The Day of the Landless 2025 campaign is organized by IPF member Asian Peasant Coalition (APC), in partnership with the Peasant Commission of the International League of Peoples’ Struggle, People’s Coalition on Food Sovereignty, and PAN Asia Pacific.
This year, the APC reaffirms its anti-imperialist position and the centrality of the peasant struggle for land, food, and justice in achieving sustainable agriculture and food for all. The APC recognizes the clear onslaught of imperialism in its many forms in the Global South, particularly in the sector of peasants, farmers, farmworkers, indigenous peoples, fisherfolk, rural women, rural youth and children.
The past year has once more recorded massive grievances against the Global North, especially the imperialist US – from its brewing of wars and militarism to the expanding corporate and private capture of the world’s resources such as land, water, and even data in the guise of climate action.
In this year’s Day of the Landless, the APC reaffirms its land to the tillers campaign amid the backwards condition of production and quality of life in the rural Global South. Our call: Intensify peasant struggle against imperialist plunder, war and militarism. PEASANTS RISE FOR LAND! ASSERT OUR RIGHTS TO OUR RESOURCES, RECLAIM OUR FOOD SYSTEMS!
March 29 Global Action for the Day of the Landless
- Join the Global Day of Action (GDA) on March 29 to assert for people’s right to land and express solidarity with the landless people worldwide on-ground and online.
- We encourage our members and network to organize mass actions/mobilizations at the community and/or country level to highlight your local land struggles.
- Post content on social media as participation. These can be in the form of photos, videos, statements, graphic art, etc. that echo our calls for this year’s DOTL GDA.
- Contributions will be featured during the Global Landless Speakout.
- Take part in the ILPS Commission 6 Global Landless Speakout 2025 on March 29!
- Register: bit.ly/LandlessSpeakout2025
- The International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS) Commission 6 will host the Global Landless Speakout that brings together movements and organizations from Asia, Latin America, and Africa to highlight the pressing peasant struggles and campaigns currently unfolding in these regions. These movements will share their on-the-ground experiences, detailing the challenges faced by peasants and rural communities as they confront issues such as land dispossession, economic inequality, and environmental destruction. These powerful testimonies will shed light on the collective action of rural populations fighting for justice and self-determination.
March 30 Palestine Land Day
- Let us show our continuing solidarity for Palestine, with emphasis on supporting their resistance, through local actions and social media postings. Day of action guidance TBD.
Build up activities
- March 18 – Zero In: Mindoro
Register: bit.ly/ZeroInMindoro
Organized by Ground Zero
Large-scale military operations are taking place on the resource-rich island of Mindoro in the Southern Tagalog region of the Philippines. Ten battalions-worth of armed forces are currently deployed to facilitate the entry of mining and renewable energy projects. As a result, a de facto martial law is in place, subjecting locals with many forms of violations to their human rights and the international humanitarian law. Zero In: Mindoro aims to call the attention of the international community on the situation and urge for support and solidarity to #DefendMindoro.
- March 24 – Global Speak Out for Rivers and River Defenders
Register: bit.ly/Speakout4Rivers
Organized by IPMSDL, PCFS, & APC
In light of urgent concern for our rivers and river defenders, and in commemoration of the International Day of Action for Rivers on March 14, we are calling on Indigenous Peoples organizations, allies, and advocates, as well as peasant leaders, climate activists, and human rights defenders to Speakout for Rivers and River Defenders. Through this venue, we aim to spotlight pressing local, regional, and global issues that negatively impact our rivers, as well as the rights of those defending rivers from further degradation and resource plunder. Join us and together, let us rally behind our calls for accountability, climate justice, and peace.
- March 25 – Landless Voices: Land & Climate Change
Register: bit.ly/LandlessVoices2025
Organized by PCFS & PANAP
Landless Voices is an online consultative forum where rural people’s groups can share their land issues and struggles amid the global food crisis. In line with DOTL 2025, the theme of this session will center on land struggles amid the climate crisis. Participating organizations may share their experiences and best practices in campaigning against land and resource grabs for climate-tech and in forwarding people-led climate solutions including genuine agrarian reform and agroecology.
- March 27 – Advancing People’s Food Sovereignty in Africa (webinar)
Register: bit.ly/AdvancingPFSinAfrica2025
Organized by ILPS Africa & PCFS
This webinar aims to analyze the state of food sovereignty in Africa, particularly in the countries of Kenya, Zambia, and Burkina Faso, in accordance with broader global context. Key themes to be discussed include the corporate takeover of food systems, the role of IMF-WB, and action points and strategies for resistance.
