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17 April 2025, Bagnolet | Statement on #17April – International Day of Peasants’ Struggles: From Carajás to Gaza: Peasant Struggles Are Global — To Defend Land, Water, and Territories for Life!
by La Via Campesina 17 Apr '25

17 Apr '25

From Carajás to Gaza: Peasant Struggles Are Global — To Defend Land, Water, and Territories for Life! 17 April 2025 *17 April 2025, Bagnolet | Statement on #17April – International Day of Peasants’ Struggles* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Every year, La Via Campesina marks the 17th of April as the International Day of Peasants’ Struggles, to honour the memory of the 21 landless peasants brutally murdered by the police while they participated in a peaceful protest in the southern region of Para state, Brazil, in 1996. Despite the gravity of this crime justice remain elusive with perpetrators still unpunished. *This year, 17 April unfolds against the backdrop of a _genocidal war in Gaza_ <https://viacampesina.org/en/international-solidarity/la-via-campesina-missi…>,* where food has been weaponized to exterminate the Palestinian population through starvation. Systematic mass killing carries on with total impunity. Had the so-called liberal world order, through its international institutions and Western democracies, truly wanted to stop the genocide, it would have done so months ago. Gaza has laid bare the truth: these powers are willing to sacrifice thousands of Palestinian children—and the very principles of human rights and international law—in service of their imperial ambitions. *What ties Palestine, Eldorado dos Carajás, Sudan, the DRC, Haiti, and many other territories is not only repression and violence—but the silence and complicity of global institutions and so-called democratic governments.* Instead of ending the suppression and operation waged against the peoples, many of them are only enabling these wars and conflicts. They actively create and sustain them —paving the way for militarization, the destruction of peasant livelihoods, the grabbing and devastation of land, water and forests through extractivism, and the adoption of laws pushed by submissive governments that auction off our territories and commons. *The criminalization and violence against those who defend land, water, and territories is a persistent reality across all regions of the world <https://viacampesina.org/en/international-solidarity/>. *Peasants, Indigenous Peoples, and rural and urban activists face threats, persecution, and even assassination for resisting land grabs, extractivism, and agribusiness. These attacks threaten not only lives, but also the survival of alternative models of production — like peasant agroecology — that defend communities and ecological balance against the greed of multinationals and the plunder of Mother Earth. In March, La Via Campesina *called on* <https://viacampesina.org/en/2025/03/17-april-2025-international-day-of-peas…>** <https://viacampesina.org/en/2025/03/17-april-2025-international-day-of-peas…> social movements and civil society organizations everywhere to hit the streets and push back against this violent, extractivist system that is fueling hunger, poverty, forced migration, wars, and ecological collapse.. *The response has been resounding.* Made with Padlet <https://padlet.com?ref=embed> In April, from Brazil to Kenya, from Australia to Puerto Rico, solidarity actions and struggles for land, water, and territories were reported. While these actions were organized autonomously in different locations by movements and civil society members, *what tied them together were the chorus for a common set of demands.* *Food Sovereignty in the times of geo-political crisis: * Amid growing militarization, trade wars, and rising prices of food, fertilizers, and fuel, the demand for food sovereignty is gaining momentum worldwide. This month, in actions across Asia, Africa, and Central America grassroots movements urged their governments to learn from recent supply shocks and geopolitical conflicts and prioritize national food sovereignty. There is also a growing call to shift from an export-driven monoculture model to domestic production through peasant agroecology. This involves investing in short agro-food chains, supporting local solidarity markets, and establishing robust market regulations to improve price transparency, ensure fair prices for peasants, and create public food stocks. Furthermore, this transformation must go hand in hand with the strengthening of the value chain for peasant products, boosting food sovereignty and control over our territories. *Agrarian reform and the Right to Land:* Across the world, peasant movements have been key defenders of land, agroecology, and food sovereignty. In South America, examples like Bolivia’s Plurinational Constitution, the struggle for overdue agrarian reform in Colombia, and the land occupations led by Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement (MST) show that real solutions are born from the organized bases of the countryside. These struggles echo in peasant movements worldwide, where Agrarian Reform and the Right to Land remain urgent demands to protect and uphold food sovereignty. This April, many organizations across Latin America, Europe, and East Asia have called for reforms not only for landless peasants, but for all working-class people — using land and territory as tools to rebuild and defend community. Revitalizing peasant communities — long fragmented by imposed models of rural ‘modernization’ that prioritize monoculture, land grabs, and dependence on agro-industrial giants — goes hand in hand with securing land rights and diversifying production. Together, these efforts : * creates pathways for youth to stay in or return to rural areas, and for all those, whether from rural or urban backgrounds, who wish to work the land and strengthen local food systems, * allows migrant family members to return to their lands or begin farming in their new countries, and * leads to the empowerment of women in productive activities and decision-making. The upcoming _ICARRD+20_ <https://viacampesina.org/en/tag/icarrd20/> conference in Colombia in 2026 offers a historic opportunity to advance comprehensive agrarian reform. Public policies are needed to secure our right to land and support our struggle for life, water, and territories. *Real rooted solutions to solve the climate crisis:* In April, many actions focused on the climate crisis and its growing impact on food production and rural economies. As the world prepares for COP30 in Belém, Brazil — at the heart of the Amazon — _social movements and civil society organizations_ <https://cupuladospovoscop30.org/en/home/> are sounding the alarm on the need for structural responses. Not far from there, in the Andes, peasant communities are facing fires, droughts, land grabs, and forced displacement, all while resisting through practices that protect community commons based on ancestral knowledge. These struggles are not isolated: they are part of a collective response to a global system in crisis — climate, food, economic, and political. *That’s why real solutions must rethink the current industrial model of food production, storage, processing, transport, and consumption*; dismantle corporate control over food systems; and move toward local, peasant-led, agroecological and people-centered alternatives. This conversation will also be central to the _3rd Nyéléni Global Forum_ <https://nyeleniglobalforum.org/> in September, which aims to build a shared agenda for transformation from the territories in the face of systemic collapse. La Via Campesina firmly believes that the _/UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP)/_ <https://viacampesina.org/en/2021/06/undrop-illustrations/> provides a clear path to building resilient local economies and food sovereignty. We are _collaborating with the UN Working Group_ <https://viacampesina.org/en/2024/11/la-via-campesina-participates-and-gives…> to translate this _Declaration_ <https://viacampesina.org/en/tag/undrop-booklet-2022/> into concrete national and local policies that will benefit our peoples. As we advance these proposals, we remain dedicated to honoring the _memory and struggle of countless peasants and Indigenous Peoples_ <https://viacampesina.org/en/international-solidarity/global-solidarity-stat…> who have been killed or persecuted for defending their land, water, and territories. *Not a moment of silence, but a lifetime of struggle – that is our commitment.* *Land, Water and Territories for Life, not Profits!* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ /*For press queries, write to _press(a)viacampesina.org_ <http://press@viacampesina.org>*/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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International Day of Peasants' Struggles | Not a moment of silence, but a lifetime of struggle
by La Via Campesina 17 Apr '25

17 Apr '25

#17April - International Day of Peasants' Struggles FROM CARAJÁS TO GAZA: PEASANT STRUGGLES ARE GLOBAL — TO DEFEND LAND, WATER, AND TERRITORIES, FOR LIFE! Every year, La Via Campesina marks the 17th of April as the International Day of Peasants' Struggles, to honour the memory of the 21 landless peasants brutally murdered by the police while they participated in a peaceful protest in the southern region of Para state, Brazil, in 1996. Despite the gravity of this crime justice remain elusive with perpetrators still unpunished. This year, 17 April unfolds against the backdrop of a genocidal war in Gaza [1], where food has been weaponized to exterminate the Palestinian population through starvation. Systematic mass killing carries on with total impunity. Had the so-called liberal world order, through its international institutions and Western democracies, truly wanted to stop the genocide, it would have done so months ago. Gaza has laid bare the truth: these powers are willing to sacrifice thousands of Palestinian children--and the very principles of human rights and international law--in service of their imperial ambitions. What ties Palestine, Eldorado dos Carajás, Sudan, the DRC, Haiti, and many other territories is not only repression and violence--but the silence and complicity of global institutions and so-called democratic governments. Instead of ending the suppression and operation waged against the peoples, many of them are only enabling these wars and conflicts. They actively create and sustain them --paving the way for militarization, the destruction of peasant livelihoods, the grabbing and devastation of land, water and forests through extractivism, and the adoption of laws pushed by submissive governments that auction off our territories and commons. The criminalization and violence against those who defend land, water, and territories is a persistent reality across all regions of the world [2]. Peasants, Indigenous Peoples, and rural and urban activists face threats, persecution, and even assassination for resisting land grabs, extractivism, and agribusiness. These attacks threaten not only lives, but also the survival of alternative models of production -- like peasant agroecology -- that defend communities and ecological balance against the greed of multinationals and the plunder of Mother Earth. In March, La Via Campesina called on [3] [3] social movements and civil society organizations everywhere to hit the streets and push back against this violent, extractivist system that is fueling hunger, poverty, forced migration, wars, and ecological collapse.. The response has been resounding. [4] CLICK TO EXPLORE THE MAP [4] In April, from Brazil to Kenya, from Australia to Puerto Rico, solidarity actions and struggles for land, water, and territories were reported. While these actions were organized autonomously in different locations by movements and civil society members, what tied them together were the chorus for a common set of demands. ------------------------- Food Sovereignty in Times of Geo-Political Crisis: Amid growing militarization, trade wars, and rising prices of food, fertilizers, and fuel, the demand for food sovereignty is gaining momentum worldwide. This month, in actions across Asia, Africa, and Central America grassroots movements urged their governments to learn from recent supply shocks and geopolitical conflicts and prioritize national food sovereignty. There is also a growing call to shift from an export-driven monoculture model to domestic production through peasant agroecology. This involves investing in short agro-food chains, supporting local solidarity markets, and establishing robust market regulations to improve price transparency, ensure fair prices for peasants, and create public food stocks. Furthermore, this transformation must go hand in hand with the strengthening of the value chain for peasant products, boosting food sovereignty and control over our territories. ------------------------- Agrarian Reform and the Right to Land: Across the world, peasant movements have been key defenders of land, agroecology, and food sovereignty. In South America, examples like Bolivia's Plurinational Constitution, the struggle for overdue agrarian reform in Colombia, and the land occupations led by Brazil's Landless Workers' Movement (MST) show that real solutions are born from the organized bases of the countryside. These struggles echo in peasant movements worldwide, where Agrarian Reform and the Right to Land remain urgent demands to protect and uphold food sovereignty. This April, many organizations across Latin America, Europe, and East Asia have called for reforms not only for landless peasants, but for all working-class people -- using land and territory as tools to rebuild and defend community. Securing land rights and diversifying production that: * helps youth stay in rural areas, or enables non-rural youth to start farming, * allows migrant family members to return to their lands or begin farming in their new countries, * leads to the empowerment of women in productive activities and decision-making. This revitalization of peasant communities -- fragmented by imposed processes of rural "modernization" that prioritize monoculture, land concentration, and dependence on large agro-industries -- creates pathways for youth to stay in or return to rural areas, and for all those, whether from rural or urban backgrounds, who wish to work the land and strengthen local food systems. The upcoming ICARRD+20 [5] conference in Colombia in 2026 offers a historic opportunity to advance comprehensive agrarian reform. Public policies are needed to secure our right to land and support our struggle for life, water, and territories. ------------------------- Real Rooted Solutions to Solve the Climate Crisis: In April, many actions focused on the climate crisis and its growing impact on food production and rural economies. As the world prepares for COP30 in Belém, Brazil -- at the heart of the Amazon -- social movements and civil society organizations [6] are sounding the alarm on the need for structural responses. Not far from there, in the Andes, peasant communities are facing fires, droughts, land grabs, and forced displacement, all while resisting through practices that protect community commons and ancestral knowledge. These struggles are not isolated: they are part of a collective response to a global system in crisis -- climate, food, economic, and political. That's why real solutions must rethink the current industrial model of food production, storage, processing, transport, and consumption; dismantle corporate control over food systems; and move toward local, peasant-led, agroecological and people-centered alternatives. This conversation will also be central to the 3rd Nyéléni Global Forum [7] in September, which aims to build a shared agenda for transformation from the territories in the face of systemic collapse. ------------------------- La Via Campesina firmly believes that the _UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP)_ [8] provides a clear path to building resilient local economies and food sovereignty. We are collaborating with the UN Working Group [9] to translate this Declaration [10] into concrete national and local policies that will benefit the people. As we advance these proposals, we remain dedicated to honoring the memory and struggle of countless peasants and Indigenous Peoples [11] who have been killed or persecuted for defending their land, water, and territories. Not a moment of silence, but a lifetime of struggle, and that is our commitment! Land, Water and Territories for Life, not Profits! CATCH UP ON #17APRIL UPDATES HERE [12] 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. 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17 April 2025: International Day of Peasant Struggles | Call to Action
by La Via Campesina 25 Mar '25

25 Mar '25

17 APRIL 2025: INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEASANT STRUGGLES | CALL TO ACTION WEEK OF SOLIDARITY WITH PEASANT STRUGGLES! This April, let's unite our struggles to defend our rights to land, water, and territories! For our right to organize ourselves and resist! Here are some ways to mobilize. * Take to the streets: Organize and participate in marches and protests to defend land, water, and territorial rights. Check out our map of peasant struggles and add your action here [1] * Solidarity with Palestine: Organize and participate in events, discussions, and webinars on the impact of occupation on food sovereignty. * Demand public policies: Contact local and national authorities to push for integral agrarian reform. Learn from experiences within the framework of Food Sovereignty here [2] * Photo exhibitions: Organize exhibitions to showcase images that tell the story of the struggle for land. This year, our exhibition of LVC struggles is circulating--check it out here [3]! * Flood social media: Share photos, videos, and testimonies using the hashtags #17April #PeasantStruggles and tag us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. * Write in the media: Publish articles on land, water, and territorial rights based on your experiences. Send us your article at press(a)viacampesina.org * Organize smallholders' markets: Bring peasant agroecology to your community. Explore some experiences here. [4] * Screen films on peasant struggles: Host film screenings about the struggle for land, water, and territories. DOWNLOAD THE COMMUNICATIONS PACK [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] To unsubscribe from the distribution list, write to _via-info-en-owner(a)viacampesina.org_ Website: www.viacampesina.org TV: www.tv.viacampesina.org To subscribe to this newsletter - Click Here [11] For further questions: communications(a)viacampesina.org Links: ------ [1] https://click.mailchimp.com/track/click/30010842/padlet.com?p=eyJzIjoib29tM… [2] https://click.mailchimp.com/track/click/30010842/viacampesina.org?p=eyJzIjo… [3] https://click.mailchimp.com/track/click/30010842/viacampesina.org?p=eyJzIjo… [4] https://click.mailchimp.com/track/click/30010842/nyeleni.org?p=eyJzIjoiMFBO… [5] https://click.mailchimp.com/track/click/30010842/viacampesina.org?p=eyJzIjo… [6] https://click.mailchimp.com/track/click/30010842/www.facebook.com?p=eyJzIjo… [7] https://click.mailchimp.com/track/click/30010842/www.twitter.com?p=eyJzIjoi… [8] https://click.mailchimp.com/track/click/30010842/www.instagram.com?p=eyJzIj… [9] https://click.mailchimp.com/track/click/30010842/www.viacampesina.org?p=eyJ… [10] https://click.mailchimp.com/track/click/30010842/vimeo.com?p=eyJzIjoiMkUtZ3… [11] https://click.mailchimp.com/track/click/30010842/ee.forms.viacampesina.org?…

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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. 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. 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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…>. 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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. We will do this by building unity from our diversity. */For Biodiversity and Food Sovereignty! 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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! Send us details about your mobilizations plans in September to communications(a)viacampesina.org and we will be plotting them onto a global map. 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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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