We are the Solution: African Women Organize for Land and Seed Sovereignty
By Simone Adler and Beverly Bell Mariama Sonko, third from right, with a women farmers' organization. Photo courtesy of Fahamu. Mariama Sonko is a farmer and organizer in Casamance, Senegal. She is the...
View ArticleAlarming Developments in Palm Oil Industry in Latin America Spur Global Call...
Global coalition of NGOs says murder, intimidation and the devastation of community livelihoods tied to rampant palm oil plantation expansion must be stopped.Spurred by the recent murder of...
View ArticleDangers of the Gates Foundation: Displacing Seeds and Farmers
Mariam MayetPhoto courtesy of Mariam Mayet. This article was drawn from an interview with Anabela Lemos, and conducted, edited, and condensed by Simone Adler.Mariam is the founder and director of the...
View ArticleWomen Farmers and Land Grabs in Haiti: An interview with Iderle Brénus
Beverly BellInvolved in all levels of food production, Haitian women need control over land and protection from today's wave of expropriation. Photo: Salena Tramel, for Grassroots International.From an...
View ArticleBearing Witness: In Honduras, Garifuna Women Fight Climate Change & State...
By: Juliana Britto SchwartzImage by Felipe CanovaEd. note: This post is part of a series, “Bearing Witness,” highlighting indigenous women fighting for climate justice in the Americas. Read the rest of...
View ArticleCall to Action to Support COPINH and the Community of Rio Blanco, Honduras
These are the events that have unfolded as a result of a walk organized by COPINH that began [yesterday] morning. The community was walking to the Gualcarque river where DESA-Agua Zarca are...
View ArticleWhat You Probably Don't Know About Hillary Clinton's Record
Beverly BellHillary Clinton on a trip to Haiti in 2011. "Hand Washing" by Kendra Helmer/USAID is licensed under CC BY 2.0.Missing from the discussion of Hillary Rodham Clinton's record has been her...
View ArticleMozambique’s Movement to End Land Grabs
By Anabela Lemos of Justiça Ambiental, MozambiqueCommunity members walk toward the Zambezi River in Tete Province, Mozambique, where land grabbing for coal mining has displaced people and impacted...
View Article"The Honduran Government Wants to Incriminate Us": The Criminalization of...
By: Witness for Peace[Español]Family members of Berta Cáceres, General Coordinator of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), and the leadership of the...
View ArticleSole witness to Berta Cáceres murder fears he might be framed, lawyer says -...
By: Nina LakhaniThe lawyer representing the only witness in the murder of the environmental activist Berta Cáceres is appealing to the Mexican government to help secure his release amid mounting...
View Article"People of the World: Intensify the Struggle" Declaration of the...
Final Statement of the Berta Cáceres Lives International Peoples' Summit[Declaración original en español]Photo: Giorgio TrucchiCross-Posted From: Honduras ResistsOriginally posted on: Saturday, April...
View ArticleInternational Conference of Agrarian Reform: Marabá Declaration
(Marabá, April 17 2016) We are more than 130 representatives of La Via Campesina member organizations and allies from four continents, 10 regions and 28 countries of the world. We are here in Marabá,...
View ArticleStop the Repression of Oaxaca's Teachers Union
Urgent Call for Solidarity with Oaxaca’s Teachers UnionCross-Posted From: Alliance for Global JusticeOriginally posted on: Monday, June 20, 2016
View ArticleOn Coup Anniversary, Examining the US Role in Honduras
By: Pamela SpeesIn this handout picture released by the Guatemalan Presidency, Hondura’s President Porfirio Lobo talks with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in Guatemala City on March 5,...
View ArticleInternational Allies Challenge Corporate Control of the Food System and False...
Eighth Annual Food Sovereignty Prize Honors Grassroots Organizations Calling Big Ag’s BluffFood Sovereignty PrizeMedia Contacts: Heather Day, Executive Director, Community Alliance for Global...
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