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Panel Discussion
11:00 - 12:30 GMT
Friday, 5 January 2024

Building a Global Peasants Movement: 10 Years of LWA and 30 Years of LVC

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11:00 - 12:30 GMT
Friday, 5 January 2024

Building a Global Peasants Movement: 10 Years of LWA and 30 Years of LVC

As food and agriculture became globalised, peasant organisations from the Global North and South came together and founded the global peasants’ movement, La Via Campesina (LVC), in 1993. La Via Campesina is now over 30 years old, unifies over 200 million peasants around the globe and comprises of over 180 member organisations. It continues amplifying the voices of peasants worldwide, fostering solidarity among diverse communities, inspiring hope and advocating for just and inclusive food systems. Ten years ago a new member organisation of LVC has been founded in the UK: the Landworkers’ Alliance, a union of farmers, growers, foresters and land-based workers. Panellists in this session will explain how the peasants movement works and manages to build unity within such a big diversity.