Asia wide Peasants Caravan will be commenced in Sri Lanka

At the height of global financial crisis, state terrorism and widespread land grabbing of huge tracts of agricultural land in poor Asian and African nations, the militant Asian Peasant Coalition (APC) and International League of Peoples’  Struggle (ILPS) Commission kicked-off a “Five–month Asia-wide Peasants’ Caravan for Land and Livelihood” that will commence on July 21 and will be held till November 2009 in ten countries in Asia such as Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand and Sri Lanka. 

The theme of the Peasants’ Caravan is “Stop Global Land Grabbing! Struggle for Genuine Agrarian Reform and Peoples’ Food Sovereignty.”

Asia wide Peasants Caravan for Land and Livelihood will commence on 20th of July in Sri Lanka. Launching ceremony which will be hosted by MONLAR and Vikalpani will be held in Peasant Information Center Kurunegala at 10.00 am.
Download Introduction brochure:
http://www.asianpeasant.org/sites/default/files/Brochure%20Asian%20Peasants%20Caravan%20on%20Land%20and%20Livelihoodsl%20_0.pdf

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