800 landless women occupied one of the farms of ‘João de Deus’ who has been… Read more →
Regional event celebrating the Decade for Family Farming in Europe and Central Asia
The European Coordination Via Campesina (ECVC) participated to the regional event entitled The future of… Read more →
March 14th International Day of Struggle of the people affected by dams, in defense of the rivers, water and life
The international day that remarks the struggle of the people affected by dams, celebrated for… Read more →
Embracing Grassroots Feminism
Feminism is inherently political and must not be viewed in isolation from other structural inequalities,… Read more →
India: Farmers present an eighteen point demand to all political parties
All India Coordination Committee of Farmers’ Movement comprising all the major farmers unions in India… Read more →
MAB denounces Vale’s social and environmental crime at the UN
On the occasion of the 40th session of the United Nations in Geneva, MAB fulfills… Read more →
Standing with disadvantaged rural women small-scale farmers in Uganda
Esaff Uganda Press Release on International Women’s Day Whereas women are the backbone of development… Read more →
India: Peasant Movements to scrutinise and expose the dangers of RCEP Trade Agreement
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a free trade partnership, which will open India’s… Read more →
Bangladesh : Peasant movements intensifies the struggle against ‘Golden Rice’
BAFLF general secratery Abdul Mazid stated that the multinational companies have targeted Bangladesh as laboratory for the trail of their GM crops and using people and farmers as guinea-pigs for their own interest.
For the life and dignity of women, we fight together against the exploitation and oppression of the capitalist and patriarchal system!
La Via Campesina Press Release International Women’s Day (Harare, March 8th, 2019) The goals that… Read more →
RCEP: Indian peasant movements and allies warn against obligations on patenting seeds, plant varieties
Farmers groups and agricultural researchers in India have sent a letter today to the Prime Minister, with a copy to the relevant trade negotiators of India, urging the government not to accept any damaging intellectual property rights (IPR) provisions in the RCEP that will impact farmers’ seed freedoms and their access to planting materials.
La CLOC- Via Campesina denounces and rejects imperialist interference and demands respect for the sovereignty of Venezuela
From all corners of rebellious, sovereign and dignified Latin America, as Coordinadora Latinoamericana de Organizaciones… Read more →
The Tarajal Massacre and our agricultural fields
PRESS RELEASE February 6, 2019 International Day to stop the repression of migrants and for… Read more →
End Corporate Impunity! How much is life worth? #Vale
La Via Campesina International stands in solidarity with the affected families and asserts its full support for the organized struggle of social movements, in this sad moment in Brazilian history.
The killing of Naasan will not dissuade Palestinian farmers from defending their land
UAWC Press Release Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) condemns the murder of farmer Hamdi… Read more →
Agroecology workshop for young peasants: Karnataka, India
La Via Campesina South Asia, in its efforts to develop a cadre of young leaders that can take up work on agroecology in the region, recently concluded a regional agroecology youth training camp from Dec 14th to 20th at Amritabhoomi
Brazil: Movement of People Affected by Dams (MAB) calls out new crime by mining giant Vale
Once again history repeats itself as a tragedy. On one side, Vale SA, a major worldwide mining company, and on the other, the Brazilian people gathering bodies sunken in the mud of criminal enterprises.
European peasants mobilise against Free Trade Agreements: Belgian-German border
For European small farmers, FTAs like CETA and mechanisms like the ISDS destroy Food Sovereignty.
Thousand Movement: Srilankan tea plantation workers protest in 30 locations for better daily wages
The Thousand Movement, a collective of unions and grassroots activists who want to increase the daily basic salary of an estate worker to Rs. 1000
Thousands protest in Berlin against industrialised agriculture
While the “Grüne Woche” international agricultural fair was taking place in the German capital, the… Read more →
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17 April, 2019: International Day of Peasant’s Struggle
Every year, during the week of 17th of April, the International Day of Peasant’s Struggle… Read more →
