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Podcast: Peasant Agroecology Cools Down the Planet
21 August 2024
Agroecology, as La Via Campesina sees it, is about producing healthy food and also about organizing the peasants who produce it so they have autonomy and control over both the means of production and the crops they choose to grow, with the primary aim of feeding people and ensuring food sovereignty.
International Day of Action Against the WTO and Free Trade Agreements: Call to Action!
20 August 2024
It is high time for the world to follow a different economic trajectory, vastly different from the dominant model guided by neoliberal principles. La Via Campesina is calling upon all our social movement allies everywhere to organize and agitate for a new economic framework for the world.
LVC Ground Report : Kenyan Peasants’ Revolution Against the IMF
16 August 2024
The Gen Z-led protests have directly accused the IMF, World Bank, and WTO of imposing harsh taxes and prioritizing creditor interests over the needs of the Kenyan people. Kenyan peasants have had enough of the overreach by these institutions.
ARNA Solidarity with Sudanese Peasants Amidst Civil War
13 August 2024
Since the outbreak of the war on April 15, 2023, Sudan has been suffering from widespread destruction and mass displacement. The ongoing war has resulted in the deaths and displacement of hundreds of thousands of Sudanese, turning their lives into a hell of poverty and hunger.
UAWC Palestine : 300 Days of Genocide
9 August 2024
Read the full statement from the Union of Agricultural Work Committees…
Portugal: Winegrowers’ Demonstration in Régua to Defend the Douro
7 August 2024
The region is flooded with unnecessary imports of wines and musts, and the policies of successive governments only favor the large processing and trading interests in the region, pushing small and medium-sized farmers out of viticultural production.
2024 | July Newswrap: Updates from Member Organizations Worldwide
1 August 2024
This July, across the ten regions of La Via Campesina, there were mobilizations and advocacy efforts to highlight concerns about food sovereignty, agrarian reform, and the impact of industrial activities on agriculture.
Zimbabwe: Peasant Agroecology transforms Shashe community
31 July 2024
Shashe was formed by formerly landless peasants who engaged in a two-year land occupation before being awarded the land by the government’s land reform programme.
Haiti : Armed Groups Target All the Spaces Where Women Are Thriving
30 July 2024
“Despite everything, there is still an extraordinary capacity for resistance. When you look at Haitian women, despite the situation of women workers and the shut-down industries, the women find a way to make ends meet. Despite being chased out of major market spaces, these women head uptown to Petyonvil.”
‘Land grabbing is rolling along as we speak and in fact intensifying’
29 July 2024
The International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems recently released…
La Via Campesina Denounces Land Annexation by the Occupying and Apartheid State of Israel
26 July 2024
Today, as we issue this statement, Gaza faces imminent famine due to Israel’s continued bombing and cruel blockade, severely restricting access to food, water, electricity, and fuel, and stifling the entry of humanitarian aid.
India: Peasant Movements Protest Forceful Acquisition of Farmland Near Bengaluru Airport
25 July 2024
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.