This article was published in the May 2008 issue of Resonances, a citizens’ information monthly drawn up by young activists. On 31st March the peasants of the village of Sumilao, on the Filipino island of Mindanao, celebrated the end of a long journey. After thirteen years of struggle, they had triumphed in the legal conflict between their peasant co-operative, Mapalad [1], and the multinational San Miguel Corporation, Southeast Asia’s largest agribusiness. The Corporation had intended to (...) Next ...

This article was published in the June 2007 issue of Resonances, a monthly citizens’ information drawn up by young activists. Ten years of struggle to come to a 29-day hunger strike last winter. This is what landless peasants of Negros Island, located in the heart of the Filipino archipelago, had to do to obtain a piece of land to cultivate. However, what they are asking for is only fair implementation of the CARP’s agrarian reform programme . Initiated in 1988 for a ten-year duration, it (...) Next ...

This article was published in the March 2007 issue of Resonances, a citizens’ information monthly drawn up by young activists. Jagat Basnet is the director of CSRC,, a Nepalese social movement organization that works for land rights and researches social mobilization so that land rights movements will be established at a national level. A strong and passionate defender of the most disadvantaged populations, Jagat tells us his personal background. Jagat, will you tell us a few words about (...) Next ...