On 10 September 2003 and outside the WTO Ministerial meeting venue in Cancun Mexico, Lee Kyung Hae, a small-scale rice producer and peasant activist from South Korea, martyred himself by stabbing in the chest, to protest the neo-liberal policies pushed by the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Lee acted in revolt because he was among the... Read more →
Now is the Time to Transform! #FoodSovereigntyNOW #LVC30Years #16Oct22 The 16th of October – International Day of Action for Peoples’ Food Sovereignty against Transnational corporations – is a day to amplify the demand for food sovereignty and call out the destructive expansion and human rights violation of Transnational Agribusiness firms. On this day, while the... Read more →
Every 25 November, as La Via Campesina, we raise our voice for memory, justice and reparations for all women who struggle, defenders of territories and survivors of violence. We stand in solidarity with the families and organisations, and express our concern for all defenders, women, youth and minorities who experience harassment, violence and reprisals from... Read more →
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Resist repression! Faced with global crises, we build food sovereignty to ensure a future for humanity! The International Day of Peasant Struggles is commemorated by La Via Campesina every year on 17 April to remember the Eldorado do Carajás massacre in 1996, where the State machinery, in cohorts with agribusiness interests, murdered 19 peasants who... Read more →
20 Years since Cancun: Lee Lives On! We Are All Lee, in this struggle against the WTO and Free Trade Agreements! It has been twenty years since the World Trade Organization’s imperialist, neoliberal and neo-colonial free trade policies led to the sacrifice of one of our peasant leaders at the gates of the Ministerial meeting... Read more →
As the 13th Ministerial Meeting commences in Abu Dhabi on 26th February, La Via Campesina urges its members across countries to take to the streets and mobilize against the WTO, exposing the detrimental policies it has imposed over the last three decades.
We commit ourselves to continue to be organized and united, being the first resistance front against the extractivism, the capitalism and the patriarchy in our territories, to preserve biodiversity, the seeds, our common goods and our ancestral knowledge. Join the Global Day of Action!
We call upon the people of the world to carry out a GLOBAL DAY OF FASTING in solidarity with the people of Gaza, donating the money not spent on food to our emergency anti-starvation fund, or to another organization working on the ground to fight the deliberate use by Israel of starvation as a tool... Read more →
Peasant organization representatives and anti-colonial activists worldwide will bring us up to speed on Haiti’s recent developments, as the nation grapples with a multifaceted crisis. Our discussion will delve into the geopolitical implications of potential foreign intervention, examining the significant roles of countries like Kenya, the Dominican Republic, and the United States. We’ll scrutinize colonialist... Read more →
