[Diggers350] Declaration of 3rd Intl. Youth Assembly of Via Campesina

[Mark Barrett]

Published
http://www.peoplesassemblies.org/2013/07/indonesia-youth-assembly-of-via-campesina/


On 21 July 2013 01:23, frank gundry-white <tony at cultureshop.org.uk> wrote:

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> This is something interesting to read from the wider network and a good
> foundation for anyone wanting to kick start a campaign
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> *Declaration of the 3rd International Youth Assembly of the Via Campesina
> * *8th and 9th June 2013 - Jakarta, Indonesia
> ** Watch the pictures of the Youth Assembly!
> <http://tv.viacampesina.org/Por-la-soberania-alimentaria-la?lang=en>
> *We are young peasants, members of the Via Campesina, people with
> different cultures and languages from over seventy countries in five
> continents, who are in Jakarta, Indonesia, to celebrate the 3rdInternational Youth Assembly and the 20
> th anniversary of the Via Campesina.
>  As young peasants, we are the present and the future of sustainable
> agriculture, which can sustain the world and cool Mother Earth. Having
> analysed and reflected generally on the global political and economic
> situation, we would like to express our deep concern about the current
> development crisis, which is causing many impoverished and marginalised
> communities to be expropriated of the territory, land, water and forest
> goods on which they depend for their livelihood. There has been an increase
> in the number of forced displacements and evictions of young peasants, and
> an increase in hunger and poverty.
>  For this reason, to restore the dignity of peasants and agriculture
> itself, and to encourage a holistic concept of food sovereignty through
> agro-ecology, we, as young peasants, will continue to fight against:
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>    - Neoliberalism, capitalism and imperialism, which divide peoples and
>    prevent them from uniting to rebel, while their sovereignty as peoples and
>    nations is being destroyed. A patriarchy that oppresses women and the
>    independence of young people.
>    - Industrial agriculture and land grabbing directed by multinational
>    corporations and local and national government, which destroys ways of life
>    and the cultural heritage of peasants, also causing the forced displacement
>    of young peasants in rural areas.
>    - All types of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) including Transnational
>    Partnership Agreements (TPAs), Economic Association Agreements and
>    agricultural policies imposed by the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the
>    International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB). These agreements
>    destroy the agricultural base that provides local communities with secure,
>    healthy and culturally appropriate food, and they violate peoples' right to
>    plan and control their food systems.
>    - Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and patents on seeds, species
>    and biological diversity.
>    - Privatisation of natural goods such as territory, land, woods and
>    water, which causes forced displacement of peasants and original peoples,
>    endangering their livelihoods.
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> We demand that states and governments recognise, comply with and regulate
> food sovereignty in the constitutions of all countries as a basic human
> right. We also demand that the organisations and authorities that are
> involved and have responsibility take the following action:
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>    - Put food sovereignty into practice by implementing holistic agrarian
>    reform, and broad-based agroecological reform in the area of fishing and
>    silviculture, to ensure equal access to natural goods for young people,
>    particularly young women.
>    - End land grabbing and conversion in the name of development
>    following the “Green Economy" model of agricultural food production, and
>    production of bio fuels and monocultures that are structural causes of
>    climate change and the energy crisis.
>    - Protect and promote traditional seeds and the knowledge and wisdom
>    of our peasant communities.
>    - Promote a model that favours people, led by peasants and in
>    accordance with the agroecological and indigenous model.
>    - Ensure market access for poor and marginalised people and a fair
>    price for their products, keeping the WTO out of agriculture.
>    - Ensure that young people have access to a secure future, both in
>    rural and urban areas, also promoting sustainable job opportunities for
>    young people to reduce migration to urban areas.
>    - Stop criminalisation of protest, repression of social movements,
>    murder and extermination of young peasants, while respecting human rights
>    and those who defend them. They must also condemn militarisation, which is
>    worsening living conditions for the poor in our regions, and establish an
>    education system that supports young people who want to be peasants.
>    - Dedicate a greater proportion of the budget to agricultural sectors
>    to support young people in production, and education and access to
>    technology in rural areas.
>    - Provide a space for representation of young people in leadership and
>    create a suitable environment to empower and support them, so they can show
>    that young people can bring about change in agriculture.
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> In addition to these demands, we also make the following commitments:
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>    - We will create solidarity between regions that put alternative
>    models into practice in opposition to the neoliberal model, in accordance
>    with the principles of complementarity and cooperation to overcome social
>    inequality.
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>    - We will set up an accessible political group for young people and
>    practical people’s education on peasant and ecological agriculture.
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>    - We will promote communication between young people from different
>    organisations and creation and strengthening of people’s alternative
>    communication networks that will be political, creative and transformative.
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>    - We will strengthen the coordination of young people’s activities
>    at a regional and global level.
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>    - Political participation and training for young people in
>    organisations and genuine prominence.
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>    - We will coordinate political, social and cultural alliances and
>    relations between young people from rural and urban areas around the world
>    for social change and transformation.
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>    - We will create and strengthen spaces for political and technical
>    training in the area of agroecological production and local markets with
>    social justice.
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>    - We will show solidarity with all peoples who are involved in
>    resistance and struggles for their right to life and their freedom anywhere
>    in the world.
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> *The Youth of the Via Campesina will fight for Food Sovereignty!
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