List of Worldwide Actions for April 17, 2011

EUROPE

SPAIN

Valencia

1.

11/04, 20:00-22:00 – Special Programme on the Peasant Struggle on Radio Klara. Discussion on Food Sovereignty and presentation of Peasant Struggle Week in Valencia

2.

12/04, 19:00 – Screening of short films on Food Sovereignty followed by debate. Ca Revolta: Calle Santa Teresa nº 10. Valencia

3.

13/04, 19:00 – Film cycle: Still Life (Naturaleza Muerta), China 2006. For the peasant struggle and Food Sovereignty and Peoples’ Food Sovereignty. Followed by debate.

Sala 1. Cines Babel. c/ Vicente Sancho Tello 10. FREE ENTRY

4.

14/04, 19:00 – Round table: Agrarian Reform in the II Republic. Speakers: Rafael Garro (Agrarian Reform in the II Republic), Luis Romero (political awareness in the II Republic), Ofelia Vila (the role of women in the II Republic). Arte&Facto.
Calle del Pie de la Cruz nº8. Valencia.

5.

15/04, 11:30-18:00 – III Organic Market Transgènics Zero PV with local and seasonal produce. Located in a side street of the bull ring of Valencia.

6.

15/04, 19:00 – Discussion: New ways of growing organic food, “Edible balconies”. L’hort de Carme. In La Llavoreta. Calle Orihuela, nº 14. Valencia”

7.

16/04: Peasant

International Day of Peasant Struggle, 9:00-14:00 – Street activities. Tasting of local and seasonal organic produce. La Murga Lunátika in concert. Food Sovereignty Photographic Exhibition: “I want to do something too, how about you?” Interactive workshops. Mercado Central, Valencia.

Basque Country

8.

14 April – Closing ceremony of the III International Conference – Cultural Event, with Musical Variety and Different Performances Bilbao Organiza: Peasant movements and agrarian transformations.

Alicante

9.

Tuesday 12 April 20:15 – Centre of Entrepreneurs from the Alicante agency for local development of (c/ cid, 13) – Debate: The invasion of supermarkets: impacts and alternatives

WITH:
Esther Vivas_ subject specialist and author of “Supermarkets no thanks” and “From field to plate”

10.
Friday 15 Abril 19:00 – Cultural centre El Claustro: Sala la Clau (old part of town, beside San Nicolás Cathedral) round table: agriculture in Alicante, critical view and proposals from a food sovereignty viewpoint

WITH:
Ernest Blasco_ Unió de Llauradors
Emilio Rico_ COAG
María Vicente Viñas_ Cooperativa Articultura de la Terra – Cervezas Lluna
Vicente Bordera_ BioAlacant
Isara Belifante_ Horta Cel i Sol, Mutxamel
Ángeles Cáceres_ Moderator

11.
Saturday 16 April 11:00 a 15:00 – Mercado central (plaza de las flores), Cultural activity for everyone: Theatrical performance by the Sala Ring theatre school company: “Votadme y comeréis como yo”. (Vote for me and you’ll eat like I do) Concerts: Komfusió (Sella-Callosa d’Ensarrià) y Pura Mandanga with friendo from Plataforma Puentegramas (Alicante).

Organic lunch for everyone with Caldo a Manita and distribution of flyers.

12.

Saturday, 16 April, 19:30 – Club información (Avda. Dr. Rico) – round table: for a live rural world. Presentation of the book “What we have to swallow”.

WITH:
Gustavo Duch_ Director of the journal Soberanía Alimentaria
and author of the book
Jeromo Aguado_ President of Plataforma Rural
Miguel Á. Pérez Oca_ Moderator and presenter
At the end, and as a closing ceremony, the Alicante Platform for Food Sovereignty will provide a drink so everyone can make a toast.

13.

13 April – Environmental Disasters workshop: The green revolution. Round table in the afternoon.

Navarra

14.

17 Abril at 10:00 – March from the Aranzadi vegetable gardens to Plaza del Castillo in Pamplona, Navarra.

Organised by: EHNE, in conjunction with other groups.

Contact: 945 275 477

prentsa@ehne.org

Cacabelos, León

15.

7 April – Presentation of the documentary “La tierra asoma” (The earth sprouts) and debate with Agustí Corominas (director) and Jerónimo Aguado (Plataforma Rural). Ponferrada public library 19:00 horas

16.

13April – Discussion on GMOs at the Centro Social Autogestionado in Ponferrada C/ Mejico 6 at 19:00

17.

17 April – “Internacional Day of Peasant Struggle” – Organic lunch for everyone. – Market in Cacabelos fruit and vegetable market. – Lecture by Fernando Fernandez Such. – Live music.

France, Brittany

18.

SÉNÉ

FRIDAY 15 APRIL

17h00-19h00: World music in the organic market with the group SOADAN, tasting of products from the market.
20h30: film and debate salle Ty kelou.
« Terres à taire, histoire de soja ici et là-bas », (Silent land, history of soya here and elsewhere) French documentary from 2010, 42 minutes.
Film followed by a discussion with Jean-François Guillemot, spokesperson for la Confédération Paysanne 56 and Jean-Louis le Normand, member of the Morbihan Chamber of Agriculture.
Organised by the Ecoopérative and the Séné organic market association.

19.

QUESTEMBERT

SATURDAY 16 APRIL

10h00: Demonstration and picnic « Les banques affament la planète! » (Banks are starving the planet!).
Meeting at 10h00 at Place de la Mairie to demonstrate in front of the banks that finance the building and enlargement of factory pig and chicken farms responsible for the devastation linked to soya farming. For exchanging ideas and raising citizens’ awareness.
Organised by La Confédération Paysanne, La Marmite and Ingalan.

20.

BREST
19h00 – 23h30: films, debate and buffet supper at Bar l’Odyssée, 2 place Cheminant, St-Renan.
« The Sahelians can feed the Sahel », by the association Afrique Verte.
Screening followed by debate with Yves Saint-Ilan from Afrique Verte.
« Terres à taire: histoires de soja ici et là bas » (Silent land, history of soya here and elsewhere).
French documentary from 2010, 42 minutes.
Screening followed by debate with Elise-Anne Nicolas.

21.

QUESTEMBERT

SUNDAY 17 APRIL

14.30 onwards: films, debates and snacks at the IRIS cinema.
15.00: “Noir Coton”, (Black Cotton) Burkina Faso: between cotton and food sovereignty.
French documentary from 2009, 54 minutes.
Screening followed by debate with Hervé Le Gal from the association Ingalañ and Morgane Ody, Peasant, from La Via Campesina.
17.30: « Terres à taire: histoires de soja ici et là bas » (Silent land, history of soya here and elsewhere).
French documentary from 2010, 42 minutes.
Screening followed by discussion with Anne Robic, co-director and René Louail, Peasant and Regional Counsellor.
Organised by La Confédération Paysanne, La Marmite and Ingalan.
www.iris-cinema-questembert.com

22.

AURAY
20h30: Discussion and films at Les Arcades cinema.
The association “Terre et liberté pour Arauco” is Ingalan bro an Alre’s guest speaker, with Nestor Vega Salazar, president of the association.
Documentary on the Caïmanes, peasants from Northern Chili, evicted from their land by the mining industry for the benefit of foreign multi nationals.
Followed by “Conflicto forestal” (Conflict in the Forests), 53 minutes, 2009,
and “Mapuche Resiste”, 37 minutes, September 2010.
Organised by Ingalan Bro an Alre.

23.

PLOUGASTEL-DAOULAS
Time? : screening and debate at l’Espace Frézier.
« Terres à taire: histoires de soja ici et là bas » (Silent land, history of soya here and elsewhere).
French documentary from 2010, 42 minutes.

24.

RENNES
19H00: screening and debate at the bar La vie en Chantier.
« Terres à taire: histoires de soja ici et là bas » (Silent land, history of soya here and elsewhere).
French documentary from 2010, 42 minutes.
Film followed by a debate with the members of Terra Libra, a fair trade business.

25.

LANESTER

TUESDAY 19 APRIL

20h00: film at the Lanester multi media library:
« Terres à taire: histoires de soja ici et là bas » (Silent land, history of soya here and elsewhere).
French documentary from 2010, 42 minutes.
Organised by Amap of Lorient and Lanester, the Biocoop les 7 épis, the Association Bioconsom’acteurs, with the help of Ingalan bro an Alre.

Germany

26.

Brück

15^th to 17^th April – Workshop to share experiences about gardening (planning, making, …) for self sufficiency.

17^th April, 5 pm, movie screeming about global food production and seed exchange

Contact: Torhaus Trebitz, torhaus@riseup.net

Belgium

27.

Brussels

17^th – 18^th April – For Seed Sovereignty – against the control of multinationals.

28.

17 April, 11.00 – 18.00 – International Seed Swap, Maison des Cultures de Molenbeek (Chaussée de Merchtem 67). For thousands of years seeds were not commercial commodities, but were produced by those who worked the land. This non-commercial relationship to seeds still dominates in many countries in the South. In Europe it lives on in countless seed swaps, but also in the struggle of farmers against the taxes imposed on reproducing seeds at the farm. At a seed swap participants offer their seeds and experience from their garden or farm, either free of charge or in exchange for other seeds and advice. It is a simple way to reinvigorate forgotten diversity and to reaffirm the value of seeds for our food and culture. The more seed swaps there are, the less control the multinational companies will have. Over 20 initiatives from all over Europe will be participating, from Portugal to Denmark, Greece to the UK.

29.

17 April, 16.00 to 19.00 – Forum on “Access to seeds is a fundamental human right”

Maison de Culture de Molenbeek

The right to food is closely linked to the right to choose, multiply and exchange one’s seeds. Today 67% of the international commercial seed market is controlled by ten multinationals. These have already imposed intellectual property rights on their varieties and constantly demand their reinforcement, while insisting on the prohibition of peasant varieties. In his 2009 report on “Seed policies and the right to food”, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Olivier de Schutter, noted that it is vital to protect farmer seed systems if the right to food is to be respected.

The EU wants its seed legislation to be a model throughout the world and is seeking to impose it on countries in the South. Delegations from India (from the Green Foundation and the Deccan Development Society) and Turkey (members of the Federation of Farmers Unions Ciftçi-Sen, including the President, and of “Tohum Izi Denergi” – “Traces of Seeds”) will explain the way they reproduce and preserve the diversity of their crops. They will also outline the problems caused by the imposition of intellectual property rights on seeds, for example through the EU-India Free-Trade Agreement at present being negotiated. As for Turkey, a new seed law was introduced in 2008 under strong pressure from Europe. Olivier de Schutter will intervene during the forum by videoconference.

30.

18 April, 16.00 to 18.00 – Anti-lobby tour finishing at Place du Luxembourg in front of the European Parliament

The increasing monopolisation of seeds by a few multinational companies has been possible thanks to their influence on governments. In Brussels they have offices close to the European Institutions. During this demonstration we will go to some of these multinationals and will explain the role they play in the seed trade. We will finish with a rally at the Place du Luxembourg with interventions by several participants and cultural contributions. The petitions will be handed over to members of the European Parliament.

We invite you to report on these two days of action which will provide a rare occasion to meet people involved in the seed question in many different countries. You will find more information at

www.seed-sovereignty.org You call also contact :

Contacts in Brussels:

Antoinette Brouyaux, +32. (0) 2.893 09 40, +32.472 27 51 62; antoinette@associations21.org

Nicholas Bell, European Civic Forum, +33.492 73 04 05, nicholas.bell@gmx.net

PORTUGAL – Full and detailed programme (in Portuguese) here: http://gaia.org.pt/node/15901)

Week of 11 April: several screenings in several cities of the movie “Our Seeds” (2008, 57 min, Michel e Jude Fanton from Seedsavers).

31.

Lisbon

17 April – a day in a community garden with workshops, guided visits, a small organic / eco market, seed exchange, talks on “Food and Seed Sovereignty” with representatives from farmers associations, community gardens, food cooperatives and organised civil society, music and free local and organic soup for all!

32.

Lisbon

18 April, at 14.30 – we will assemble in the centre of Lisbon and walk the streets with a “mobile” theatre accompanied by a band. We will deliver a copy of the European Free Seeds for All petition to the local representation of the European Commission.

33.

Porto

16 April – Talks on agro-forestry, permaculture, the free seeds campaign and transition gardens; workshops; music and a vegetarian popular dinner.

34.

Porto

17 April – Seed exchange fair; Freeing seeds throughout Porto and a meeting to create a local group for seed custodians and seed exchange.

NOVA SCOTIA

35.

Halifax

17^th April – Film screening and guest speaker event in Halifax, Nova Scotia on the 17th in solidarity with the International Day of Peasant’s Struggles. Contact: Jeff Torbert: jeff_torbert@hotmail.com

SWEDEN

36.

17^th April – Launching of an antineoliberal climate justice petition campaign
on the 17th of April, the international peasant struggle day. We will launch
the campaign together with Latin American groups, Climate Action and others
at a rural meeting in the North of Sweden together with direct producers in
agriculture and forestry.

ITALY

37.

Turin

15 April –

Fund raising event in support of NOUMINREN – Movement of Farming Families in Japan, to buy equipment for measuring the contamination of soil and farmers’produce in Fukushima.

Throughout the evening we will discuss the potential and problems of peasant agriculture and the measures taken by the Italian and European models.

Contact and information:

Alessandra Turco. 011.657972

alessandra.turco @ mais.to.it

SWITZERLAND

38.

Geneva

17 April – Book launch: La propriété intellectuelle contre la biodiversité? Géopolitique de la diversité biologique – (Intellectual property against biodiversity? The geopolitics of biological diversity) Collective work

AFRICA

MOZAMBIQUE

39.

Maputo (Marracuene) – UNAC (The Mozambican Union of Farmers) will organise several events in every Mozambican Province. The main ceremony will take place in Marracuene a district of Maputo.

SOUTH AMERICA

BRAZIL

40.

Brasilia

7^th April – Public Act: Social movements and environmental organisations will march, defending the Forest Code, against the Use of pesticides and for Agrarian Reform.

41.

Argentina

13 April, 16h a 20h – Undergraduate seminar: Food Sovereignty, Social Movements and University

Organised by: The Free Professorship of Food Sovereignty of the Universidad Nacional de la Plata

42.

Caba

Thursday 14, 12.00 Discussion in the Faculty of Agronomy of the University of Buenos Aires. At Av. San Martín 4453, Aula Bioquímica. CABA

43.

Lomas de Zamora.

Thursday 14, at 16.00. Discussion at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Lomas de Zamora. Ruta 4, km 2. Lomas de Zamora.

44.

Caba

Thursday 14, at 18.00. Discussion in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Buenos Aires. Paseo Colon 850. CABA

45.

José C. Paz

Friday 15, at 14.00. Discussion at Red el Encuentro. En Suviria 4683, e/ Cnel Arias y Cnel Suarez. José C. Paz

46.

Caba

Saturday 16, at 11.00. Discussion with Consumers at La Asamblearia, in Mercado Bonpland. Bonpland 1660, Palermo. CAB

47.

Hurlingham

Saturday 16, at 16.00. Discussion at  C.C. Kichari Huasi. Villaroel 128, Hurlingham.

48.

Mendoza

3 April: Opening ceremony and inauguration of the peasant school of agroecology

49.

8 April: Public discussion

50.

13 April: Mobilisation in the city of Mendoza, departure of caravans and hikes to different parts of the province.

51.

MOCASE-VC SGO – Pinto

16 April: Open party in the Pinto indigenous peasant centre. To commemorate the anniversary of FM INTI

MANTA

52.

Pinto

17 April: Announcement call and preparation of actions against the Agribusiness and Mining Industry Models

53.

Pinto

18 to 20 April: Suppression of the Agromining Train for Exports and Agro Exporting Lorries in the ruta Nacional Panamericana N 34.

Food Sovereignty Fairs and Stalls

54.

Cordoba Capital

18 April: Mobilisation with popular urban organisations, for land and housing, rally at the High Court, peasant eviction violates basic human rights.

55.

Workshop for the defence of rural and urban land, at the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba.

56.

Chos Malal

17 de Abril: Discussion workshops, peasant fair for food sovereignty with a festival and “mística”, with the intention of spreading…. [original text missing]

57.

Chos Malal

19 April: Evening – We will mobilise Baires to present an antieviction law..

58.

Red Puna – Jujuy

9 April: For the International Day of Peasant Struggle the 15th Feria Cambalache, (bartering of products) in the community of Suripujio in the department of Yavi, the communities of de Quebrada and Valles will take part, Puna is also expecting the participation of peasant communities from Bolivia.

59.

Cultural evening, presentation of several cultural acts from different micronetworks

60.

Red Puna – Jujuy

10 April: Continuation of bartering of products.

Simultaneous thematic workshops:

1. Mining and Territory.

2. Handwoven textiles.

3. Industrialisation of llama meat

4. Microcredit

61.

Buenos Aires 17 April – Programme: – Video of Frei Betto’s speech at the People’s Climate Summit in Cochabamba. – Documentary Sin Tierra (Landless), by Luis Acevedo Fals, on the Landless Movement in Brazil, presented by Miguel Mirra. – Discussion with Jorge E. Rulli, from the GRR/Grupo de Reflexión Rural (Rural Reflection Group), and public debate. Espacio de política y cultura popular el Cid, Angel Gallardo 752, at 18.00. One and a half blocks from Parque Centenario.

CENTRAL AMERICA

COSTA RICA

62.

S. Jose

17 April – Meeting “Hacia dónde va el sur” (Where the south is heading to), to take up complaints and the defence of vital resources for peasant life. Peasant women are increasingly excluded from access to land, from clean water and from controlling biodiversity. From their organisation they call upon other social movements to reflect upon this situation and on the impact of mega projects.

Organised by: La Red de Mujeres Rurales de Costa Rica in conjunction with other academic authorities and local organisations.

LATIN AMERICA

63.

Until 21 April – Radio programme: VOZ CAMPESINA, to access follow this link: http://www.radiomundoreal.fm/Voz-Campesina-No-2?lang=es

Organised by: Colectivo de Comunicación de la CLOC- VIA CAMPESINA

Contact: lavoz.campesina@gmail.com

ASIA

INDIA

64.

Rajasthan

From 10^th April – Inauguration of a new Navdanya community seed bank and the building of the movement to cancel the seed MOU that the Rajasthan Government signed with Monsanto.

65.

Kasargod Karela

17^th April – Joining the victims of endosulphan in Kasargod Kerala 1000 people have already died and hundreds of thousands are crippled. We are calling for a ban on endosulphan, and a resignation of the Ag Minister Sharad Pawar who is a pesticide industry and Monsanto. This is the time to call for chemical free farming.

AFRICA

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

66.

11 April – Two programmes about 17 April broadcast on Radio Nationale Congolaise. The rural programme will be broadcast at 5.30 and 16.00; and the horizon development programme from 21.00 to 21.45. Two programmes initiated by our associations GRAPR;

The agrarian problems in the DRC vis-à-vis the mining and timber industries, land grabbing and agrofuels; the invasion of the Congolese market by imported rice and palm oil. Finally, who to vote for in the forthcoming elections in order to defend peasant rights, food sovereignty and the environment.

We stress the fact that the mining and timber industries have put half the land in the Congo into the hands of multi nationals

BRAZIL

67.

Pará

From 10 17 April – National Week of Peasant Struggle and Agrarian Reform in Pará.

68.

Brasilia

14 April – Seminario Eldorado dos Carajás: 15 years of impunity

Auditório Nereu Ramos – Câmara dos Deputados

69.

Rio Grande do Sul

Some 600 activists from member organisations of la Via Campesina will march to “Fazenda Southall” in Coqueiros do Sul.

70.

Mato Grosso

Over 300 families from MST have been evicted from Trevo del Lagarto, they demand the legalisation of the settlement by the state and improvement of the facilities in the settlement areas.

We are expecting the sit in to continue until 17 April. We are also hoping to march to the Instituto Nacional de Colonización y Reforma agrária (INCRA), in Cuiabá.

71.

San Paulo

March by 200 people to Ribeirão Preto, headquarters of the state agrobusiness.
72.

Ceará

11 April: occupation of the premises of the Agrarian Development Secretary in Fortaleza, by 700 people.

73.

Bahia

April: There have been some 32 occupations of land in Bahia, by some 6.5 thousand families. MST demands that the government make a settlement plan for 100 families.

74.

Berlin

17th April, 19hoo – “For seed sovereigtnty – against the new EU Seed regulation: a film will be shown called “Sowing the future – harvesting diversity” (and other activities on seeds in the days around 17th of april.

Contact: http://www.globale-landwirtschaft.net

TIMOR LESTE

75.

Dili

18^th April : Hasatil will organize a seminar and press conference in Dili on the Occasion of April 17^th.

INDONESIA

76.

Java

20 April : SPI Indonesia will organized action related to the theme on April 17, and a public event focusing on the “Urgency of protection and recognition of the rights of peasants” on April 20.

78.

Navarra

del 11 a 17 de abril: La Plataforma por la Soberanía Alimentaria de los Pueblos – Navarra, formada por las asociaciones y colectivos abajo firmantes, está celebrando la Semana de la Lucha Campesina (11-17 de abril).

KOREA

79.

12 April

In Korea, KPL and KWPA with other 25 farmers’ organizations organized two mobilization: one is for the reform of agricultural cooperative bank law, and the other for stopping KOR-US and KOR-EU FTA, compesation for demaged farmers from food and mouth disease, and protection of peasants right. More than one thousand and five hundreds farmers got togther from all over the nation.

BRAZIL

80.

From April 16 to April 18 – “Vivência de coleta de sementes nativas da Mata Atlântica” will organise a native seed collecting excursion.

Contact: http://escoladamataatlantica.org/coleta/

BANGLADESH

81.

17^th April – Bangladesh Krishok Federation along with other member organizations of
LVC will organize a discussion meeting in the capital city of Dhaka in solidarity with peasants’ struggle world-wide on 17 April.  The meeting put up the significance of the day with the issue of climate change, land grabbing, global economic crises, corporate control over
seed, etc.

NEPAL

82.

All Nepal peasants’ federation is organizing An interaction programme in Kathmandu.

GERMANY

83.

BERLIN

17^th April – There will be a street theatre protesting against land grabbing and informing the public, organized bby the local FIAN group, INKOTA and the FDCL.

ESPAÑA

84.

Asturias

13 de abril: presentación en Cambalache-Oviedo  libro: Alimentación y rebeliones.

85.

15 de abril – charla coloquio en torno a reforma Politica Agraria Común. Ateneo Obrero Xixón a las 19 hrs.

86.

16 de abril – taller sobre Modelo de Comercializacion. en Arcu la Vieya (todo el dia)

87.

17 de abril – paseo Begoña de Xixón de 12 a 14 hrs: mercanías, puestos de trueque, semillas, alimentos sanos, entrega de plantas, animación con zancos, deporte tradicional, musica campesina, comida popular.

88.

Calabanche
19 de abril – Proyección de pig busness y debate sobre dioxinas versus comida limpia.

US

Washington

89.

115^th April, 4pm – Film showing – Raiz Forte (Strong Roots)

90.

5^th April, 5pm Panel – Rural Livelihoods in a Globalizing World: Learning from Peasant Social Movements

Both events to be held in Room 120, School of International Service, American University. Organizers: Friends of MST.

REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA

91.

Las Organizaciones de la Articulación Nacional Campesina se movilizan en conmemoración del´´Día Mundial de la lucha campesina”. Se llevo a cabo de manera simultánea en 13 provincias del país, concentraciones ymovilizaciones, para canalizar ante las principales autoridades provinciales y ante los congresistas una mayor inversión en el campo dominicano y la aprobación del anteproyecto de ley de Reforma Agraria entregado al congreso de la República en el año 2008.

ITALIA

Napoli

92.

15 de abril: Conferencia “Eva Luna”, con presentación de documental “Genuino Clandestino”.

93.

16 de abril: Foro “Genuino Clandestino”, proyecciones a partir de la puesta del sol por el INSU TV_Cena Sociale_Balli y canciones alrededor de la fogata.

94.

17 de abril: Jornada Internacional de la lucha campesina.

Informaciones y contactos:

Tel.fax. 081.7397046

Cell. 340.4022611 (Paola Acampa, l’ultima dei molti cani)

FRANCE

Le vendredi 15 avril:

95.

Avignon: (Vaucluse): rassemblement devant la sous-préfecture à16H,

Brignolles (Var): Rassemblement devant la sous-préfecture à 15H

96.

Aix-en-Provence (Bouches du Rhône): Rassemblement devant la sous préfecture à 12h30.

97.

Le samedi 16 avril :

Meaux (Ile-de-France) : Rassemblement place de l’Europe devant la sous-préfecture puis cortège

98.

Rousson (Gard) : Festival multiculturel (Conférences, ateliers, animations musicales)

99.

Donzère (Drôme) : à partir de 12h pique nique et ateliers d’info (aire de repos de

100.

Combelonge – carrefour RN7 / D541) puis marche et rassemblement à la mairie de M. Besson

(Ministre de l’énergie et maire de Donzère)

101.

Lyon (Rhône) : On en parle dans la rue: Information sur les marchés

102.

Marseille (Bouche-du-Rhône) : Rassemblement à 10h devant la préfecture

Le dimanche 17 avril :

103.

Cahors (Lot) : rassemblement et cortège à partir de 15H

104.

Nant (Aveyron) : pique nique puis cortège au fil de l’eau, à partir de 12H sur la place du village

105.

Blyes (Ain): Caravane Stop gaz de schiste dans l’Ain et ailleurs, départ 9h30 de Meximieux

(centre commercial) convergence à Blyes dès 12H face Mairie

SUISSE

Genève

106.

Vendredi 15 avril, 11h Place de la Fusterie : La grande distribution empêche les consommateurs genevois d’acheter des produits régionaux équitables. Action spectaculaire devant un grand distributeur.

107.

17^th April: Récupération d’une terre laissée à l’abandon tout en échangeant des savoirs paysans et discuter de moyens d’échanges locaux: “Venez construire, semer, planter, manger, boire et discuter autour d’une action politique et festive”.

108.

17^th April: Action similaire dans le canton de Zurich: rdv à 11h à Winterthur, oberer Graben avec des houes et des plantons!

AUSTRIA

Vienna

109.

16^th April: A Big food-souvereign Picknic in the inner city next to one of the main shopping streets and to one big supermarket. We will meet, have some good quality and seasonal food from local producers and celebrate. We will have posters and flyers (attached – only in german) explaining what is going wrong in the food-system and making visible appendages and alternatives that are available in Vienna (foodcoops, CSA etc.).

COLOMBIA

 

110.

Las Pavas

17 de abril: Marcha vitual de solidaridad y apoyo por la comunidad de las pavas y del sur de bolivar.

NEW CALEDONIA

 

111.

17 avril: Projection du filme, “Un Monde à Vendre” : OGM, pesticides, lutte paysanne, … (au marché nio du Forestier).

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BELGIUM

Brussels

112.

Le 17/04 :Thomas et Bernard Moreau (à confirmer) seront à BXL et tiendront un stand sur place la journée. Anne-France Couvreur organise une action sur sa ferme : accueil des consommateurs, visite de la ferme, diffusion d’un film autour de l’agriculture paysanne, échanges, dégustation.

113.

Le 18/04: Ariane sera présente et accompagnée à BXL pour la manif avec la banderole MAP.

PORTUGAL

114.

Lisboa (programa completo):

– Horta do Monte, Graça/Mouraria 11h -20.30h:

• 11-18h – mercadinho de produtos bio/eco/artesanais

• 12h – oficina bombinhas de sementes para adultos e crianças com Mara Sé

• 14h – oficina de horticultura com Paulo Vitorino e espaço para debate com a Maria José Macedo da Quinta do Poial.

• 15.30h – Visita guiada à horta do Monte

• 16.30h – Tertúlia “Soberania Alimentar e da Semente” com e.o. Carlos Gomes (Mó de Vida), João Vieira e José Alfredo (CNA), Jaime Ferreira (Agrobio), Inês Clematis (Horta do Monte), Rui Ruivo (Horta da Damaia), José Luis Garcia (investigador ICS / UL), Paulo Daniel (Quercus), Lanka Horstink (Campanha pelas Sementes Livres)

• 16.30h – Oficina de introdução à semente para crianças com Sílvia Floresta

• 18.30h – Visita guiada à horta do Monte

• 19.30 – Jantar de sopa à antiga

 

115.

18 de Abril – Música e troca de sementes (tragam as vossas sementes para trocar!!)

SOUTH AFRICA

 

Western Cape

 

116.

20^th April – to celebrate the International Peasant’s Struggle Day the Mawubuye Land Rights Forum and TCOE will be having a workshop in a rural area of the Western Cape on the 20th of April.

As part of a ‘each one teach one’ campaign one women small-scale farmer, who went on an learning exchange visit to Brazil last year, will be teaching others how to grow vegetables using organic seeds. We will also initiated a local programme to capture the history and recoveri of indigenous seeds.

Mali

Sanamandougou

117.

17 avril – La CNOP va organiser la grande reunion des comunnautés et des organisations paysannes et victimes de l’acaparemment des terres dans le village de Sanamandougou, où il y a eu les premières repressions violentes contre les paysans en lutte pour garder leurs terres.

 

US

California, San Francisco

118.

17^th April, 12 pm to 6 pm: Solidarity between global and local struggles for Food Sovereignty and Food Justice!

San Francisco Art Institute, 800 Chestnut St., San Francisco, CA

The event is free and open to the public – local, organic and vegetarian food will be provided!

SÉŃEGAL

Kaolack

119.

Concernant la célébration de la journée du 17 Avril le CNCR va organisé dans une des régions du Sénégal (Kaolack) une séance d’animation et de sensibilisation qui va réunir plus de 300 paysans sur le difficultés de commercialisation de l’arachide et sur une présentation des résultats du forum sur les exploitations agricoles familiales qui s’était tenu en Novembre 21010 à Dakar.

Cette journée sera l’occasion aussi de faire des déclarations sur la journée traduites en français et dans les langues locales de notre pays.

MOZAMBIQUE
Inhambane

120.

17 de abril – Marcha y debates en Funhaloro e Govuro

121.

Tete
17 de abril – Marchas y debates en Mutarara.

Niassa
122.

Marchas y discussión sobre la empresa Chikwet Forest, que acapara tierras en Mozambique.

Cabo Delgado

123.

Peasants of the Provincial Union of farmer in Cabo Delgado, North of Mozambique, will celebrate the 17^th of April in a decentralized way, in there districts (communities). In there messages, the peasants of Cabo Delgado are asking to stop land grabbing, to have access to credits and agrarian reform.

CONGO

123.

15 avril – La Radio Nationale Congolaise RTNC, vient de consacrer le soir du 15 Avril 45 munite sur la journée internationale de lutte paysanne; Dans son émission ” BATIR ENSEMBLE” de 20H30  à 21H15 . Deny NGAY a rediffusé l émission du 17 avril 2010 ôù il m interviewait votre serviteur Victor  Nzuzi sur l’accapare,ent des terres en RDC dans les zonnes ,iniéres et forestiéres , ainsi que l invasion du marché congolais par les produits importés; C ‘était une joie  de suivre notre opinion  une fois de plus sur la radio nationale;

124.

SAMEDI  16 avril – Emission sur la télévision TV7 à 18H30 . Spéciale 17 Avril; pendant 30  munites ; la terre ; l eau ; les semences ; les lois … sur l agriculture en RD CONGO  face aux enjeux internationaux ; c est dans l émission TELEMA  ou débout Congolais  ; une émission en langue locale LINGALA, aAu village nkolo le soir du 16 et 17H  sur la suite du programme comme prévu Victor Nzuzi Mbembe.

125.

Lundi 18 avril – Une autre émission sur le 17avil sera diffusé à 5H30  6H . et 16H05 à 16H30

126.

Aussi ; comme prévu ; la radio 7  a aussi diffusé ce vendredi de 18H15 à 18 H45. et rédiffusion à 21H , l émission sur le 17Avril , consacrée à l accaparement de terres.

CANADA

127.

17^th April: – We are asking our members and supporters to: make a donation to the Japanese Family Farmers Association, write an urgent action letter to the Canadian Ambassador regarding the repression against the campesino movement in Honduras, inform federal electoral candidates of the need to promote peasant agriculture and to protect it from the depredation of transnationals.

SOUTH AFRICA

128.

17^th April: – LPM planned to meet with 100 communities who have claimed their lands, both members and non members in Polokwane to consolidate demands to be presented to Premier of Limpopo province. Contact Me or Chairperson Patric Mojapelo at +27847059974.

Among the demands are1. speedy land delivery

2. Post settlement support to farmers and small holder farmers

3. Fighting GMO’s

Lopez Island

129.

17^th April:

A celebration of our local food culture and the importance of seeds! We will start with a potluck lunch with live music by Los Tres Hermanos. At 2pm guest speaker Jenny Pell will speak on the politics of seeds and innovative community-based solutions to issues of food security. The Marketplace opens at 3pm with books; plant starts and perennials from local growers; locally grown seeds; and seeds and plant starts from the L.I.F.E. program at Lopez School.  The Lopez Community Land Trust will unveil their new seed cleaning machine! Education tables will be set up to help you connect with local, national, and global food issue campaigns.

CONGO

130.

Kinshasa

Radio Télé de Kinshasa; Radio télé SANGO MALAMU. ce matin ; la radio dans sa page magasine du journal parlé et la télé dans son émission carrefour , ont consacré respectivement 10 munites sur la journée internationale des luttes paysannes : parlant de l accaparement des terres en RDC avec ceux qui viennent pour les cultures de Jatropha et palmier à huile , la pressions des entreprises miniéres et forestiéres sur les terres agricoles ,  la loi sur l agriculture en rd congo qui sera votée mardi prochain au parlement ; une lois qui favorisent les agro indistrielles . En les derniéres mesures du gouvernement pour détaxer les importations des produits agricoles ; à fin de lutter contre la vie chére.