to over a million internally displaced people. The actions and policies imposed by the Israeli occupation on the people of Gaza are causing untold suffering from severe food shortages, a continuous decline in nutrition levels, widespread malnutrition among children, and increased mortality rates due to diseases caused by hunger and malnutrition, along with the difficulty of accessing medical and healthcare services. The environmental pollution resulting from the destruction of sewage systems, the inability of municipalities to remove waste, the presence of thousands of bodies under the rubble, and the weak humanitarian response and provision of necessary aid to those in need, has worsened the situation and suffering of the people of Gaza. *According to the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) Gaza Strip Targeted Analysis, May 31, 2024 report <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf36bU49jjyXFVoCsU_Wjjh8FazVEKZyNM…>* *all three Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) thresholds for Famine (food consumption, acute malnutrition, and mortality) were likely met or surpassed in northern Gaza in April. This situation will persist through at least in July if there is not a fundamental change in how food assistance is distributed and accessed after entering Gaza.* While food aid and informal market supplies increased in March and April, it is unlikely that over 80 percent of the northern Gaza population averted catastrophic hunger. Amid severe hunger, disease, and inadequate nutrition treatment and prevention, it is possible that acute malnutrition and mortality levels were above the IPC thresholds in April. Many children have died from hunger-related causes and government decision makers should act urgently to mitigate loss of life. The situation in southern Gaza is critical too because of the ongoing Israeli military offensive in Rafah which is seriously disrupting food distribution channels and worsening access to food, bringing *the south into Emergency (IPC Phase 4) and Catastrophe (IPC Phase 5) between May and July*. The report asserts that food and nutrition assistance have been key to preventing Famine (IPC Phase 5) in the south to date, and it is possible a sustained, large-scale disruption of assistance would lead to Famine in the period beyond July. We, therefore, call on all organizations, movements, human rights defenders, and supporters to sign this petition <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf36bU49jjyXFVoCsU_Wjjh8FazVEKZyNM…> to urge the United Nations and the Palestinian Authority to declare Gaza a famine-stricken area and take the necessary measures to protect its inhabitants. SIGN THE PETITION <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf36bU49jjyXFVoCsU_Wjjh8FazVEKZyNM…> *Long live the struggles of the Palestinian people! * *La Via Campesina* This post is also available in Español <https://viacampesina.org/es/urgente-declarar-gaza-zona-afectada-por-la-hamb…> and Français <https://viacampesina.org/fr/urgent-declarez-gaza-comme-zone-de-famine-et-me…>. Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/viacampesinaFR> Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/ViaCampesinaOfficial> Website <http://www.viacampesina.org> Instagram <http://instagram.com/la_via_campesina_official> Pour se désinscrire de la liste de distribution, poser des questions ou faire des commentaires, écrivez à *viacampesina(a)viacampesina.org* <mailto:viacampesina@viacampesina.org> Site web : www.viacampesina.org Pour s'abonner à cette lettre d'information - Cliquez ici <https://mail.viacampesina.org/lists/listinfo/Via-info-fr>

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