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The brief history of the Peasants’ Day

On March 2nd of 1962, amidst the multi-ethnic conference for discussion on establishing a Federal Union and amending the Constitution, Dictator General Ne Win committed the Coup d’état and started massacre to the peoples; and marked that day as the Peasants Day (the Farmers Day). Revolutionary and political allies never accept the incidence including of marking the peasant day on the date that destroyed the federal visions and killed the peoples. Instead, December 22nd, which was the historical date of the peasant revolutionary leader Sayar San (Supannaka-Galuna-Raja), was recognized as the Peasants’ Day by the democratic allies, and revolutionary allies. The Assembly of the Peasants in 2019 affirmed that December 22 is the Peasants’ Day.

[Short video on explaining the peasant day – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt4Rfrx97bI]

LIOH marked the Peasants’ Day on 22 December every year with the following purposes:

  1. To restate December 22 as the Peasants’ Day and to reject the junta’s Farmer Day (previously the Peasant Day) that was made up for covering up the bloodshed coup and derailed the nation from federal vision.
  2. To honor the peasants and working peoples who had given, and who are giving their lives by resisting the oppressions and injustices.
  3. To pledge our commitments for ending land grabs/monopolies; defending the customary lands; fighting against unjust laws and joining the peoples’ movements towards the federal land governance.

LIOH’s Statement on the Peasants’ Day 2024

On March 2nd of 1962, amid the multi-ethnic conference for discussion on establishing a Federal Union and amending the Constitution, Dictator General Ne Win committed the Coup d’état and started massacre to the peoples; and marked that day as the Peasants Day (the Farmers Day). Revolutionary and political allies never accept the incidence including of marking the peasant day on the date that destroyed the federal visions and killed the peoples. Instead, December 22nd, which was the historical date of the peasant revolutionary leader Sayar San (Supannaka-Galuna-Raja) in 1930, was recognized as the Peasants’ Day by the democratic allies, and revolutionary allies. Land in Our Hands (LIOH) confirmed the same day as the Peasants’ Day after the Peasants’ Assembly hosted during 21-22 December 2019.

Land in Our Hands (LIOH) issued the following statement honoring this Peasants’ Day happened on 22 December 2024:

  1. We reject the junta’s Farmer Day (previously the Peasant Day) that was made up for covering up the blood-spilled coup and derailed the nation from federal vision. We restate the 22nd of December as the Peasants’ Day.
  2. We honor the peasants and land rights activists who had given, and who are giving their lives by resisting the oppressions and injustices.
  3. We will continue our fights till the end of monopolizing/grabbing the land, destroying the customary lands, and making/exploiting the unjust laws or undermining the federal democratic system.
  4. We strongly condemn junta’s attempt to stage coup, its illegitimate management on the peoples’ land resources and any collaboration with it.
  5. We clearly denounce the land grabbing, detaining or killing the peasants, and destroying (torching) the peoples’ homes & properties; and we will join the peoples’ movements towards the federal land governance.

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“Reject Fascism”
“Build Federal Democratic Nation”
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Land in Our Hands
https://lioh.org, lioh@proton.me

The statement is available in both English and Myanmar languages.

LIOH’s Previous Movements on the Peasants’ Day

Peasants’ Day 2023

Peasants’ Day 2022

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