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Free trade agreements on the rise – Intense negotiations and growing resistance

Article by Solidarity Sweden – Latin America 2015 is a year of big—and perhaps irreversible—changes due to the multiple processes of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) around the world. These deals are being concretized without most people understanding what they imply and how they affect citizens all over the world. Therefore, as April 17th, marks the...

Updates from Civil Society Consultation with the FAO in the Near East and North Africa conference: UAWC

Ramallah: the Union of Agricultural Work Committees concluded its participation in" Civil Society Consultation with the Food and Agriculture Organization in the Near East and North Africa" conference, which was held in Beirut on 7th April2016. The UAWC's international Media coordinator, Hiba Al-Jibeihi, indicated that the conference discussed FAO's policies and initiatives in Livestock Contribution to...

17th April: Peasants mobilize to mark two decades of struggle to defend land and life

Press Release: La Via Campesina (Harare, 15 April 2016):  On April 17, The International Day of Peasant’s Struggle - millions of peasants and their allies – women and men – around the world are uniting in action to commemorate the massacre of 19 landless farmers in 1996in Brazil and to continue the struggle for land...