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“Food sovereignty is to defend nature, to defend water, to defend our planet”
The 8th LVC International Conference is a space for critical reflection on the structural forces creating global crises, and the power of this moment to build connections between grassroots movements that are developing alternative worlds in the present. It presents an opportunity to deepen understanding…
8th INTERNATIONAL
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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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Palestinian farmers go global to claim their rights
RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Union of Agricultural Work Committees is…
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 depends on funding from our supporters who are committed to the vision of food sovereignty. Your support allows the global movement to remain autonomous and independent of all influences, and to voice our grassroots proposals and demonstrate our agroecological practices in international and national policy-making spaces. We believe that the transformation of our society into a more inclusive and equitable one requires the collective efforts of all who firmly believe in the ideas of social justice and equity.
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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.
Struggles for food sovereignty in the context of global hunger
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other Rural Workers – Explained!