Rita Jill Clark-Gollub (Washington), Erika Takeo (Managua), and Avery Raimondo (Los Angeles) “A nation that cannot feed itself is not free.” – Fausto Torrez, Nicaraguan Rural Workers Association An array of UN agencies is predicting a global hunger pandemic triggered by COVID-19 lockdowns, with the head of the World Food Program stating that there is…
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MST Presents Popular Agrarian Reform Plan to Overcome Social and Economic Crisis
Pedro Stropasolas Even with the lack of support for family farming, the MST has already donated 1.2 tons of produce in the outskirts of the country – Tomaz Silva/ Agência Brasil In Brazil, the pandemic has affected the economy, politics, nature and has had more severe effects on the lives of the poorest workers. There…
Brazil. In-Depth Interview with Joao Pedro Stedile: “It is Impossible to Save the Planet, Without Basing All Our Actions on Solidarity”
Carlos Aznárez He is, without a doubt, one of the best and most intelligent leaders of the Brazilian popular left. The left that did not institutionalize itself or renounce the flags of struggle inherited from the past, that is in the streets or camping in occupied lands. That’s why Joao Pedro Stedile, an undisputed leader…
Colombia: Despite the Pandemic, Farmers Continue to Produce and Defend Territory
In the midst of the pandemic and social isolation, we interviewed Nury Martínez, a social leader from the peasant community, who provided an overview of the political and social reality of rural Colombia and how they are dealing with the situation. A war is under way in Colombian territory, a conflict that has been going…
01 May 2020: International Call for an Anti-Imperialist May Day in Defense of Life with Dignity
It has been more than one hundred years since the first International Worker’s Day on May 1st. It’s is a day of struggle and celebration that historically has brought millions of people from political and worker’s movement to the streets. This May 1st, 2020, will not be the same. The necessary policies of social isolation…
01 May 2020: Building Solidarity, Resistance and Hope Among Peoples
This #MayDay, as La Via Campesina, we reaffirm that workers’ rights are also peasants rights! Harassment observed in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic adds to the violence historically perpetrated against our peoples. The focus of the news on this pandemic should not make us forget the systemic and systematic violence against peasants and other…
Via Campesina Brazil: Save Lives to Save the Economy
Brasil de Fato According to Via Campesina, the repeatedly irresponsible attitude of the government with regards to public health measures has aggravated the crisis. Photo: ABr Amid the rapid increase of cases of COVID-19, Via Campesina Brazil released a public statement on Monday, March 30, suggesting solutions to guarantee the protection of the Brazilian people….
Food Sovereignty in an Era of Authoritarian and Fascist Resurgence
The new edition of the Nyéléni Newsletter is now online! In every region of the world, we are seeing the rise and consolidation of social, political and cultural forces that are racist, xenophobic, misogynist, male chauvinist, homo-lesbo-transphobic, anti-pacifist, anti-democratic and totalitarian. (…) The authoritarian/fascist regimes that have risen over the past decade are notably dangerous…
Protect the Market Access of Small and Medium-scale Farmers and Peasants in These Difficult Times
In the midst of the huge crisis that Europe and the entire world is experiencing because of COVID-19, the question of rethinking our economic model and the importance of food sovereignty is once again a key issue. Now more than ever, ECVC and the thousands of family farmers it represents throughout Europe want to underline…
Declaration of the International Solidarity Mission of La Via Campesina in Venezuela
(Caracas, Friday 31 January 2020) The delegation of La Via Campesina composed of representatives from Europe, North America, South America and Central America together with popular journalists from Africa and South America, announce to the national and international community that we have concluded the First International Solidarity Mission in Venezuela, carried out from 20 to…
La Via Campesina in Venezuela: A Mission for the Brotherhood, Solidarity and Truth of the People
La Via Campesina Overthrowing the Bolivarian Revolution is one of the US government’s plans to regain its control, dominance and oppression of Latin America. Today, Venezuela is the target of a hybrid and multidimensional (economic, financial, diplomatic, media and military) aggression, which is seriously impacting the life of the country and its people. This offensive…
Brazil: MST in Paraná Mobilizes for Land, Life and Dignity
Peoples Dispatch Ratinho Junior, No more violence! Photo: MST Hundreds of landless rural workers are participating in the “Peasant Resistance Vigil: for land, life and dignity” in Cascavel in the southern Brazilian state of Paraná. The vigil, which began on December 28, 2019, is in defense of the land where over 200 landless families live…
