(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...

17 April: Lobby Action tour on TTIP, Food and Farming - April 17 : Via Campesina International Day of Peasant Struggle - April 18 : Global Day of Action against free trade agreements As part of the global mobilisations on the impacts of “free” trade agreements such as TTIP, CETA and TPP, Via Campesina, the...

17 April: International Day of Farmers’ Struggle  and 18 April: Global Day of Action against TTIP (Belgium, Brussels, April 17, 2015) On 17 April, Via Campesina, the D190-20 Alliance and Corporate Europe Observatory held a lobby tour around the Brussels European quarter, highlighting the corporate lobbies who are pushing an aggressive agenda around TTIP (the EU-US...