(USA, Chicago, April 17, 2015) On International Day of Peasant Struggle, April 17, 2015, members of Family Farm Defenders and allies gathered to protest Fast Track and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in front of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. They see eliminating the Fast-Track trade authority as the way to stop the U.S. from signing on...
Bangladesh Agricultural Farm Labour Federation (BAFLF) Press Release Farmers and agriculture workers in Bangladesh continue their struggle for their rights to land, proper land reform and food sovereignty Today 17 April 2015, in memory of the massacre of 19 Brazilian landless peasants Bangladesh Agricultural Farm Labour Federation (BAFLF), Bangladesh Sramajibi Kendra (BSK) and Jatiyo Krishani-Shamik...
Press Release, 16 April 2015 To mark International Day of Farmer and Peasant Struggle tomorrow, farmers' movement Via Campesina, lobby watchdog Corporate Europe Observatory, and Belgian social alliance D19-20 areorganising a lobby tour around the Brussels EU district tohighlight the impact of trade agreements on small-scale agriculture.Starting at 11.30, the tour will highlight how trade...
(Pakistan, Lahore, April 17, 2015) Anjuman-e-Muzareen Punjab, Pakistan (AMP) (A Movement of Landless peasants) organized a demonstration on “International Peasants’ Day” on Tuesday, the 17th of April 2015 at 3:30 pm, in front of the Lahore Press Club, Lahore. Its purpose is to have ownership rights to those who have been tilling almost a century....
