Abstract
La Via Campesina was born in the process of fierce struggles by rural working classes – poor peasants, smallholder farmers, landless farmworkers, artisanal fishers, and small
pastoralists – against neoliberal global capitalism. Since its establishment three decades ago, it has become one of the world’s most influential transnational movement organizations. It
has kickstarted political projects that led to the formation of wider movements, such as food sovereignty and its accompanying mass movement. In this paper, Paul Nicholson reflects on
the key achievements by and challenges of La Via Campesina.
pastoralists – against neoliberal global capitalism. Since its establishment three decades ago, it has become one of the world’s most influential transnational movement organizations. It
has kickstarted political projects that led to the formation of wider movements, such as food sovereignty and its accompanying mass movement. In this paper, Paul Nicholson reflects on
the key achievements by and challenges of La Via Campesina.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Journal of Peasant Studies |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 6 Mar 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Acknowledgement.The work for this interview article has received funding support from the European Research
Council Advanced Grant (Number 834006) through the research project RRUSHES5 (2019-
2025). I would like to thank Annie Shattuck, Jacobo Grajales, Andrea Sosa, Martha Robbins
and Nico Verhagen for their helpful comments and suggestions. I also thank Paula Bownas
for the excellent copyediting of the text.