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India: Peasant Movements Protest Forceful Acquisition of Farmland Near Bengaluru Airport
For the past 842 days, small-scale farmers and allied agricultural workers’ unions in Channarayapatna, Devanahalli, near the Bengaluru International Airport, have been leading a protest against the acquisition of their land for an industrial project.
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Faced with global crises, we build food sovereignty to ensure a future for humanity! We are moving towards a just and decentralized food system for all, recognizing peoples’ needs, respecting nature, putting people before profit and resisting corporate capture.
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Food Sovereignty and Organization: The Core Themes of the International Conference of La Via Campesina
Let’s go, people, let’s go back to the countryside,” is one of the slogans of the international peasant movement for its 8th Conference, a space that brings together delegates from all over the world to think and coordinate global actions for access to land and water, agroecology and seeds.
Special call for solidarity
La Via Campesina calls on the governments of the world, and in particular progressive governments and those of the South, to do everything in their power to end apartheid and Israel’s colonization. The Governments have a responsibility to coordinate their efforts to secure a future for Palestine and the entire Palestinian people, and to ensure that justice is done in the face of Israel’s crimes against humanity.
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La Via Campesina’s photo exhibition in Paris
Relive the inauguration of our exhibition, open to the public since November 21, right in the heart of the City of Lights, and available until January 13 on the gates of the Saint-Jacques Tower Square. We’re happy and proud 💪 to showcase peasant diversity and the role of peasants in building a just and dignified future for all, through food sovereignty!
Struggles for food sovereignty in the context of global hunger
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other Rural Workers – Explained!