The Democratizing Knowledge Politics Initiative (DKPI), La Via Campesina Europe and the Transnational Institute are organizing a webinar series of 500 years of peasant resistance in Europe.
The series will run from November 2026 till June 2027 when a book on the same topic will be released.
About the series
For centuries, Europe’s peasants have been dismissed as relics of a vanished world, swept aside by industrialization, modernization and capitalist progress.
A groundbreaking new book argues otherwise. From the German Peasants’ War to contemporary struggles over debt, land, food sovereignty and ecological survival, peasant-farmers have remained at the centre of resistance to the destructive forces reshaping rural life.
Join this webinar series to meet the activists and scholars behind this cutting edge research, and learn how these histories illuminate the radical possibilities emerging from struggles for commons, autonomy, dignity and democratic control over land and food.
Series dates
Click on the webinar for more information and to register. Note that the dates of the later webinars are tentative. Unless otherwise stated, all webinars start at 15:30 (CET/CEST)
- 4 November 2026 - Peasants versus Capital: From the Great Peasant War to Contemporary Farmers' Protests in Europe
- 16 December 2026 (16:30-18:00 CET)
- 13 January 2027
- 10 February 2027
- 10 March 2027
- 14 April 2027
- 15 June 2027 - finale and launch of the book 500 Years of Peasant Resistance in Europe: From the Great Peasant War to Contemporary Rural Struggles.
