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Landless Women Building Free Territories: 40 Years of Struggle for Agrarian Reform in Brazil
First published by Capire on May 28, 2024 Lucineia Miranda de Freitas[1] Landless Workers’ Movement (MST) celebrates 40 years of struggle tackling gender-based violence in rural areas Amid the political climate of resistance and social change across Latin America in the 1970s and 1980s, several…
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On the Way to the 8th Conference of La Via Campesina: “Towards the Globalization of Mobilizations in Defense of Life, Peace and Democracy”
First published by Comunicación para la Integración de NuestrAmérica Thursday, 30 November 2023 In the run-up to the LVC 8th International Conference, which will be held from 1 to 8 December in Bogotá, the Forum on Communication for the Integration of Our America spoke with two members of the International Coordination of…
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International Day of Peasant Struggles
On April 17th La Via Campesina reaffirmed its solidarity and its firm opposition to all violations of human and peasant rights. We continue our struggle against neo-colonialism, patriarchy and capitalism. We are unwaveringly committed to a just transition to peasant agroecology as a fundamental part of achieving climate justice. These are the fundamental principles we promote in our global struggle for Food Sovereignty.
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