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On 17th April, We Struggle Against Transnational Companies and Free Trade Agreements

17 April 2015: International Day of Peasant and Farmer Struggle against Transnational Companies and Free Trade Agreements (Zimbabwe, Harare, March 30, 2015) La Via Campesina declared April 17th as the International Day of Peasant Struggle in order to highlight the struggle and to denounce the criminalization of protests. Peasant and farmers are persecuted and suffer violence...

April 17: Farmers mobilise around the world against Free Trade Agreements and for food sovereignty

Press Release—La Via Campesina (Zimbabwe, Harare, April 17, 2015) Today thousands of women and men farmers of the international peasant movement La Via Campesina mobilize worldwide against Transnational Corporations (TNCs) and Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) which affect peasant and small-scale agriculture and national food sovereignty. Since April 17, 1996 La Via Campesina celebrates this day...

Action and Mobilization for Peasant Struggle Day Started

This mid of April will be marked with the peasant activities for the commemoration of 17th of April of International Day of Peasant Struggle. Members of Via Campesina world wide have reported their plan of action for that commemoration. As it has been released on the early of this month, for this year commemoration La...

Letter of Solidarity for Korean farmers struggle against the construction of golf course in Korea

South Korea, Wonju, April 20, 2015) La Via Campesina regional South East Asia and East Asia met with Korean Peasant League (KPL) and Korean Women Peasant Association (KWPA) members in Wonju, Gangwon Province, South Korea. Gangwon Province contains some of the country’s most impressive mountain and national parks, including Sorak-san and Odae-san National Parks. The...