On the last legs of our pamphlet distribution. W have covered 51 districts countrywide and not more than 10,000 pmphlts left to complete r 500,000 target. Even with the uneasy situation in the country our members continued their work. Lal Salam. #SaveOurInvaluableRuralAssets
Culmination Event of our #SaveOurInvaluableRuralAssets Campaign. We celebrate our Resistance against Corporate Grab of Dairy and Livestock sector on June 22 to highlight Mai Bakhtawar’s resistance against feudal exploitation in Sindh. International Peoples' Front
Wheat harvest at AzizBibi & Chacha Sadiq’s PKMT Jazba Cooperative agroecology farm, Multan. They have sown Safad Gundum, Saher & Sona Mati wheat seeds. #SaveOurInvaluableRuralAssets
Thank you KHS! Your play ‘Milko aur Zuleikha’ -proud that the school promotes students participation in movements against injustice & 2 win an Equitable World. 100000s more will join with KHS as beacon. #SaveOurInvaluableRuralAssets
Pamphlet distribution in Vehari, Punjab & Dera Ghazi Khan. PKMT members and volunteers have fanned out across the country to reach not only urban but also rural communities. From March to now, ~135,000 people have been reached. #SaveOurInvaluableRuralAssets
PKMT repsfrom districts Sahiwal, Multan, Rajanpur, Ghotki, Shikarpur, Khairpur, Haripur, Peshawar, Mansehra & Dir along with allied orgs pledged to #SaveOurInvaluableRuralAssets Pacific Coast International Peoples' Front APWLD Asia Pacific Research Network
PKMT Jazba Cooperative farm - an indigenous wheat seed ‘Sona Metti’ shows promising harvest. Lal Salam Sadiq - a small farmer in the Multan riverine area in the forefront of PKMT farmers practicing and advocating indigenous agroecological methods. #SaveOurInvaluableRuralAssets
Pamphlet distribution for our campaign #SaveOurInvaluableRuralAssets reaches ~200,000 mark. Umerkot, Sindh and Mianwali, Punjab. PKMT members are travelling from one district to another, province to province.
Even under scorching temps in Lahore, where feel likes were at 46° C, PKMT ahead with its protest against corporate grab of our milk & dairy sector. Peasants, trade unionists, media, teachers & civil society stood with PKMT, showing their support. #SaveOurInvaluableRuralAssets
Sindhi channels have covered PKMT’s campaign against corporate capture of milk quite extensively, reporting on public’s refusal of Pure Food Laws, based on WTO agree’ts - the SPS & TBT. These are for giving access to corporations to our markets. #SaveOurInvaluableRuralAssets
PKMT member, Ghotki Sindh harvesting her wheat seed bank. This area has faced immense destruction in the #floodsinpakistan Great relief to see small farmers harvesting food crops after months of misery and hunger. #SaveOurInvaluableRuralAssets
An old gentleman in Haripur comments on the Pure Foods Regulations 2018. His message “don’t exploit farmers/workers earning. Take back these laws. Hold your assembly members accountable for violating our rights.” #SaveOurInvaluableRuralAssets
Humaira is harvesting wheat from her agroecology farm in Sahiwal. She also has livestock and provides pure butter and ghee. Humaira is a frontline farmer fighting against #corporate capture of dairy &livestock. Lal Salam Humaira. #SaveOurInvaluableRuralAssets
KTN’s campaign package on Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek’s (PKMT) “Save Our Invaluable Rural Assets: Campaign against Corporate Capture of Dairy and Livestock Sector.” Please spread the word. #SaveOurInvaluableRuralAssets
The campaign on #SaveOurInvaluableRuralAssets presents a theatre celebrating the rich culture of nutritious foods from milk.
Farmers Slogan “Sadda Doodh tae Sadda Haq Itthe Rakh.” In short “Don’t Rob Our Rights Over Our Milk.” #SaveOurInvaluableRuralAssets
In Pakistan, ‘dairy farmers’ are not only dairy farmers. They raise livestock, grow vegetables &crops, fish if they can - in other words r highly productive. Unlike corporations who only suck the labor of #peasants for profit. International Peoples' Front #SaveOurInvaluableRuralAssets PCFS #OurLandOurResistance 🇵🇸
We are broadcasting 3 radio messages from Mast FM 103 Multan as part of our campaign #SaveOurInvaluableRuralAssets
Lassi for our blazing summer! The temperatures r escalating in the high 30s-mid 40s. Gift of #ClimateImperialism . Resist #Corporate capture of our milk, lassi - all the still accessible indigenous cooling nourishing drinks. #SaveOurInvaluableRuralAssets
