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Videos (30)

10 Years of Failure, Farmers Deceived by GM (...)
The film entitled "10 Years of Failure, Farmers Deceived by GM corn" shows the dire situation of corn farmers in the Philippines who have adopted GM corn.
Bankrolling climate change
Campaigners are calling for UK companies to make public the carbon emissions of the fossil fuel extraction they finance.
Of peoples, seeds, indigenous breeds, forests (...)
Journeys of adivasis, dalits, pastoralists, small and marginal farmers across 11 districts in Andhra Pradesh, India, towards Food Sovereignty and Manchi Jeevitham as a way of (...)
Opening ceremony of the VI Conference of la (...)
About 1,500 peasants from all over the world gathered today to celebrate the opening ceremony of the Sixth International Conference of La Via Campesina. The event took place at Pencak Silat (...)
Opening of La Via Campesina’s Sixth Conference (...)
With a mistica which highlighted the power, unity and vitality of the movement, La Via Campesina’s Sixth Conference, named ’Egidio Brunetto’ in homage to this activist with the Brazilian Landless (...)
Conférence de Presse de La Via Campesina au (...)
Cette vidéo retrace la conférence de presse du 27 mars 2013 tenue par la délégation de la Via Campesina au Forum Social Mondial de Tunis.
Nandini Jairam presents LVC struggles in (...)
Intervention at World Social Forum in Tunis 2013 of Nandini Jairam (India) , member of La Vía Campesina and a peasant farmer from Karnataka
Protest againts the EU-INDIA FTA
In June 2007, the 27 members of the European Union started to negociate a Free Trade agreement with India. Since the talks began, there has been no access to negotiating texts. This video shows a (...)

Radio & pictures (12)

Saeed Baloch, Advocator for Fishermen’s Rights, Arrested in Pakistan

Saeed Baloch

Saeed Baloch, veteran activist and campaigner for fishermen’s rights in Pakistan, was arrested on the 16th of January 2016 by Pakistani forces. Hemantha Withanage, Executive Director at the Center for Environmental Justice and a member of Friends of the Earth Sri Lanka, spoke with Real World (...)
National women peasants rally in South Korea


On August 27, of 2015, the Korean Women Peasant Association had a very inspiring rally in Seoul for the right to life and for the achievement of food sovereignty.
Save our seeds and save rice: National Peasant day celebrated in Nepal


(Nepal, June, 30 2015) All Nepal Peasants’ Federation, the largest peasants’ organization in Nepal organized various programs including a paddy plantation program on the occasion of national peasants’/paddy day/Ashar 15(A day in Nepali calendar that falls on June 29/30). The program was devoted to (...)
LVC South Asia Regional Meeting: Sevagram, August 25-28, 2014


La Via Campesina’s South Asia Region convened in Sevagram Ashram on August 25th-28th, 2014 for our regional meeting. We had over 50 participants, coming from Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and India. Women and youth were well represented, and participated in the Youth and Women’s meetings. We had (...)
#EndWTO in Bali: Inside and Outside actions to remember Lee Kyung Hae


Korean Farmers carried out an action at the Sanur Beach in Denpasar, doing a death ceremony for the WTO . They made a hundred bows each in the Korean style to remember their comrade Lee Kyung Hae and highlight the disastrous impacts of the WTO. While inside, LVC members did a silent procession (...)
#EndWTO in Bali Dec 3 : Massive and Colourful Mobilization in Bali


As the official WTO talks open on the 3rd of December in Bali, peoples movements took to the streets on the same day. The protest brought together about a 1000 farmers, trade unionists, students, women and youth from more than 30 countries. They manifested their total rejection of the WTO and (...)
Mobilization against WTO in Bali


La Via Campesina takes part in the mobilization against WTO in Bali, Indonesia
Women of La Via Campesina celebrating 20 years of grassroots activism

Women of La Via Campesina

This show was produced by the Women Rising Radio Project based on interviews done during the VI international conference of la Via Campesina with various women leader of la Via.