Peoples Dispatch Photo: Newsclick On January 26, which is celebrated as India’s Republic Day, tens of thousands of farmers rode into the capital New Delhi. Their demand: the withdrawal of three laws that were pushed through parliament in an undemocratic manner January 26, the day India became a Republic, is traditionally celebrated at Rajpath —…
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La Via Campesina: Colombia Peace Process Characterized by Non-compliance and Surge in Violence
Fourth anniversary of the signing of the Peace Agreement in Colombia November 24th was the fourth anniversary of the day when the Colombian State and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP) signed an agreement to end the oldest armed conflict in Latin America.The hope that this event had raised among Colombian people and the…
Colombia: Fensuagro Denounces the Serious Human Rights Violation Against its Organization
La Via Campesina Communiqué The National Federation of Agricultural Unions – FENSUAGRO denounces before the national and international community the serious human rights situation against our organization. Facts: On November 3, 2020, Elsa Nury Martínez Silva, leader and current president of FENSUAGRO, received a pamphlet from the Aguilas Negras – Bloque Capital through WhatsApp. The…
Caribbean Food Sovereignty During Covid-19
Kasmine D. ForbesCassava production in Colombia’s southwestern Cauca department (Photo: Neil Palmer/CIAT). Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, disruptions to global food and agriculture prompted Caribbean nation-states to increase local food production to enhance regional food security. In the wake of such efforts, the Caribbean Agricultural Research Institute (CARDI) unveiled a comprehensive plan to support these small…
The Winds of Change: COVID-19 Impact on Peasants, Rural Workers and Other Marginalized Groups
La Via Campesina Within the framework of our strategy of formation/training, information and political analysis in defense of Food Sovereignty and Peasant Agriculture, with the slogan “Sow the seeds of struggle and resistance, and cultivate our rights!”, we share a second report on the COVID-19 and the situation of the peasantry. It has been five…
Feeding the People in Times of Pandemic: The Food Sovereignty Approach in Nicaragua
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…
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….
