La Via Campesina | e-Newsletter | July, 2016
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VIA CAMPESINA JOINS 2016 WORLD SOCIAL FORUM TO STRENGTHEN AND ADVANCE FOOD SOVEREIGNTY AND PEASANTS' RIGHTS
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Several delegates comprising women, men, youth, and representing peasants and migrant agricultural and rural workers from several regions of La Via Campesina, will carry messages of global solidarity and food sovereignty at the 2016 World Social Forum this August. The Forum, which is a collective call for a sustainable and inclusive world, will be held in Montreal, Canada from the 9th to 14th. La Via Campesina considers World Social Forum as an important space to build collective strengths of social movements worldwide - all of whom are fighting for social, economic, cultural and political justice. The complete schedule of events that La Via Campesina would be part of are available here [3].
NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
SEND AN EMAIL TO DEMAND JUSTICE FOR BAEK NAM-GI
------------------------- Still in a coma, Mr. Baek's health is deteriorating and his condition has now become even more critical. Though it has been more than 250 days, none of the officers responsible for the excessive use of force that caused his injury have been charged.We need your voice to call on the National Assembly to open a public hearing into the incident. Take Action [4]
DECLARATION ON TRADE, MARKETS AND DEVELOPMENT | UNCTAD NAIROBI
------------------------- La Via Campesina's Declaration on Trade, Markets and Development in the context of UNCTAD 2016, Nairobi, Kenya. Read More [5]
NFU SENDS AG MINISTERS INPUT FOR NEXT AGRICULTURE POLICY FRAMEWORK
------------------------- In advance of the annual conference of Federal, Provincial and Territorial (FPT) Agriculture Ministers to be held in Calgary, July 20-22, 2016, the National Farmers Union (NFU) sent a letter to each of the ministers with input regarding the next agriculture policy framework. In it, the NFU provides recommendations for both the Business Risk Management (BRM) programs and the Strategic Investment programs. Read More [6]
AGROECOLOGY LEARNING EXCHANGES IN UGANDA
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Five members representing La Via Campesina, attended the Agroecology Learning Exchanges in Uganda, held between 10-13 May 2016. This meeting was organized by the Agroecology Fund and Alliance for Food Sovereignty (ASFA) in Africa in Masaka, Uganda and was hosted by St Jude Family projects. Read More [7]
CLOC-VIA CAMPESINA HONDURAS STATEMENT ON ASSASSINATION OF LESBIA YANETH URQUÍA
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Statement from the Cloc-Via Campesina Honduras in response to the assassination of Lesbia Yaneth Urquía, member of COPINH. Read More [8]
WAR CRIMES IN SYRIA MUST STOP – STOP BOMBING CITIZENS, FOOD CROPS AND VEGETABLE MARKETS!
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Solidarity with the peasants and people of Syria is needed now more than ever. Through the 15th Garden we continue to resist this wretched war that has been put upon us. Read More [9]
WOMEN PEASANTS IN SOUTH KOREA ON A NATIONWIDE PROTEST TOUR
------------------------- Peasants from the Korean Women Peasant Association are taking out a nation-wide campaign, in the form of a protest tour, to seek justice for Farmer Baek Namgi who has been lying in a state of coma since November 2015, after being hit by police water cannons. Read More [10]
KARNATAKA, INDIA: SUPPORT PRICES SOUGHT BY KRRS TO BAIL OUT FARMERS
------------------------- Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) and the Green Brigade have urged the Union government to announce minimum support price for arecanut, coconut, copra and rubber. Briefing mediapersons here on Monday, KRRS General Secretary Badagalapura Nagendra said the sudden slump in the price of arecanut, coconut, copra and rubber has left the farmers in dire straits. Read More [11]
UNCTAD 14: ELITES SPEAKING IN THE NAME OF PEASANTS AND THE GLOBAL POOR WON'T SOLVE ANYTHING!
------------------------- Statement from La Via Campesina and Kenyan Social Movements. Read More [12]
FARMER-TO-FARMER TRAINING SESSION ON MILLETS IN INDIA
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At least 60 farmers, mostly from the neighboring indigenous Soliga community, as well as other small farmers including some urban origin farmers gathered for a farmer-to-farmer training session on millets at the Amrita Bhoomi agroecology center, on 2nd July 2016.. Read More [13]
ZIMSOFF CO-ORGANISES A DIALOGUE ON THE STATE OF LAND, SEEDS AND FOOD WITH ALLIES
------------------------- Popular University of Social Movements gathers in Harare: social movements and academics to dialogue on the state of land, seeds and food in SADC. Read More [14]
MORE THAN 1,500 LANDLESS KICKING OFF FESTIVAL OF CULTURE OF AGRARIAN REFORM
------------------------- On July 20, 2016, more than 1,500 Landless 19 states of Brazil kicked off the National Festival of Arts and Culture of Agrarian Reform, in the city of Belo Horizonte, in Minas Gerais. The political-cultural event, which took place in the Plaza da Station in Serraria Souza Pinto, in the center of the mining capital. Read More [15]
TRIBUNAL MONSANTO IN THE HAGUE –14TH -16TH OF OCTOBER 2016
------------------------- The Monsanto Tribunal, which will be held in The Hague from 14 to 16 October 2016, aims to assess these allegations made against Monsanto, and to evaluate the damages caused by this transnational company. Read More [16]
MARKETS DON'T REGULATE, MARKETS SPECULATE
------------------------- In light of the upcoming European Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting this July 18 in Brussels, the European Coordination Via Campesina, which represents thousands of family farmers in Europe, urges the Council to introduce mandatory measures to reduce milk production in order to protect dairy farmers throughout Europe. Read More [17]
18 YEARS OF SPI: CELEBRATIONS ACROSS INDONESIA
------------------------- "Starting from a base level to the international level. Starting from reclaiming hundreds of thousands of hectares of land, to fight for the rights of peasants into an international declaration on the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, SPI has come a long way in 18 years. "said Henry Saragih in Medan, North Sumatera, Indonesia. Read More [18]
OLIVE HARVEST CAMPAIGN 2016: "OUR OLIVE TREE IS OUR HOMELAND"
------------------------- Olive trees carry more than an economic significance in the lives of Palestinians; they are symbolic of Palestinians' linked to their land. Thus, despite the continuous Israeli uprooting and damaging of Palestinian olive trees, Palestinians insist to cling to their lands and replant more and more olive trees and strengthen their roots in the ground. Read More [19]
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WORLD SOCIAL FORUM 2016 MONTREAL CANADA | THEME SONG -------------------------
Made by Focuspuller collective with their World Social Forum Film Archive to promote the next world social forum that will be in Montreal Canada 9 14 August 2016. The music and song "Otro Mundo" is by Moe Clark, Mohammed Ben Slama, Sol-Étienne Labesse, Alban Maréchal, Ons Barnat, Carminda Mac Lorin, Joseph Naytowhow, Cheryl L'Hirondelle, Anthony et Thaïsa Tavares. Music produced by Palanka.
Source: http://wsftv.net/Members/focuspuller/videos/forum-social-mundial-2016-montre...
Watch it on Via Campesina TV [21]
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