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2024 | January Newswrap: Highlights from La Via Campesina Member Organizations Worldwide
La Via Campesina kicked off the year by participating in various mobilizations to defend peasant rights and denounce corporate food systems and Free Trade Agreements. In Europe, sparked by…
30 YEARS
of LVC
After 30 years, La Via Campesina’s triumph lies in our unshakeable unity and our collective understanding that the battle continues against the neoliberal model, with each of us participating in this common struggle.
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The corona crisis harms those who feed us
(This op-ed had originally appeared in the Swedish daily Aftonbladet on 17 April 2020) In order to ensure the production and availability of food, we must rethink our approach. Today’s food system is environmentally and socially unsustainable. The only winners are multinational companies. Instead, we need a food system based…
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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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The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other Rural Workers – Explained!