As Corona Virus spreads across countries and continents, several members of La Via Campesina have… Read more →
#StayHomeButNotSilent – In times of pandemic, peasants are united to feed the people!
APRIL 17, 2020 – CALL FOR MOBILISATION – INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEASANTS’ STRUGGLE March 24,… Read more →
Micro-finance firms drove 200 poor borrowers to suicide during last three years: MONLAR, Srilanka
Movement for Land and Agricultural Reform (MONLAR) held a demonstration last week demanding that the… Read more →
Women of MST occupy the Ministry of Agriculture in Brasilia
The action aims to denounce the policies of the Bolsonaro government in relation to the… Read more →
08 March 2020: La Via Campesina releases illustrations amplifying the voices and demands of rural women
On the occasion of the International Day of Women, La Via Campesina has launched a… Read more →
Venezuela: Farmers Resist Economic Blockade by Increasing Food Production
Due to the illegal sanctions imposed on the country by the United States (U.S.) and… Read more →
Via Campesina denounces UN Special Envoy for the UN Food Systems Summit for diminishing peasants and their rights
In December 2019, it was officially announced that the UN Headquarters in New York will… Read more →
Why Peasant Farmers are Key to the Success of Farm to Fork
Today European Coordination via Campesina presented its key demands regarding the Farm to Fork Strategy,… Read more →
#8March2020: Peasant and Rural women, organised for food sovereignty and a dignified life!
CALL FOR GLOBAL SOLIDARITY ACTION, #08March2020 Harare: This 08th March, the International Day of Women,… Read more →
Fighting Vale and corporate capture in Brazil
This interview with Tchenna Maso, a community lawyer and a member of the Movement of… Read more →
Resisting RCEP from ground up: Indian movements show the way
In the history of people’s resistance against free trade agreements, 4 November 2019 is a… Read more →
National Farmers Union in Solidarity with Wet’suwe’ten land defenders
Media Release: February 12, 2020 The National Farmers Union (NFU) stands in solidarity with Indigenous… Read more →
NFU announces new report: Tackling the Farm Crisis and the Climate Crisis
(Saskatoon, December 12, 2019) — The National Farmers Union is pleased to release Tackling the Farm Crisis… Read more →
First Declaration: La Via Campesina International Solidarity Mission in Venezuela
Caracas, January 31st, 2020 The delegation of La Via Campesina with representatives from Europe, North… Read more →
Negotiating the Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition: our concerns and proposals
(Rome) On 29 January 2020, at the Global Council for Food Security (CFS) in Rome,… Read more →
Sri Lanka hosts the First Asian Youth Assembly of La Via Campesina
Ahngama, Srilanka: The First Asian Continental Youth Assembly of La Via Campesina took place in… Read more →
Declaration from the First Asian Continental Youth Assembly
16 January 2020, Srilanka: We, the young peasants of La Via Campesina, coming from Thailand,… Read more →
La Via Campesina in Venezuela: a mission for the brotherhood, solidarity and truth of the people
(Harare, January 17, 2020) Overthrowing the Bolivarian Revolution is one of the US government’s plans… Read more →
African civil society consultation for the FAO regional conference
Harare-Zimbabwe from February 25 to 27, 2020 The next consultation of African civil society for… Read more →
1st anniversary of the Peasants’ Rights Declaration: Joint statement by UN human rights experts*
The need to take steps to implement the UN Declaration on the rights of peasants… Read more →
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APRIL 17, 2020: INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEASANTS’ STRUGGLE
On April 17, 1996, members of the Landless Workers‘ Movement MST were shot dead by… Read more →
