The struggle for justice and dignity is significant as we celebrate the Day of Peasant Struggle on April 17. On this day, La Via Campesina reaffirms the central elements for a political project to ensure a future for humanity.
April 17
17 April – International Day of Peasant Struggles | Call to Action
The International Day of Peasant Struggles is commemorated by La Via Campesina every year on 17 April to remember the Eldorado do Carajás massacre in 1996. On this day, we also highlight and denounce the continued criminalization, oppression, and repression of peasants worldwide.
Our Life is in the Struggle: #17April2022 in Southern and Eastern Africa
17th April this year marked 26 years since the massacre of Eldorado do Carajás in… Read more →
Paraguay: Prolonged Struggles Against Eviction and Imprisonment of Indigenous and Peasant Peoples
Conamuri militants denounce the criminalization of those who struggle for land rights in Paraguay and… Read more →
Replug: Peasants Rights Explained: An illustrated version of the UN Declaration (UNDROP)!
(This post was first published on 17 April 2020 and is reproduced again, as some… Read more →
The corona crisis harms those who feed us
(This op-ed had originally appeared in the Swedish daily Aftonbladet on 17 April 2020) In… Read more →
“Time to Claim Food Sovereignty”
This article first appeared on Telesur on 19 April 2020 International peasants organisation La Via… Read more →
Massacre at Eldorado do Carajás 24 years ago: “A day not to be forgotten”
It was Wednesday, around 4pm, on the 17th of April 1996. Around fifteen hundred people… Read more →
To change the world, support peasant agriculture! reminds ECVC through #17April actions
PRESS RELEASE FROM ECVC: Peasants have the alternative to the globalised food system this April… Read more →
“Neoliberalism and finance capital have been defeated by coronavirus”
In this article written for People’s Dispatch, João Pedro Stedile – member of MST’s national… Read more →
