Global
Call to Action for
the International
Day of Action for
Peoples’ Food
Sovereignty against
Transnational
Corporations
This October
16, 2023, we, the
peasants of the world,
once again call to
commemorate the
International Day of
Action for Peoples’
Food Sovereignty
against Transnational
Corporations. On this
day, the global
movement for Food
Sovereignty denounces
the control of food
systems in the hands
of agribusiness
transnationals, a
global corporate
network that is
intensifying the
hunger of millions of
people in the world,
as well as the
massification of
malnutrition as a
chronic disease of the
new generations.
It is
unacceptable that more
and more people in the
world are going hungry
and that food
insecurity is
intensifying,
affecting one third of
the world’s
population. The global
crises and the great
migratory
displacements that
affect millions of
people and their
peoples are
concentrated in a
scenario of climate
and environmental
crisis that affects
the whole of humanity.
We are
experiencing an
unprecedented food
crisis. Our
agricultural
production, seeds,
land, and territories
are being monopolized;
our peasant rights to
income and a dignified
life, to protest, and
to the autonomy of our
peoples are being
violated. We are
facing an
unprecedented food
crisis intertwined
with the climate
crisis, wars,
corruption, media
control, institutional
racism, and
neo-fascism. At the
same time, we, the
peasants, continue to
be criminalized,
displaced, and see our
livelihoods and
subsistence taken
away.
We mobilize in
the face of global
crises.
This year, the
Food and Agriculture
Organization of the
United Nations (FAO)
is hosting the World
Food Forum from
October 16-20, and we
are concerned that
large corporations
continue to capture
this space for their
own interests.
For this
reason, together with
our allies, on October
16, we will mobilize
once again to denounce
the false solutions
that corporate power,
in complicity with
many governments, is
promoting and imposing
to apparently solve
these crises. Once
more, we say no to
agribusiness! No more
false solutions!
Without Food
Sovereignty, we will
not be able to ensure
a future for humanity!
This year, we
also celebrate 27
years of our organized
struggle for Food
Sovereignty, a
struggle that has now
diversified and taken
shape from the local
level to form a
powerful global
movement. We
will carry all the
experiences and
reflections from
this journey to our
8th
International
Conference,
to be held in December
in Bogota, Colombia.
During the conference,
we will dedicate an
important moment to
discuss our progress
and the lessons
learned over these
nearly three decades
of mobilizations.
We face the
enormous challenge of
advancing the
implementation of
UNDROP, building an
alternative global
trade framework
that puts an end to
the voracity of Free
Trade Agreements and
the WTO, and
consolidating an
effective binding
treaty against
transnational
corporations to
protect the collective
and individual labor
agreements of rural
workers.Additionally,
we aim to safeguard
the territorial,
environmental,
community, production,
and basic services
rights of communities
in areas affected by
transnationals.
Furthermore, we must
continue to promote Peasant
Agroecology and
Popular Peasant
Feminism as
crucial political
tools within our
movement for our
peoples.
We are
peasants, women,
youth, rural
diversities,
indigenous peoples,
fisherfolk, migrants,
rural workers, and a
diverse group of
individuals who want
Food Sovereignty to be
recognized as a
fundamental right,
ensuring peace and
social justice for our
communities.
Join our
actions happening all
over the world:
Organize with
your neighborhood,
community, or local
organization to
showcase the immense
value and legacy of
the struggle for
Food Sovereignty.
Arrange
events and
participate in
agroecological fairs
where the work of
local peasants is
celebrated, and
their challenges are
discussed.
Additionally,
join our virtual
action this #16Oct23
by capturing and
sending a photo of
your action along
with our slogan,
“Facing global
crises, we build
Food Sovereignty to
secure a future for
humanity.” Tag us on
social media or send
your photos and/or
videos to communications@viacampesina.org
Personalize
the official poster
and adapt it to your
local language.
Download and share
our communication
kit, videos, and
publications during
this day of
mobilizations.
Faced with
global crises, we
build food
sovereignty to
ensure a future for
humanity!
