New Future

At this critical juncture, as the current Sri Lankan administration designs a new land reform program, MONLAR emphasizes that what is truly needed is a comprehensive agrarian reform.

Often referred to as a pivotal point in the process of decolonization, the 1955 ‘Bandung Conference’ in Indonesia brought together the heads of government of twenty-nine African and Asian countries. On April 29th, Serikat Petani Indonesia held an online public discussion to commemorate this historic conference and its relevance today—especially for global food sovereignty movements.

While not the only instruments needed, tariffs and NTBs are among the many essential tools for protecting domestic agriculture, ensuring fair trade, and promoting diverse, peasant-led agroecological food systems.

"Once again, we observe that such accidents, which repeatedly and tragically affect agricultural workers on their way to work, expose the precarious situation of this category of women workers. " FNSA in a statement issued in the wake of the tragic accident.

This May, across territories, communities advanced their training in peasant agroecology, carried out solidarity actions, and strengthened advocacy for national policies defending native seeds, Food Sovereignty, and life in the rural areas.

International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia is celebrated all over the world. The date is important in remembering the central role of the fight against discrimination and violence against LGBTQIAPN+ people and encouraging public debate on this issue.

On Monday, May 27, 2025, at the Itamaraty Palace in Brasília, the Brazilian government, represented by the Vice President and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, presented La Via Campesina with the Order of Rio Branco—one of the nation's highest honors in diplomacy.

Kok Edoi, Thailand. – In a remote rural area near the border with Cambodia, a group of peasants decided that they would not allow themselves to be expelled. What began as a struggle to survive has become, over the years, an example of community organization and struggle against state dispossession, criminalization, and the advance of capital.

La Via Campesina and other members of the IPC firmly believe that redistributive land policies are a key solution to current food and ecological crises. The 2024 report by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights also echoes this view.

The conference concluded with a broad consensus on the vital need to enhance social dialogue surrounding native seeds, cultivate transnational solidarity, and strengthen alliances between rural and urban communities across each country.

La Via Campesina stands in solidarity with the Unión Indígena Campesina and the Unión Campesina Panameña , who are currently mobilizing together with other popular sectors of Panama in defense of national sovereignty. Instead of heeding to popular demands, the Panamanian State has launched a series of deplorable, repressive acts against the popular sectors in recent days.

International Solidarity ECVC expresses its profound solidarity with the Palestinian people, especially with Palestinian peasants and rural communities who are trying to keep producing food for the people despite the bombings and displacements. Europe is looking away from Palestine, despite the fact that the situation is worse than ever, both in Gaza and in West Bank.

Food Sovereignty In this article, Real World Radio interviews some delegates of the grassroots organisations who had gathered in Sri Lanka to prepare for the 3rd Nyéléni Global Forum. It analyses the global challenges and how the search for answers in a collective way be can be woven together as we head towards the Forum in September this year.

Palestine Solidarity La Via Campesina signed the unified call issued by the Palestinian civil society, joining hundreds of other organisations in support of the initiative to launch the diplomatic humanitarian convoy to confront famine in Gaza. Over two million Palestinians in Gaza are living in famine, a deliberate starvation of a civilian population as a method of warfare.