Edition : February 2025
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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