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October 16th Statement : Food Sovereignty is the only solution and way forward
by La Via Campesina 17 Oct '22

17 Oct '22

FOOD SOVEREIGNTY IS THE ONLY SOLUTION AND WAY FORWARD 16 OCTOBER 2022 AGROECOLOGY AND PEASANTS'SEEDS [1], FOOD SOVEREIGNTY [2], LAND, WATER AND TERRITORIES [3], TRANSNATIONAL COMPANIES AND AGRIBUSINESS [4] OCTOBER 16TH STATEMENT Our fragile world faces an impending global food crisis. The impact of COVID-19 pushed more people into poverty. Lockdowns devastated family livelihoods, the economy, and disrupted supply chains. Globally, according to the Global Report on Food Crises (_GRFC 2022_) [5], levels of hunger remain as alarmingly high as in 2021, around 193 million people are acutely food insecure and in need of urgent assistance across 53 countries. This acute hunger is driven by conflicts, climatic shocks, the dramatic economic and social fallout from the COVID pandemic and lately by war in Ukraine. Food commodity prices at the start of 2022 were at a 10-year high, and fuel prices at a seven-year high. The current food crisis is about affordability; even in places where food is available its cost is beyond the reach for millions of people while rising prices deepen the challenges for those barely able to pay for food in normal times. The food crisis at the moment is unique because it is unfolding amid a more difficult global context than with the food and fuel crises of 2008. The intensity and frequency of climatic shocks have more than doubled compared with the first decade of this century. About 1.7 billion people were affected by climate-related disasters, almost 90 per cent of them became climate refugees in last 10 years. Hunger, malnutrition and poverty are harder to overcome because of on-going wars, conflicts and natural disasters. These disrupts all aspects of a food system, from the harvesting, processing and transport of food to its sale, availability and consumption. But ending hunger isn't only about supply. Enough food is produced today to feed everyone on the planet. The problem is access and availability of nutritious food, which is increasingly impeded by multiple challenges including the COVID-19 pandemic, conflict, climate change, inequality, rising prices and international tensions. As the shift from multilateralism to multi-stakeholderism proliferates across UN platforms, corporations have continued to gain control of the narratives for change. Corporate power in food and agriculture systems has continued to grow too, and financialization is converting food and land into objects of speculation. The recent UNFSS process is a clear example of this tendency. The failure of the neoliberal policies and industrial agriculture (including GMOs) in increasing yields and profits led to the concentration of corporate power in few transnational corporations (TNCs) which are controlling Big Data, agricultural land, ocean resources, seeds and agrochemicals, and aim to increasingly dominate our food systems and appropriate the 80% of the food produced by Family Farmers. Financialization led to an unprecedented market concentration to enhance new investments in Research and Development (R&D and (bio)technologies, with the aim to extend the frontiers of capitalism to capture all the world biodiversity. World-wide, there is a trend towards shrinking space for civil society and reduced ambition for defending human rights. The activists at the local level are more and more vulnerable to human rights violation, oppression, and criminalization. The physical violence of state-sponsored repression using security and military forces have targeted individuals and embattled masses of peaceful protesters around the world. On the other hand, the primacy and legitimacy of the public sector is increasingly threatened by corporate capture of policy processes and a development narrative that assigns a lead role to private sector investment, while multilateralism is under attack from virulently populist nationalism and corporate-promoted multi-stakeholderism. In the past three decades there has been a growth of an increasingly robust, diversified and articulated network of small-scale food producers, workers and other social actors ill-served by the corporate-led globalized food system who advocate for a radical transformation of food and agricultural systems based on food sovereignty. These movements have been resolutely engaged in defending and building ecologically and socially sustainable, and territorially embedded food provisioning arrangements that tend to be termed 'alternative,' although they are responsible for up to 70% of the food consumed in the world. Rethinking agriculture policies as a matter of economic and national security must be a priority. The food sovereignty movement has been a dynamic part of the articulation of transformation and solutions since 1990s, through the landmark Nyéléni Food Sovereignty forum in 2007 and agroecology forum in 2015. 25 years after the creation of the concept of _Food Sovereignty, _our movements join their voices to call for systemic change to open the path for a future of hope. WE DEMAND IMMEDIATE ACTION TO: * End of speculation on food and the suspension of trading food products on stock markets. The price of food traded internationally should be linked with the costs of production and follow the principles of fair trade, both for producers and for consumers; * End of the WTO's control of food trade and keep food production out of free trade agreements. Countries should have public food stockpiles, and regulate the market and prices, so that they can support small-scale food producers in this challenging context; * Create a new international body to conduct transparent negotiations on commodity agreements between exporting and importing countries so that countries which have become dependent on food imports can have access to food at an accessible price; * Forbid the use of agricultural products to produce agrofuel or energy. Food should be an absolute priority over fuel. * Bring a global moratorium on the payment of the public debt by the most vulnerable countries. Pressuring such countries to pay the debt is highly irresponsible and leads to socio, economic, and food crises. WE DEMAND RADICAL CHANGES IN INTERNATIONAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL POLICIES TO RE-BUILD FOOD SOVEREIGNTY THROUGH: * A radical change in international trade order. WTO should be dismantled. A new global framework for trade and agriculture, based on food sovereignty, should open the way for strengthening local and national peasant agriculture, to ensure a stable basis for a re-localized food production, the support for local and national peasant-led markets, as well as to provide a fair international trading system based on cooperation and solidarity; * The implementation of popular and integral Agrarian Reform, to stop the grabbing by TNCs of water, seeds and land, and ensure small-scale producers fair rights over productive resources. We protest against the privatization and grabbing of territories and commons by corporate interests under the pretext of nature protection, through carbon markets or other biodiversity off-sets programs, without consideration to the people who are living on these territories and who have been taking care of the commons for generations; * A radical shift towards agroecology to produce healthy food for the world. We must face the challenge of producing enough quality food while reviving biodiversity and drastically reducing GHG emissions. * Effective input market regulation (such as credits, fertilizers, pesticides, seeds, fuel) to support peasants' capacity to produce food, but also to ensure a fair and well-planned transition toward more agroecological farming practices; * A food governance based on the people, not on TNCs. The capture of food governance by TNCs should be stopped, and people's interests should be put at the center. Small producers should be given a vital role in all bodies dealing with food governance; * The transformation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants into a legally binding instrument for the defense of rural peoples. * The development in every country of public stockpiling capacities. The strategy of food stockpiling should be held both at the national level but also through the creation and public support to food reserves at the community level, with locally produced food coming from agroecological farming practices; * A global moratorium on dangerous technologies that threatens humanity, such as geoengineering, GMOs or cellular meat. The promotion of low-cost techniques that increase peasant autonomy and of peasant's seeds; * The development of public policies to ensure new relationships between those who produce food and those who consume, those who live in rural areas and those who live in urban areas, guaranteeing fair prices defined based on the cost of production, allowing a decent income for all those who produce in the countryside and a fair access to healthy food for the consumers; * The promotion of new gender relations based on equality and respect, both for people living in the countryside and among the urban working class. The violence against women must stop now. 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UNDROP Thematic Booklet No. 2: “Peasant Rights and Food Production” Now Available
by La Via Campesina 05 Oct '22

05 Oct '22

Send [1] UNDROP THEMATIC BOOKLET NO. 2: "PEASANT RIGHTS AND FOOD PRODUCTION" NOW AVAILABLE [2] The Second Thematic Booklet on "Peasant Rights and Food Production [2]" is now available! This is the second of four thematic booklets--part of the popular education materials to be used as a crucial step in reconnecting those who inspired and created United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in the Rural Areas (UNDROP). The right of peasants to participate and define their own food production systems is an essential part of food sovereignty. In our struggle to affirm and protect this right, we can learn how to use the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP) in our own contexts (See the introductory booklet [3]in this series for background information on UNDROP). The different ways peasants grow, gather, hunt, raise, and make food are together called peasant food production. Food production is the foundation of peasant food systems. Of course, equitable access to resources is vital for thriving peasant food systems (see the previous thematic booklet on access to resources [4]). THIS SECOND THEMATIC BOOKLET ON PEASANT RIGHTS AND FOOD PRODUCTION [2] EXPLORES how UNDROP can be used to (1) address and protect peasants' rights to produce food on our own terms and challenge monopolies that control the land, tools, and technology, (2) transform food production and industrial food system into one based on agroecology and food sovereignty, (3) fight for the protection of traditional knowledge systems and cultures that shape peasant food production, (4) understand state's responsibilities and empower ourselves to raise our voices, and work towards comprehensive popular agrarian reforms to achieve food sovereignty. DOWNLOAD THE PDF COPY HERE [2]DOWNLOAD [2] ABOUT POPULAR EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS The popular educational materials will help us to effectively use the UNDROP in our struggles to assert and advance our collective and individual rights. They will help to create broader awareness, promote deeper understanding and enhance capacities (through training) of rural people's movements. We should use this booklet as a foundational tool to ensure that the UNDROP will be respected, implemented and promoted at all levels, from local to international, from community customs to policymaking mechanisms. The UNDROP popular educational materials are being developed by La Via Campesina and FIAN International. ACCESS THEM ALL HERE [5]. Facebook [6]Twitter [7]WhatsApp [8]Telegram [9]Email [10] Featured [11] UNDROP Booklet 2022 [5] This article is available in * Español [12] * Français [13] Links: ------ [1] https://webmail.viacampesina.org/?_task=mail&_action=compose&_id=69… [2] https://viacampesina.org/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/LVC-EN-Thema… [3] https://viacampesina.org/en/training-modules-un-declaration-on-rights-of-pe… [4] https://viacampesina.org/en/undrop-thematic-booklet-no-1-access-to-resource… [5] https://viacampesina.org/en/tag/undrop-booklet-2022/ [6] https://viacampesina.org/#facebook [7] https://viacampesina.org/#twitter [8] https://viacampesina.org/#whatsapp [9] https://viacampesina.org/#telegram [10] https://viacampesina.org/#email [11] https://viacampesina.org/en/tag/zoom-on-featured/ [12] https://viacampesina.org/es/cartilla-tematica-n2-derechos-campesinos-y-prod… [13] https://viacampesina.org/fr/le-livret-thematique-n2-de-lundrop-droits-des-p…

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August News Wrap: News and Updates from LVC members Worldwide!
by La Via Campesina 02 Sep '22

02 Sep '22

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* August News Wrap | LVC Subscribe [1] | Donate [2] AUGUST NEWS WRAP: NEWS AND UPDATES FROM LVC MEMBERS WORLDWIDE! _Monthly news wrap of updates and articles posted by the members of La Via Campesina on various social media platforms. Here are the updates from August!_ ------------------------- Pakistan is in the grip of unprecedented flooding that has already taken over 1300 lives and affected more than 50 million people. The torrential rains have also washed away roads, crops, homes, bridges and other infrastructure. The country's Federal Minister of Climate Change, Sherry Rehman, described the situation as a "climate-induced humanitarian disaster of epic proportions." Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee, the LVC member in Pakistan, has worked with other citizen groups to mobilise materials and volunteers for relief camps [3] in Southern Punjab, Sindh, and Balochistan. Civil society members in Lahore came together to collect materials [4]and put together a team of volunteer doctors who could work in the relief camps. Monstrous floods in Pakistan are not isolated events. News of heatwaves, droughts and wildfires have been increasingly hogging headlines worldwide. In May, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) predicted that the world is poised to break a crucial heat barrier by 2025. ------------------------- YET, DESPITE THESE EXTREME CLIMATIC EVENTS, WHICH DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT PEASANTS, FISHERFOLKS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, GOVERNMENTS AND AGRIBUSINESSES ARE UNRELENTING IN REPRESSING THOSE WHO RESIST AND QUESTION THE STATUS QUO. The July Newswrap ended with an alert about Thailand's growing repression against protestors and students. In August, instances of repression of social movements and human rights activists only grew further, with the news of the arrest of Chintaka Rajapaksa of MONLAR [5] and other activists in Srilanka for taking part in peoples' protest, and then detention, imprisonment and criminalisation of five peasants in Indonesia [6] for protesting land grabbing by a plantation firm. Chintaka was granted bail [7] on August 26. La Via Campesina also condemns [8] the recent arrest of Walden Bello in the Philippines over statements he made during the electoral campaign. It is unacceptable that governments everywhere are resorting to brutal police actions and illegal detentions to silence and intimidate us. In another shocking incident this month, the offices of six Palestinian human rights organisations, including LVC's member organisation UAWC, were illegally raided and locked up [9] by the Israeli Occupation's military forces. Multiple International institutions, such as the UN Human Rights Council [10], denounced the intimidation and criminalisation tactics followed by the Israeli army. Yet, these illegal and criminal acts continue with impunity. In another instance in Peru, the headquarters of the National Agrarian Confederation, a member of LVC, was attacked [11] on August 9. A pellet shot destroyed the glass façade of the building. The attack occurred after several national peasant and indigenous leaders announced a press conference regarding the country's political crisis. This building is usually a meeting point for several national organisations to build a process favouring Food Sovereignty and the recent Agrarian Reform Law. Part of this trend of persecution and harassment by private groups interested in land grabbing is what is happening in Santiago del Estero, Argentina, where several peasant families have been violently evicted from their homes [12] with the backing of court orders. These actions blatantly violate the many provisions cited in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas and many other International Humans Rights Instruments. DESPITE THESE HARDSHIPS, THE PEASANT MEMBERS OF THE MOVEMENT CONTINUE TO ADVANCE THEIR STRUGGLES FOR PEASANTS' RIGHTS. In Thailand, the Assembly of the Poor held webinars [13] and public meetings [14] on land reform and land use in the country's South and Central regions. The Northern Peasants' Federation (NPF) held a public demonstration [15] against the Forest Reclamation Policy, which, in essence, accuses the people who live in "forest areas" of causing climate change and natural disasters. In related news, to mark the World Amazon Day, the Mouvement d'Action Paysanne [16] and other associations have called for a demonstration at the central station in Brussels on September 4. They insist that governments must assume their responsibilities regarding the climate crisis, which ravages populations with heat waves, forest fires, torrential rains and droughts worldwide. The peasant and indigenous movements in Chile are living a crucial moment [17] for advancing their struggles. On September 4, the government will put the proposal for a New Constitution to referendum. The peasant and indigenous peoples' organisations that are part of the process have included, among their main recommendations, the right of peasants and indigenous peoples to the unrestricted use and exchange of traditional seeds. If approved, this would mean a significant advance against the neoliberal policies that the country has been promoting for years. India's peasant movements caught the world's attention in 2021 after a year-long protest against attempts to introduce market-friendly reforms in the agricultural sector. They also demanded a legally guaranteed minimum support price (MSP) for their produce. The historic protest had forced the Indian government to withdraw the controversial laws, and the State had guaranteed to set up a consultative committee to review the Support Prices. Yet, several months later, the coalition of farm unions that led the protest remained disillusioned by the lack of meaningful and concrete actions to bring MSP. In August, they held a 75-hour-long rally at Lakhimpur Kheri [18] in India, the site of a gruesome murder of protesting peasants last year, demanding the resignation of a Senior Minister whose son is allegedly involved in the crime. Similar protests were also held in other locations. They have warned of widespread agitation [19] if their demand for a legally guaranteed support price is not met. Bhartiya Kisan Union and Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha, both LVC members, are part of the coalition of farm unions leading this agitation. Tea garden workers in Bangladesh are protesting on the streets. [20] Nearly 150,000 tea garden workers, among the lowest paid in the country, demand an increase in daily wage by 150 per cent. Meanwhile, even as workers struggle for basic wages, grain traders to supermarkets, transnational corporations are binging on profits [21] throughout the food chain! In similar news from Florida, United Farm Workers and the farm workers in California completed a 335-mile walk to the state capitol [22] to tell Governor Newsom to sign the bill giving farmworkers greater voting rights for workplace unionisation. The Union Paysanne in Canada [23] alerts us about a collective action against Syngenta, a herbicide manufacturer, in Quebec: it is being filed on behalf of all Quebecers diagnosed with Parkinson's disease after being repeatedly exposed to this herbicide traded mainly under the Gramoxone brand. The Union Paysanne has also announced its participation at the Urban Harvest Festival [24] in Quebec City on September 10, where members will share their knowledge of organic and peasant agriculture. PEASANT AGROECOLOGY IS AT THE HEART OF THE MOVEMENT La Via Campesina has repeatedly pointed out [25] that a radical overhaul of the global food system is urgent and necessary to address the ongoing crises of hunger, migration, poverty and global warming. The movement has insisted that food sovereignty achieved through peasant agroecological methods is a critical pillar in this fight for systemic change. The agroecological schools run by peasants demonstrate how pragmatic these solutions are. As part of a series on agroecology for Mongabay, author and sustainable food advocate Anna Lappé had a chance to catch up with peasant leader Chukki Nanjundaswamy in August (via Zoom), where they explained this philosophy [26] further. On similar lines, in the last episode of a three-part podcast series - [27]_Agroecology and Building a Food System that Works!_ [27]- Jessie MacInnis, a peasant farmer, academic, activist, and NFU board, explains how agroecology is helpful for her farm and can benefit farmers of all scales. Similar educational processes are taking place in France, where our members, MODEF and the Confédération Paysanne, are organising a conference [28] to raise awareness of food sovereignty on September 3 and a meeting of women land workers [29] on September 17-18, respectively. To connect these solutions to our peasant struggles in the United States, our members, the National Family Farm Coalition and Rural Coalition, are participating in a joint event on land grabbing [30]this September 7, addressing land rights issues, eco-justice, climate and financial speculation. In Uganda, the Eastern Africa Eastern and Southern Africa Small-scale Farmers' Forum Uganda (ESAFF Uganda) started an initiative [31] to train journalists and communicators on agroecology [31]. Small-scale farmers in Uganda are determined to scale agroecology through practice and policy actions. The organisation believes that if the journalists and communicators understand agroecology, they will report more and help upscale the practice. Brazil's Latin American School of Agroecology (ELAA) [32] offers a course for students and young adults who have already finished high school and are looking for political and technical training in agroecology. The school is a product of the struggle of peasant organisations of LVC Brazil and has just celebrated its 17th anniversary. >From the Caribbean region, a political declaration of the XVII CLOC - Via Campesina Youth Camp [33], held from August 25 to 28 in the Dominican Republic, tells us about the process of political and agroecological formation in which young people from several countries in the region are protagonists. The Dominican Republic also hosted the Training School of the Articulation of Women of the Caribbean Region. The Korean Women's Peasant Association held a policy workshop for its peasant members to study and analyse the legal status of women farmers in the country. KWPA and the Korean Peasant League members also attended an agroecological learning exchange hosted by Serikat Petani Indonesia [34]. They use the peasant-to-peasant learning method at the workshop to share agroecological practices. The Sister's Garden continued to promote its agroecological produce [35] on its Facebook page. Korean Peasant League also issued the latest edition of its peasant newsletter [36] that summarises the many actions in the country. The Land Workers Alliance Film Club will kick off its second season by screening the critically acclaimed, award-winning feature documentary 'The Island and the Whales' on Sunday, September 18, followed by a live Q&A. You can either watch along live [37] or on catch-up until September 25. They will also participate in the People's Food Summit [38], with workshops, talks, food and music on how to build food sovereignty in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. In the Western and Central Africa region, our members have started preparing for the 8th International Conference (scheduled to be held in Nicaragua). La Via Campesina members from Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Gambia, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Congo and Togo gathered to discuss various issues affecting the peasants in the region. In Mali, CNOP organised an exchange workshop between producers and consumers on marketing products from Peasant Agroecology. The exchange establishes dialogue and modalities on pricing and supply. Over 40 participants from the peasants and consumers attended the meeting. In rural Vermont in the USA, the agroecological meeting "Each One, Teach One" witnessed the participation of a large delegation of farmers from the area and different countries. The host organisation was Vermont Rural, part of the National Family Farmers Coalition. The event facilitated an exceptional sharing of the various agroecology training experiences that the movement has through the IALA and more. ------------------------- _Have we missed an important update? If so, you can email the links to __communications(a)viacampesina.org__, which we will include in the next edition. Only Updates from La Via Campesina members will be part of this news wrap. 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Stop criminalization and intimidation against the Thai youth!
by La Via Campesina 09 Aug '22

09 Aug '22

*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Stop criminalization and intimidation against the Thai youth! Detention without trial and denial of bail is injustice! Youths have the right to determine their country’s future! Protest letter sent by La Via Campesina to the government of Thailand after the detention and imprisonment of young pro-democracy activists. *To the Prime Minister, The Government of Thailand* *To the President, the Supreme Court of Thailand* We, La Via Campesina, the international peasant movement, express our deep concern about the ongoing intimidation, detention and criminalization of young activists and peasant leaders who took part in Thailand’s pro-democracy and peasants’ rights movements. We are informed that at least 20 young people were detained without trial for their engagement in the political actions to demand democracy and monarchy reform. These young people now face hefty charges of sedition, cybercrime, lèse-majesté and violating the emergency decree. At the time of issuing this letter, these young people have not been granted the right to bail. Three detained young people are on hunger strike. Two of them are young women who stopped eating for more than 50 days. Detention without trial, denial of the right to bail, and intimidation are essentially the strategy that authoritarian governments use to create fear among the young activists to silence and suppress them. We see these also happen worldwide, in other struggles and daily lives of peasants and working people. Among the detained is Ms Katanyu Muenkhamruang, imprisoned two weeks ago. Katanyu is a youth leader who participates in Assembly of the Poor (AOP) activities. AOP is a member organization of La Via Campesina in Thailand. She is an alumna of the Florestan Fernandes National School for youth leaders of the Landless People Movement (MST) and a member of La Via Campesina in Brazil. She also joined the First La Via Campesina Asian Youth Meeting some years ago. Like other young political prisoners, her right to bail has been repeatedly denied. Furthermore, we also received the news that Ms Nisapun Muenram, the youth representative of the Assembly of the Poor (AOP) in La Via Campesina’s Asia Youth Collective, was intimidated by the police. The police went to Ms Nisapun’s home, citing her participation in the protest on July 27th, demanding the right to bail for the young political dissidents. Although she is safe now, she is at risk because of such intimidation tactics. The youth, keepers of our future, has the righteousness and rightfulness to participate in political actions to determine and realize a socially just world. As a global movement for food sovereignty and peasants’ rights, we condemn the criminalization and intimidation against the young people in Thailand. La Via Campesina would also like to express our solidarity with the brave young people in Thailand. They are not alone in their struggle. There are countless youth and movements in many parts of the globe who share the same dreams to transform the world for the better. La Via Campesina calls on the Government and the Supreme Court of Thailand to stop criminalization and intimidation against the youths and ensure their unconditional release. Dissent is not a crime. We demand safe public spaces for the people of Thailand, including the youth, to express their right to freedom of opinion and expression. We stand by the people’s right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association, as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the UN Declaration on the rights of peasants and other people in rural areas (UNDROP). The government should protect and uphold these human rights so that these youths can build the future of their society and their country. *Bagnolet, France* *La Via Campesina* *03 August 2022* For any questions, please write to press(a)viacampesina.org <mailto:For any questions, please write to press(a)viacampesina.org> Twitter <https://twitter.com/viacampesinaFR> Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/ViaCampesinaOfficial> Web <http://www.viacampesina.org> Instagram <http://instagram.com/la_via_campesina_official> Pour vous désinscrire, cliquez ici <https://mail.viacampesina.org/lists/listinfo/Via-info-en>

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2022, July | Social Media NewsWrap: LVC members worldwide
by La Via Campesina 03 Aug '22

03 Aug '22

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* July Newswrap | LVC Subscribe [1] | Donate [2] JULY SOCIAL MEDIA NEWSWRAP: LVC MEMBERS WORLDWIDE _Starting this month, we will release a monthly newswrap of updates and articles posted by the members of La Via Campesina on various social media platforms. Here are the updates from July!_ ------------------------- It is a crucial time for land workers to influence food and farming policy in the UK. Across Scotland, Wales and England, new legislation is reforming agricultural subsidy schemes and laying the institutional and legal foundations for transforming our food and farming systems. In August, LVC member the LandWorkers' Alliance will host an online workshop [3] on _How To Lobby For Good Food And Farming Policy_. They will also discuss subsidy reform and food legislation in England, Scotland and Wales. On similar lines, CNA is accompanying concrete measures in Portugal, where it has been assisting the farming sector in the allocation of public aid [4] as a result of the increase in energy and fertilizer prices, with a strong impact on the country's agricultural activity. Owners of poultry farms and those producing cow's milk can contact a CNA agency until August 12. In Kenya, the Kenyan peasant League [5] (KPL) conducted a two-day formation session with women on land rights and the impact of micro-credit. Through crowdfunding, the KPL Women's Collective also secured the resources to buy about 1.8 Hectares of land for women affected by gender-based violence and land-grabbing. The women will use the land as a safe haven to organize, farm, and live. In Brazil, Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens - MAB organized a roundtable [6] where the participants discussed the challenges of the struggle and popular organization in the Amazon region. In South Korea, the KWPA Sisters' Garden [7] uses its Facebook page to promote agroecological products to a broader set of consumers in the neighbourhood. The Korean Peasant League also informs about a public demonstration by farmers against the CPTPP trade deal. In India, Amritabhoomi, the agroecological peasant school in Karnataka, uses its Facebook page to provide the latest updates from the Namdu Farmers' Cooperative [8]. The cooperative sells agroecological produce to consumers in the locality. A similar initiative is being promoted by MODEF in France, which is organizing this August 18 the sale of 25 tons of fruits and vegetables [9], transported from Tarn et Garonne and Hérault to Paris Place de la Bastille, Val de Marne and Hauts de Seine in support of family farmers. Visura Media, a community web-cast run by the members of MONLAR in Srilanka, informs us about the scale of environmental destruction [10] in rural and coastal Srilanka. They also recently organized a residential media training program [11] to strengthen young people's digital participation and media competencies. MONLAR also posted updates early this month about the wild elephant attack on farms in the Thalawa river Siripura area of the Anuradhapura district. In Peru, peasant and indigenous organizations, some of which are part of LVC, presented to President Pedro Castillo a Second Agrarian Reform Law Project [12]. It is a document prepared by the grassroots of the movement after a series of decentralized events called the Second Agrarian Reform Summit, promoted by the same organizations to gather the main needs and demands of the rural milieu. During the presentation, the peasants pointed out to the President that "no Peruvian has to die in a country of peasants". >From Paraguay, an statement signed by the organizations CLOC LVC and the National Organization of Independent Aborigines (ONAI) [13], alerted us about the continuity of land evictions promoted by the Government. This time, the indigenous community Hugua Po'i a Mbya Guaraní, is fighting to return to their ancestral lands from which they were evicted last year. The organizations are demanding the repeal of the Zavala-Riera Law, which criminalizes peasant struggles and has currently affected more than 3,000 peasant and indigenous families. In Panama, a national mobilization since the beginning of July has kept the whole country in tension, as a confluence of social organizations, among them peasants and indigenous peoples [14], protested energetically against the increase in the price of fuel and food. So far a dialogue table has been set up with the government to meet the demands raised by the organizations, the private sector has criticized this initiative. Brazil hosted the 2nd National Women's School of La Via Campesina [15], where 60 women from different states participated. This is part of a great legacy of political formation promoted by the peasant movement inspired by LVC and its principles. One of the agreements of this event was to change the official name to Feminist School of LVC Brazil, to promote Peasant and Popular Feminism as a political tool born from the movement. In France, Confederation Paysanne issued a press release [16] that brought attention to the falling prices of organic milk. In Romania, Eco Ruralis [17] participated in making a new documentary film, _"Green Revolution | Europe, a confused continent"_, by the TV station ARTE. The members explained the effects of social inequity created by the distribution of agricultural subsidies, which end up overwhelmingly in the pockets of big companies. In Brazil too MST and allies are promoting the broadcasting of a film on seeds this August 4th, in an agroecological store in Rio de Janeiro [18]. The film aims to of bring the debate on agrarian reform to the population. The Union Paysanne [19] also threw us a teaser of a documentary-in-the-making, slated for release in the fall season in Canada. The Women Caucus [20] of the National Farmers' Union in Canada is putting together a multi-media campaign to highlight farmers whose gender identities are under-represented in the agricultural field. The Indonesia Peasants' Union - Serikat Petani Indonesia - has posted an update [21] about an agrochemical firm allegedly poisoning the farms that are part of the Union's agrarian reform struggles. A similar alert was issued by Mocase [22], our member in Argentina when a large farm's fumigation action was poisoning the water that runs through the Miquilo Canal. Mocase reminds us that the herbicide is prohibited throughout the national territory, yet the farm owner turns deaf ears to the legislation on the use of agro toxics. In another disturbing update, the Assembly of Poor in Thailand has issued alerts about the arrest of a young peasant leader who was part of the pro-democracy movement in the country. As per the latest update, she has been denied bail by the court. The movement members are calling for attention [23] to the cases of illegal detention of democracy activists. _Have we missed an important update? If so, please email us the links to the news item __, which we will include in the next edition. Only Updates from La Via Campesina members will be part of this news wrap._ CHECK OUT THE ARTICLES ON OUR WEBSITE, PUBLISHED THIS JULY [24], THAT ELABORATES DIFFERENT INITIATIVES INSIDE THE GLOBAL PEASANT MOVEMENT. 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Call for a global movement for peace, social justice and solidarity against all wars! | La Via Campesina
by La Via Campesina 18 Jul '22

18 Jul '22

Call for a global movement for peace, social justice and solidarity against all wars! *Bagnolet | 08 July 2022* At a time of a global climate emergency and crisis, escalation of totalitarian regimes, the resurgence of imperialism and military aggression, we, peasants, express our dismay with the proliferation of wars in the world. Fires are ravaging the Amazon and Australia, and unbearable heat, untimely rains and floods are hitting the South-Asian subcontinent. Droughts threaten crops and livestock in dozens of countries; floods are destroying fields and houses in other places, and insect, bird and plant species and populations are disappearing massively and irrecoverably. And you, the decision-makers of this world, what are you doing? You wage war fueled by greed to snatch the last drops of oil, the last sources of water, the last acres of territory. You turn people against each other with populist and chauvinist propaganda, trying to divide us and break our practice of sowing peace in our societies and with nature. *Enough of this! We, peasants, call for an end to wars and a global movement for peace and international solidarity and cooperation.* We call for the immediate stop of military aggression and a withdrawal of military forces from all illegally occupied territories worldwide. We call for the dismantling of all multinational military alliances and nuclear arsenals around the world. We call for an international effort towards demilitarization and disarmament. We call to stop using hunger as a weapon of war against the people. We call to stop the de-legitimization and criminalization of social movements who struggle for social justice. *The only wars worth fighting today are those against poverty, hunger, the climate and biodiversity crises, racism and violence against women.* We, peasants, affirm that, in the current social and environmental emergency context, all wars are contrary to the true interests and aspirations of the people. We want to sow peace and social justice! We are tired of your thirst for power that destroys the planet and condemns us to misery. We want to harvest peace and social justice! It is time to put all our energies into the construction of more just and more united societies. We want to build peace and social justice! We call on all people who feel a sense of pacifist urgency, as well as social movements, women’s organizations, workers’ organizations, migrant organizations, youth organizations, and indigenous peoples’ organizations, to unite in demanding an end to wars and militarization. *La Via Campesina appeals to all its members, allies, and social movements to echo this text, translate and re-publish it in local languages, and share ahead. A united voice of the people is now urgent and necessary! Globalize the Struggle, Globalize Hope*! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Share our reel promoting our statement <https://viacampesina.org/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/reel-EN-PAZ-…> If you have any questions, please write to press(a)viacampesina.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **

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La Via Campesina: “Artists for Food Sovereignty” Virtual Gallery
by La Via Campesina 13 Jul '22

13 Jul '22

LA VIA CAMPESINA: “ARTISTS FOR FOOD SOVEREIGNTY” VIRTUAL GALLERY 13 JULY 2022 FOOD SOVEREIGNTY [1], INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY [2] La Via Campesina (LVC) is celebrating 30 years of collective struggles for justice, peace, life, and dignity. On this anniversary, we are presenting a virtual gallery titled “ARTISTS FOR FOOD SOVEREIGNTY.” It is an exhibition capturing the activism, solidarity, and commitment of 22 artists from different countries and organizations around the world, whose works have been selected and curated following the _international call for submissions [3]_ put out by the movement in August and September 2021. The many ongoing activities and mobilizations for food sovereignty, peoples' agrarian reform, and peasant dignity serve as sources of inspiration and reflection for the artistic and activist creations presented in this gallery in formats such as songs, poems, video, paintings, puppetry, podcasts, and illustrations. For LVC, communication and art are important tools for expression, training, memory, exchange, and resistance among the peasant and Indigenous cultures of the world. In this gallery, we present our struggles and reflections on food sovereignty, peoples' agrarian reform, peasant agroecology, native seeds, women, and diverse peoples, along with the works provided by the artists. These are accompanied by teachers' guides that can help you build awareness and organize to transform our lives. We hope the exhibition will motivate you to build new horizons and other paths based on solidarity, internationalism, education, and popular culture. Globalize the struggle, globalize hope! Get out some paper, pen, colored pencils, and a headset microphone if you have one. _YOU CAN VISIT THIS GALLERY IN A GROUP OR BY YOURSELF. YOU CAN ALSO BECOME AN “EXHIBITION GUIDE” BY SHARING IT WITH YOUR COMMUNITY, ORGANIZATION, OR REGION. THE WORKS EXHIBITED ARE OPEN-SOURCE AND CAN BE DOWNLOADED TO YOUR PHONE OR PC.©_ EN: https://bit.ly/3z3yKZf ES: https://bit.ly/3uLNcCG FR: https://bit.ly/3Pqeqqh Links: ------ [1] https://viacampesina.org/en/what-are-we-fighting-for/food-sovereignty-and-t… [2] https://viacampesina.org/en/what-are-we-fighting-for/international-solidari… [3] https://viacampesina.org/es/llamado-internacional-artistas-por-la-soberania…

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LVC Statement | From Melilla to San Antonio, migrants’ lives matter!
by La Via Campesina 01 Jul '22

01 Jul '22

FROM MELILLA TO SAN ANTONIO, MIGRANTS' LIVES MATTER! DECLARATION OF LA VIA CAMPESINA, FOR THE LIVES OF MIGRANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES ------------------------- BAGNOLET, 30 JUNE: Once again, the borders are filled with the bodies of human beings desperately seeking to escape misery, dispossession, institutional repression, and the violence of the criminal gangs that traffic with their lives, protected by the official impunity and with the connivance of the states of the North. JUST ON FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 37 MIGRANTS LOST THEIR LIVES AT THE MELILLA BORDER WITH SPAIN AT THE HANDS OF BORDER AGENTS AND THREE DAYS LATER, ON MONDAY, JUNE 27, 53 MIGRANTS WERE FOUND DEAD LOCKED IN A CARGO TRUCK IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. These most recent deaths, of dispossessed people who can no longer live on their land and desperately seek their survival, are added to the long list of thousands of deaths at the borders since the states of the North decided to confront migration with a military and repressive strategy and which has deepened since the approval of the so-called Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in December 2018 and from which the principle of human rights was bypassed. The images of what happened in Melilla showed the world the cruelty with which the Moroccan and Spanish border forces repressed the impotent sub-Saharans. In San Antonio, Texas, the dead were 39 men and 12 women, mainly Mexicans, as well as Guatemalans, Hondurans and other nationalities... and children. In the face of these painful tragedies, La Via Campesina International cannot remain silent. We join in the worldwide indignation. We join the public denunciations of human rights organizations, such as the Moroccan Association of Human Rights. We join the demand of the UN Commissioner for Human Rights for an investigation into the violation of human rights by the States under the International Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers. We also join our voices in calling for an end to the complicity of governments such as Morocco and Mexico, and others, who do the "dirty work" of implementing policies and actions against migrants imposed by the North such as the United States and the European Union. We urgently call on our organizations of La Via Campesina and our allies to mobilize to carry out concrete actions for the protection and in defense of the lives of migrants. Finally, we call on society as a whole to come out of global indifference and to demand, through action, the protection of migrants' lives. THE LIVES OF MIGRANTS MATTER! NO MORE DEATHS AT THE BORDER! LET'S BUILD AN URGENT GLOBAL UNITY OF ACTION AND SOLIDARITY FOR THE PROTECTION OF MIGRANTS EVERYWHERE!

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LVC Geneva Declaration: End WTO! Build International Trade based on Peasants’ Rights and Food Sovereignty!
by La Via Campesina 30 Jun '22

30 Jun '22

GENEVA DECLARATION: END WTO! BUILD INTERNATIONAL TRADE BASED ON PEASANTS' RIGHTS AND FOOD SOVEREIGNTY! CAPITALISM AND FREE TRADE [1], FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS [2], KEY DOCUMENTS (FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS) [3], PEASANTS' RIGHTS [4], WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION [5] ------------------------- THE 2022 GENEVA DECLARATION | LA VIA CAMPESINA | 28 JUNE 2022 We, La Via Campesina - the voice of more than 200 million peasants, indigenous peoples, migrant workers, pastoralists comprising youth and women and counting 182 peasant organizations in 81 countries as our members - are assembled in Geneva, Switzerland - from 11 June 2022 to denounce the destructive neoliberal policies of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that has decimated rural economies, worsened rural debt and aggravated hunger. La Via Campesina founded 30 years ago as an internationalist response of the small-scale food producers worldwide to resist the globalization of free-market policies and speculative trade in agriculture and food. As we predicted, the global crises that confront our world today - namely, the corporate control and concentration in the international food systems; global warming aggravated by industrial farming techniques; large-scale deforestation; the dispossession of rural communities through forceful and violent eviction from territories; criminalization of those who resist; intellectual property claims on peasant seeds; increasing distress-migration from the rural areas; horrid treatment and abuse of agricultural workers and migrants; destruction of biodiversity; proliferation of unhealthy and junk diets; soil destruction due to extensive use of agrochemicals etc - are a result of an unchecked and unregulated expansion of global financial capital, pushed by the troika of the WTO, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank, through Free Trade Agreements, Investment Treaties, Strategic Economic Partnerships, Structural Adjustment Programmes, Conditional Loans and Aid programmes. These crises, we insist, have a disproportional effect on women and girls who already carry the burden of patriarchy and gender-based violence. All these have also exacerbated socio-economic inequality and hunger in the world. In June 2022, on the streets of Geneva, we led demonstrations against these destructive policies. Our rallying cry _"Free Trade Fuels Hunger, WTO Out of Agriculture"_ expressed the anguish and anger among small-scale food producers worldwide. It is indeed a matter to cheer that there has been no real breakthrough on contentious issues at the 12th Ministerial Conference, which only points to the continuing irrelevance of the WTO. Our mobilizations in Geneva (and our historic rallies against the WTO since 1999) have made it possible to expose the destructive policies of this institution. In Geneva, where we met after a gap of over two years due to the pandemic restrictions, we also embraced each other in solidarity and unity. We shared inspiring accounts of peasant struggles on all the continents and reaffirmed our commitments to bring food sovereignty to our territories. ------------------------- DRAWING IMMENSE ENERGY, HOPE AND ENTHUSIASM FROM OUR JOINT MOBILIZATIONS IN GENEVA – AND ON BEHALF OF OUR GLOBAL MOVEMENT – WE CALL FOR AN OVERHAUL OF THE CURRENT INTERNATIONAL TRADE SYSTEM. HERE IS HOW WE CAN BUILD AN ALTERNATIVE THAT REFLECTS AND RESPONDS TO THE REALITIES OF PEASANTS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. * The WTO must end! The Agreement on Agriculture should be dismantled and all Free Trade Negotiations should keep out of Agriculture! * Set in motion a Global Multilateral Framework for Executing International Trade, based on Peoples' Food Sovereignty principles and per the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP), other human rights instruments, such as the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) as well as several international Conventions and Covenants, etc. * Nothing about us, without us! The construction of this framework must be through a multilateral inter-governmental working group comprising equal and inclusive representation and participation of social movements and civil society. * Keep Transnational Corporations, lobbyists, and agenda-driven philanthropic arms out of these discussions and spaces and listen to the people! * We call upon the governments to exit the WTO, stand on the side of the peasants, agricultural workers, migrants and indigenous people, and create an alliance of progressive countries to advance Food Sovereignty and Peasants' Rights. * We call for implementing a Genuine Agrarian Reform and national policies that promote the right to land and a complete and well-coordinated transition into peasant-based-agroecological production practices. * We call upon governments to build public food stocks procured from peasants and small-scale food producers at a support price that is just, legally guaranteed and viable for the producers. * Bring strong anti-dumping legislation that is necessary to stop exporters from destroying local markets. * Forbid the use of agriculture to produce bio-fuel. Food should be an absolute priority over fuel. We have listed the building blocks of an alternative we urgently seek for our world, and this cannot wait. We cannot wait for the WTO to reform itself and bring all these changes because of its inherent contradictions and apparent conflict of interests. ------------------------- See the map [6] of our mobilizations around the world ------------------------- AN ESSENTIAL PRE-CONDITION FOR THESE CHANGES TO TAKE ROOT WOULD BE THE URGENT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ARTICLES OF THE UN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF PEASANTS AND OTHER PEOPLE WORKING IN RURAL AREAS (UNDROP). This month also marks the 50th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (UN HRC). At this Session, La Via Campesina is putting forth concrete demands in making UNDROP a lived reality for our communities; The implementation of UNDROP is undergoing in many regions and countries through public policies, training, new jurisprudences based on the UNDROP, and different types of actions in the daily lives of rural communities. The implementation must also happen through mainstreaming and monitoring at the international level. In this respect, our movement is advocating for CREATING A SPECIAL PROCEDURE ON THE UNDROP. This special procedure will allow for effective implementation, especially UNDROP mainstreaming and monitoring at the global level. At the 50th session of the UN HRC, we have moved a step forward on this objective. La Via Campesina delegates tirelessly advocated with the Member States and other UN bodies in Geneva. We will continue our excellent work and have set the timeline to achieve this creation of the UNDROP special procedure at the UN Human Rights Council session scheduled in March 2023. We call on our members to reach out to their national governments and convince them to send a clear signal to their Missions in Geneva in favour of a special procedure on UNDROP. We have also advanced on many fronts. La Via Campesina members worldwide have brought UNDROP more to our bases and grassroots at the national and local level with direct actions, formations, and creation of UNDROP popular materials. We will continue our efforts to translate UNDROP and the popular materials into our local languages to understand and increase ownership of this crucial tool of struggle. We call our members, right-holders in rural areas, and our allies to continue to raise awareness and use UNDROP as a tool in their daily fights. PEASANTS' RIGHTS, NOW! FOOD SOVEREIGNTY, NOW! GLOBALIZE THE STRUGGLE! GLOBALIZE HOPE! #LVC30YEARS #NOFUTUREWITHOUTFOODSOVEREIGNTY ------------------------- Don't miss the special coverage we made during the mobilizations in Geneva. [7] See our PHOTOS [8] and VIDEOS [9] For any questions, please write to press(a)viacampesina.org Links: ------ [1] https://viacampesina.org/en/what-are-we-fighting-against/capitalism-and-fre… [2] https://viacampesina.org/en/what-are-we-fighting-against/capitalism-and-fre… [3] https://viacampesina.org/en/what-are-we-fighting-against/capitalism-and-fre… [4] https://viacampesina.org/en/what-are-we-fighting-for/human-rights/ [5] https://viacampesina.org/en/what-are-we-fighting-against/capitalism-and-fre… [6] https://padlet.com/lvcweb/WTO_Out_2022 [7] https://viacampesina.org/en/tag/geneva-wto-2022/ [8] https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.7463239047079935&type=3 [9] https://www.facebook.com/watch/342562582480986/759352991869256

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Nyéléni Newsletter | Towards a global forum of food sovereignty
by La Via Campesina 22 Jun '22

22 Jun '22

NYÉLÉNI NEWSLETTER | TOWARDS A GLOBAL FORUM OF FOOD SOVEREIGNTY 21 June 2022 Nyéléni Newsletters [1] The new edition of the Nyéléni Newsletter is out! This edition reveals the process that is unfolding at the moment towards a global forum of Food Sovereignty, a space for exchange and convergence among social movements across sectors, since it is imperative, in the current circumstances, to advance in the struggle by strengthening alliances with other global movements. ------------------------- As the world lurches from one crisis to another, Nyéléni symbolizes the convergence of our struggles and commitments to build a world free of greed, hunger, exploitation, extractivism, misogyny, racism, discrimination, and violence. Since 2007, Nyéléni has been a space where we meet in order to build collective strategies to advance food sovereignty, rights to land and territories, agroecology, and the rights of all small-scale food providers. Our articulations have given us the strength to organize against capitalism, neoliberalism, corporate power, patriarchy, and ecocide. THROUGH THE NYÉLÉNI MEETINGS IN 2007, 2011 AND 2015, THE FOOD SOVEREIGNTY MOVEMENT CREATED THE BASIS FOR OUR FUTURE POSITION IN MANY GLOBAL NEGOTIATIONS. These events and the concepts born therein led to the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests, the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication, and the implementation of Farmers' Rights in the context of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. But in the present global context, the food sovereignty movement cannot make it alone. To dismantle agribusiness and corporate power, as well as provide comprehensive responses to persisting systemic crises and the rise of conservative right-wing forces, we need to converge with peoples' organisations facing different forms of oppression and threats. Collectively, we can propose true alternatives for all and advance social, gender, racial, economic, intergenerational, and environmental justice. The Nyéléni meetings are thus essential for building principles, concepts and strategies shared and reinforced by many movements across different sectors, while defending the most vulnerable at local levels. _CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE ENGLISH EDITION_ [2] OR READ IT DIRECTLY IN THE WEBSITE AT WWW.NYELENI.ORG [3] ! Links: ------ [1] https://viacampesina.org/en/media-and-publications/nyeleni-newsletters/ [2] http://www.nyeleni.org/ccount/click.php?id=177 [3] https://nyeleni.org/

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