La Via Campesina's VI Conference arrives in Jakarta
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- Published on Tuesday, 11 June 2013 23:08
News from La Via Campesina
(Jakarta, June 9, 2013) After three intense days of women's and youth assemblies, this afternoon we joined in the celebrations of the opening ceremony to welcome La Via Campesina's Sixth Conference to Jakarta.
About 3000 peasants, women and men from around the world, met today to celebrate the opening ceremony of La Via Campesina's VI International Conference. It was a typically hot afternoon when participants arrived in Jakarta's Padepokan Pencak Silat, in a stadium renamed the 'Peasant Victory Stadium' for the event.
Young people of La Via Campesina Close their Assembly with a Commitment to Ensure the Future of Sustainable Peasant Agriculture.
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More pictures of the Youth assembly here.
(Jakarta, June 9, 2013) "We, the Youth, are the seeds, we are the future of the peasant movement”. These were the closing words of the La Via Campesina's Third Youth Assembly, which has brought people together from more than 70 countries on five continents. The discussions dealt with wide-reaching concerns, such as food sovereignty and peasants' rights, but also focussed on specific issues such as health or migration. The slogan proclaimed during the meeting was "For food sovereignty! La Via Campesina youth in struggle!"
Together, peasant youth can move forward
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- Published on Monday, 10 June 2013 14:20
Opening of the 3rd International Assembly of La Via Campesina Youth
By Shifa Mwesigye*
Jakarta, 08th of June - The sound of Viva Peasants Youth, Long Live Via Campesina (LVC) Youth swept through the Agrarian Reform Room at the Padepokan Pencak Silat in Jakarta Indonesia. The Third Youth Assembly was off to a good start with a traditional Indonesian Dance to open the assembly. The mood of joy and togetherness shone on the faces of many youth and their mentors who were gathered for collective debates which will generate decisions that will give way to the creation of a common mobilization agenda for the youth in the peasant movement.
Women of the World’s Largest Peasant Movement Call the Shots
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- Published on Sunday, 09 June 2013 22:40
Published on Saturday, June 8, 2013 by Common Dreams by Salena Tramel
Zubaidah Tambunan is one feisty grandmother. She has gone to outrageous measures to protect Aek Nagaga, her Sumatran agricultural village that is consistently threatened by foreign land-grabbing palm oil investors. She has lain in roads leading to local plantations to physically halt foreign corporations and collaborating local police, implemented a village-wide system to warn of their approach, and advocated for agrarian reform in Indonesia.
