(Amsterdam, April 17, 2014) April 17 is the day for farmers struggles, proclaimed by La Vía Campesina, the international organisation of peasants and small farmers. On this day, in 1996, 19 landless farmers were killed in a protest in Brazil. In solidarity with Vía Campesina and the victims of large agricultural corporations, ASEED was involved...
International Call of La Vía Campesina (Harare, March 4, 2014) We, the women and men farmers and peasants belonging to the Via Campesina, are calling for this April 17th to be a global day of action and mobilisation in defence of the struggles of farmers and peasants, and, in particular, in defence of peasants' and...
Press release of the Landworkers' Alliance. (London, March 26, 2014) The Landworkers’ Alliance (LWA) will be holding a demonstration outside the Head office of the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), 17 Smith Square London, at 12.00pm on Thursday 17th April. The demonstration is part of Via Campesina’s international day of peasant’s...
Commemorating the International Day of Peasant Struggle by Salena Tramel, Published on Thursday, April 17, 2014 by Common Dreams Sadly, yet not unlike the inception of many commemorative days, the events that inspired the first International Day of Peasant Struggle were soaked with blood. It was April 17, 1996, a calm day in the northern...
