“We feed our peoples and build the movement to change the world” Euskal Herria –… Read more →
Over 300 peasant families in North-Eastern Sri Lanka face eviction and uncertain future as Yan Oya irrigation project inches closer to completion
Yan Oya, a mega-irrigation project in Trincomalee district of Sri Lanka has so far destroyed… Read more →
Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee condemns the imprisonment and continued ill-treatment of peasant leader Mehar Abdul Sattar
In a statement issued on August 23, the Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee, a member of… Read more →
Southern Africa: Communities and activists expose corporate abuse at the Permanent People´s Tribunal
When Helena Terra heard that ProSavana, a giant agribusiness project proposed for northern Mozambique would… Read more →
Agroecology is not just about how we work with the land, but also about how we work with each other as people: Peasant youth of La Via Campesina
Earlier this summer La Via Campesina celebrated its VIIth International Conference in Derio, Basque Country,… Read more →
Reclaiming the Food System: Experiences from the Instituto Agroecologico Latinoamericano (IALA), María Cano, Colombia
Industrial agriculture has been one of the key contributors to global warming and consequent climate… Read more →
In support of Cédric Herrou : STOP the criminalization of migrants and migrations
PRESS RELEASE Brussels, August 16, 2017 – The European Coordination Via Campesina expresses its solidarity… Read more →
La Via Campesina peasants initiate debate on gender and sexual orientation diversity in the movement
For the first time in the history of La Via Campesina, LGBTI*[1] individuals and sympathizers… Read more →
Send in your protest posters, for a unique exhibition in Kassel, Germany!
Young members of AbL Germany, are part of a working group called ‘foodoctopia’ that is… Read more →
Survey shows that small-scale, agroecological farms produce high yields, deliver multiple environmental and social benefits.
The “A Matter of Scale” report, highlights how a diverse and vibrant sector of small farms… Read more →
Critique of capitalism is essential to the struggle for food sovereignty and agroecology
The growing season here in Ontario is off to a slow start, with cool temperatures… Read more →
The many colours of corn
The first thing that hit me was the colour. Different shades of red and yellow… Read more →
Summary of Solidarity Statements and Motions at the VII International Conference of La Via Campesina
A compilation of several solidarity statements that were issued and motions that were made at… Read more →
Resistance growing in India as dam gates close, threatening to submerge over 40,000 families
On Sunday, August 6, several people’s groups and social movements in India, including the Karnataka… Read more →
New Publication: Peasants Fighting for Justice
Title: Peasants Fighting for Justice – Cases of Violations of Peasants’ Human Rights Edition: July, 2017… Read more →
VII International Conference – Special Edition Newsletter
This edition carries highlights of the VIIth International Conference of La Via Campesina that took… Read more →
Global Peasant Movement Assesses and Responds to a Heated Political Moment
28 July: Four years ago, La Vía Campesina brought its peasant activists from around the… Read more →
VII International Conference: Women’s Assembly Declaration
V Women’s Assembly, La Via Campesina DECLARATION We, the women of more than 70 countries,… Read more →
VII International Conference: Youth Assembly Declaration
We, youth of La Via Campesina, united in our IV International Youth Assembly, have gathered… Read more →
Notes from the VII conference: Political context and struggles in 2017 in North America
The first afternoon of the VIIth International Conference of La Via Campesina was dedicated to… Read more →
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Our events
International Day against WTO and Free Trade Agreements
On the 10th of September 2003, while protesting outside the WTO ministerial in Cancun, Mexico,… Read more →
