Day of the Landless 2026: Defend our land and territories!

Published : March 18, 2026
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The Asian Peasant Coalition (APC) along with the International League of Peoples Struggle – ILPS Commission 6, People’s Coalition on Food Sovereignty – PCFS Global, Int’l Indigenous Peoples Movement for Self Determination and Liberation – IPMSDL, PAN Asia Pacific – PANAP, and the Asian Rural Women’s Coalition – ARWC jointly organize this year’s Day of the Landless 2026. 

In its 11th year, the Asian Peasant Coalition calls to DEFEND OUR LAND AND TERRITORIES and FORGE A FUTURE FREE FROM IMPERIALIST CONTROL! 

This year, the APC focuses on the collective—the peoples’ struggle for land, the people leading alternative development, the people forging the path for genuine agrarian reform, and the people fighting for their self-determination. 

Join us as we organize a series of activities that bring to fore the peoples’ initiatives, victories, and struggles!

INITIAL ACTIVITIES 

📅MARCH 8-14 – IN FOCUS: Land assertions across Asia

  • Features land struggle happening in India, Indonesia, Mongolia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Pakistan, Palestine and others

📅MARCH 15-27 – On-ground Activities across networks

📅MARCH 28 – Global Day of Action against Operation Kagaar

  • In solidarity with the international call to action against the Brahmanical Hindutva Fascist Indian state’s genocidal war on the people of India.

📅MARCH 29 – Global Day of Action for the Day of the Landless

  • Join the Global Day of Action on March 29 to defend our land and territories and express solidarity with the landless people worldwide on-ground and online. 

📅MARCH 30 – Palestine Land Day

🚩 HOW YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE

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. 

USE THE HASHTAG #DOTL2026 and #DayoftheLandless2026

USE DOTL 2026 LOGOS for your publicity materials (banners, social media posts, placards, shirts etc.) GDrive here: https://bit.ly/4s4AD0Q

Contributions will be featured during the Global Landless Speakout on March 29. 

Stay connected by following APC and PANAP’s online platforms. For interest in collaborating with our campaigns, email at asianpeasantcoalition@gmail.com and info@panap.net 

Read more, https://ipam-global.org/events/day-of-the-landless-2026/ 

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