Agriculture

VIIth International Conference, La Via Campesina: Euskal Herria Declaration   “We feed our peoples and build the movement to change the world” Euskal Herria – Basque Country,...

“We feed our peoples and build the movement to change the world” On Saturday, July 22nd at Derio in the Basque Country, La Via Campesina, the...

The VIIth International Conference of La Via Campesina, the world’s largest peasant movement, begins today in Derio, a quiet town in the Biscay province of...

By Nigel Hunt Britain's government must change its strategy at Brexit talks following last week's inconclusive general election result, taking a more conciliatory approach, Meurig...

Two giants of the farming and chemical industries agreed to merge Wednesday in a $66 billion deal: the U.S.’s Monsanto and Germany’s Bayer, the original maker of aspirin. It’s the year’s biggest deal and will create the world’s largest supplier of seeds and farm chemicals, with $26 billion in combined annual revenue from agriculture. If the merger goes through, it

The defence of national sovereignty, like its critique, leads to serious misunderstandings once one detaches it from the social class content of the the strategy in which it is embedded. The leading social bloc in capitalist societies always conceives sovereignty as a necessary instrument for the promotion of its own interests based on both capitalist exploitation of labour and the consolidation of its international positions.

La défense de la souveraineté nationale, comme sa critique, donne lieu à de graves malentendus dès lors qu’on la détache du contenu social de classe de la stratégie dans laquelle elle s’inscrit. Le bloc social dirigeant dans les sociétés capitalistes conçoit toujours la souveraineté comme un instrument nécessaire pour la promotion de ses propres intérêt