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 (...)

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.

(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 (...)

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 (...)

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 (...)

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 (...)

La Via Campesina takes part in the mobilization against WTO in Bali, Indonesia

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.