News
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LVC’s Global Solidarity Campaign: “Against the blockade! Peasant Solidarity, Agroecology and Food Sovereignty!”
As CASAS, we are sharing the efforts of our ally, La Via Campesina (LCV), in their call for Global Solidarity with the Cuban peasantry. Cuba is in the grip of a punishing economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States for over 60 years. It has affected electricity generation, transport, healthcare and food…
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8° International Writeshop in Critical Agrarian Studies and Scholar-Activism
From July 1 to 10, the 8th International Writeshop in Critical Agrarian Studies and Scholar-Activism took place in Beijing. The Writeshop is organised by The Journal of Peasant Studies, the College of Humanities and Development Studies of China Agricultural University, the Erasmus Distinguished Professor Program, the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies at the…
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Fundraiser for artivist Boy Dominguez
CASAS supports the personal appeal from the Journal of Peasant Studies’ editors to help with fundraising efforts for Filipino artivist Boy Dominguez, whose art has also been featured on our website (picture above). Boy Dominguez (BoyD) has been creating the cover art for JPS since the special issue on biofuels in 2009. Since then, his…
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Cartagena Declaration
Within the framework of ICARRD+20, the academics and scholar-activists that participated in the Land, Life and Society Academic Coference developed the Cartagena Declaration.CASAS’ members participated in the writing of the Cartagena Declaration with representatives of other universities, research institutions and organizations from across the world.The declaration is a call for systemic transformation around land rights…