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8 - Bogota (2023)

8th International Conference: Official Song is out! “Back to the Countryside”

17 October 20236 December 2023

The global peasant movement La Vía Campesina is convening its 8th International Conference in Bogotá, Colombia, from 1 to 8 December 2023, under the slogan “Faced with global crises, we build food sovereignty to ensure a future for humanity”.

During these international conferences, attended by almost 500 delegates from 10 different regions, different issues affecting the diversity of rural areas are discussed and analysed as a whole. It is here that La Via Campesina defines, updates and refines its strategic lines of action, as well as examining and ratifying new member organisations, discussing internal functioning and launching new campaigns.

🌟 The countdown begins! 🌟

Join us in the heart of Colombia from Dec 1-8 for our 8th International Conference. 🎶 We’re thrilled to unveil our official song, igniting passion and unity in our incredible peasant movement. #8ConfLVC

Lyrics of the song:

SPANISHENGLISH
Vamos pueblo a volver al campo
Aquí estamos los pueblos soberanos,
Vamos pueblo a volver al campo
Aquí estamos los pueblos solidarios
Y las mujeres del campo
Cultivando un milenio de justicia e igualdad
En tres décadas de lucha
Unidos contra el saqueo imperialista
Rendirnos jamás
Somos La Vía Campesina anticapitalista
La Vía Campesina antiimperialista
Somos La Vía Campesina anti patriarcal
Largo caminar en amor, paz y solidaridad
Por la vida, la tierra y el territorio
¡Soberanía Alimentaria ya!
con los IALAs enfriamos el planeta
con agroecología al campo regresar
y así de esta manera nuestro pueblo alimentar
Con los emigrantes y asalariados
reforma agraria integral y popular
Ahora si, ya se nos llegó la hora
de cambiar el mundo unipolar
y construir una nueva sociedad
Porque si nos movemos los de abajo
el capitalismo se va al carajo
Let’s go, people, let’s return to the countryside
Here, we are the sovereign people,
Let’s go, people, let’s go back to the countryside
Here we are, the people in solidarity
And the women of the countryside
Cultivating a millennium of justice and equality
In three decades of struggle
United against imperialist plunder
Never surrender
We are La Via Campesina, anticapitalist
We are La Via Campesina, anti-imperialist
We are La Via Campesina, antipatriarchal
Long walk in love, peace, and solidarity
For life, the land, and territory
Food sovereignty now!
With the IALAs, we cool the planet
with agroecology we return to the countryside
And this way, feed our people
With migrants and wage earners
Integral and popular agrarian reform
Now, yes, the time has come
To change the unipolar world
And to build a new society
Because if we move from the bottom,
Capitalism will be crushed.
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