Joao Pedro Stedile provides an analysis of the historical contribution of the peasant movement in the last 30 years and it’s significance for the working class, peasantry and humanity. He also provides the future challenges facing the movement and the need to confront fascism and conservative media outlets.
In a distressing turn of events, Haiti is grappling with a deteriorating security situation, prompting peasant movements affiliated with La Via Campesina to issue a fervent call for robust international solidarity. They raise their collective voice at the 8th International Conference of La Via Campesina, in Bogotá, Colombia.
On the 4th of December, during the 8th International Conference, in Bogota, La Via Campesina’s allied organizations elaborated on the idea of food sovereignty as an encompassing struggle, explaining how the issues they take up and the battles they wage gain strength from the perspective provided by food sovereignty as a guiding principle and political horizon.
