{"id":701,"date":"2012-04-10T21:16:36","date_gmt":"2012-04-11T02:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familyfarmers.org\/?p=701"},"modified":"2012-04-11T18:30:46","modified_gmt":"2012-04-11T23:30:46","slug":"all-out-for-the-international-day-of-peasant-struggle-april-17th-18th-in-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyfarmers.org\/?p=701","title":{"rendered":"ALL OUT FOR  THE  INTERNATIONAL DAY  OF  PEASANT  STRUGGLE &#8211; April 17th &#038; 18th in Chicago!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Following the massacre, on April 17, 1996, of 19 landless workers during a march in Brazil for agrarian reform, Brazil\u2019s Landless Workers Movement (MST) in conjunction La Via Campesina declared April 17<\/strong><\/span><sup><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>th<\/strong><\/span><\/sup><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong> the International Day of Peasant Struggle.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/familyfarmers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/CMEprotest11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-709\" title=\"CMEprotest1\" src=\"https:\/\/familyfarmers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/CMEprotest11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Family Farm Defenders will be joining our allies in Chicago for a series of events on Tues. April 17th and Wed. April 18th to mark this day of struggle.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Tues. April 17th:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>STAND UP CHICAGO TAX DAY ACTION: <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Meet at 3:30 PM at Federal Plaza (Adams and Dearborn) for a rally against tax handouts to corporations and the 1%, followed by a march to the Board of Trade. Rally and march against wealthy corporations not paying their fair share of taxes, including the $665 million tax dodge by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>FOOD SOVEREIGNTY POTLUCK: <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>6:30 PM, Jane Addam\u2019s Hull House, 800 S. Halsted.  Come and share food with local activists and learn about the food sovereignty movement and the International Day of Peasant Struggle.  Presentations by Family Farm Defenders, Friends of the MST, Stand Up Chicago, and others.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Wed. April 18th<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>PROTEST AGAINST THE FOOD GIANTS AND COMMODITY SPECULATION:<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Noon at Chicago Mercantile Exchange, 141 W. Jackson St.  Rally against speculation in food commodities that produces adulterated food, immense profits for speculators and ruin for family farmers.  Includes a press conference revealing a notorious food price speculator.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>To download a poster for these events, click here: <a href=\"https:\/\/familyfarmers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Chicago-April-17-flyer.pdf\">Chicago April 17 flyer<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>And stay tuned for more details!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the massacre, on April 17, 1996, of 19 landless workers during a march in Brazil for agrarian reform, Brazil\u2019s Landless Workers Movement (MST) in conjunction La Via Campesina declared April 17th the International Day of Peasant Struggle. 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