La Via Campesina | e-newsletter | Feb-March 2018
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#8MARCH 2018: PEASANT WOMEN OF LA VIA CAMPESINA AND ALLIES MOBILISE WORLD OVER | HIGHLIGHTS
A summary of several mobilisations in which peasant women joined other social movements to mark the International Women's Day. Read More [3]
FEATURED ARTICLES FROM FEB-MARCH 2018
LA VIA CAMPESINA INTERNATIONAL CONDEMNS MARCINHO'S MURDER AND DEMANDS THAT THE CULPRITS BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE!
Marcinho, 33, who was a prominent MST leader in the peasant struggle in Bahia, was murdered in front of his son with three gun shots to his head. Read More [4]
URGENT CALL FOR SUPPORT OF SOC-SAT AGAINST EVICTION AT CERRO LIBERTAD
A major battle is being fought by our members, the SOC-SAT workers' union, in Andalusia at the "Cerro Liberta" (Liberty Hill) estate in Jaen against BBVA, one of the largest financial multinationals in Europe. And they need our support! Read More [5]
FAMA FINAL DECLARATION REAFFIRMS: "WATER IS NOT A COMMODITY, WATER BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE"
Water is life, it is health, it is food, it is territory, it is human right, it is a sacred common good. Read More [6]
IN THE FACE OF SYSTEM COLLAPSE, OUR MAJOR STRENGTH IS AN ALTERNATIVE KNOWN AS FOOD SOVEREIGNTY
Member organisations of LVC met in Andalucia, to work on the common strategies and tactics of the peasantry to tackle the global challenges that they face. Read More [7]
TRAVERSING THE DRY CORRIDOR | AN ACCOUNT OF THE PEASANT WOMEN COOPERATIVES IN HONDURAS
Environmental changes in the Dry Corridor - Corredor Seco - and Atlantic Coast have driven migration in Honduras, one of the countries most affected by climate change. Here, women have gathered together in old and new collectives, as they struggle to create economic opportunities and grow crops against increasing weather variability. Read More [8]
"WE SPEAK OUT ON BEHALF OF THOSE WHO DEFEND LIVES, MARIELLE FRANCO IS PRESENT WITH US
We call on the Brazilian state to conduct an immediate and rigorous investigation into the case of Marielle Franco, using its various relevant bodies. What is more, we demand justice for the hundreds of murders that have been denounced by our member organisations in Brazil. Read More [9]
INDIA ENRAGED: FARMERS AGITATION REACHES MAJOR CITIES
In two days, two major cities of India - Mumbai and Delhi - witnessed thousands of farmers and farm workers demonstrating peacefully but with a steely resolve to make themselves heard. Read [10]
PUTTANNAIAH JI, REST IN POWER!
In a show of gratitude and solidarity to the innumerable struggles led by Shri K S Puttannaiah, the iconic peasant leader of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha and Green Brigade, thousands of farmers from the state brought sacks of soil to dedicate it to him as he was being laid to rest. Read More [11]
FOR FOOD SOVEREIGNTY AND PEASANT RIGHTS, THE STRUGGLE MOVES ON: ECVC HOLDS ITS 11TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Armed with a fighting spirit and great solidarity, more than 50 peasant delegates from across Europe gathered in Brussels in mid-January to celebrate their 11th General Assembly (GA). The event was an excellent occasion to welcome two new candidate organisations and to carry out an action in front of the offices of the European Commission for the regulation of the new GMOs that the biotechnology sector is currently promoting. Read More [12]
SOUTH EAST AND EAST ASIA PEASANT WOMEN EXTEND UNCONDITIONAL SOLIDARITY TO VILLAGERS RESISTING THAAD MISSILE SYSTEM IN SOUTH KOREA
Withdraw US War Weapon THAAD" "No to THAAD, Yes to Peace Read More [13]
FEATURED PUBLICATIONS
Newsletter no 33 - Kids and Food Sovereignty Download your copy here [14]
Via Campesina Europe publishes an in-depth guide to Food Sovereignty Download your copy here [15]
FEATURED VIDEOS
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Sowing Seeds of Resistance Watch Video [17]
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Farmers' Demonstration by BKU, India | March 2018 Watch Video [19]
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