La Via Campesina | e-newsletter | Aug-Sept 2019
This edition of the newsletter is the result of a collective effort of organisations, which are part of La Via Campesina movement worldwide.
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10 September Mobilisations: Highlights from around the world

As part of the International Day of Action Against WTO and Free Trade Agreements, members and allies of La Via Campesina and its allies organised several demonstrations, seminars and media releases in September and October, to highlight their concerns regarding several multilateral, regional and bilateral trade agreements that are currently being negotiated inside and outside the WTO.

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FEATURED ARTICLES 

Agroecology encounter in Harare

The Encounter of Agroecology Schools of La Via Campesina Africa took place from 20-23 August in Harare, with the participation of 16 peasant organisations, from 18 countries across the Africa- continent. Read more →

The Barinas Massacre: La Via Campesina stands in solidarity with our CRBZ

Six activists of our movement in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, including a pregnant comrade, were vilely assassinated by mercenaries suspected to be linked to right-wing landholders.  Read more →

Somontes Occupation: Solidarity Message

Over 70 peasant delegates from Africa, America, Asia and Europe, expresses its solidarity with the day labourers of the SOC-SAT from Andalusia who occupied the Somontes public farm in Palma del Río for the seventh time on 26 August. Read more →
 

Put human rights and nature before profit: La Via Campesina in UN 

To achieve zero hunger, food production must be based on agroecology and food sovereignty, embracing small-scale food producers Read more →

Paulo Freire Training Center is being shut down! Take Action!

Send an email to the judge to rescind the eviction order. The email is in English and Portuguese addressed to the judge who issued the eviction order, the government of Pernambuco and officials at INCRA. Fill in your name and other information in both the Portuguese and English sections of the email. Read more →

"Burning the Amazon is a crime against humanity", Via Campesina Brazil

It should be clear for society in Brazil, Latin America, and the world that this is not an isolated phenomenon. In fact, it is the result of a series of actions taken by agribusinesses and big miners since the beginning of the Jair Bolsonaro administration. Read more →

Featured Publication

Nyéléni Newsletter: Digitalization of the food system

 
A synopsis of the digitalization of food, and contains examples of how digitalization affects and is used by communities in different parts of the world.


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FIVE REASONS WHY WTO IS BAD FOR AGRICULTURE
 

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