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Bury the corporate food system!

By Carol Schachet | April 14, 2011

Below is an article from Grassroots International partner, the Via Campesina, in preparation for the International Day of Peasants’ Struggles. The Via is an international movement which brings together millions of peasants, small and medium-size farmers, landless people, women farmers, indigenous people, migrants and agricultural workers...

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"Victory comes only with struggle": Brazilian farmers protest for seed and land rights

By Saulo Araujo | April 14, 2011

April 17 commemorates the International Day of Peasants’ Struggle for land, water, food and justice.

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US Food Sovereignty Alliance Celebrates International Days of Peasants’ & Workers’ Struggles

By Sara Mersha | April 14, 2011

As part of our commitment to engage in advocacy to challenge US policy and corporations that are often the root causes of resource rights violations around the world, Grassroots International has been proud to be an active...

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Carbon Credit Plan Implementation Halts Medical Services in Chiapas

By Shannon Duncan | April 14, 2011

At the request of the community assembly of Amador Hernández in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, Grassroots International along with the Global Justice Ecology Project, the Indigenous Environmental Network, the ...

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Attacks on Gaza: Global silence as civilians lose their lives

By Salena Tramel | April 11, 2011

After a relatively quiet few months in Gaza, conflicts between Israelis and Palestinians have erupted anew, with each side claiming retaliation rights. Flexing its superior military might—and causing mighty damage—the Israeli armed forces have intensified their attacks on the blockaded territory. And just like during...

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Haitians Still Seek to Lead Reconstruction Efforts

By Salena Tramel | April 11, 2011

Last year, significant international donors (including several nations and financial institutions) gathered at the United Nations headquarters in New York to discuss the massive reconstruction task ahead of them in post-earthquake Haiti. One year later, the situation on the ground in Haiti demonstrates their failure—both in terms of the lack of...

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Closure in Beit Ommar violates resource rights

By Salena Tramel | April 4, 2011

This article, Israel lays Gaza-like siege on West Bank village, highlights many threats to resource rights in Palestine, as the people living there have diminishing access to land, water, and food. These developments in Beit Ommar not only show the severity of the politics of...

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Mourning the death of a colleague, and fearing for the life of another

By Carol Schachet | April 4, 2011

Sometimes the work we engage in as people who believe in a just peace in the face of a brutal world is quite simply heart breaking. Today is such a day.

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Celebrating Palestinian Land Day

By Sara Mersha | March 30, 2011

At the rate the Separation Wall is being built, soon Palestinian Land Day (March 30) will need only a few hours. The Wall and the Israeli mandated buffer zones jut into the Palestinian territories by as much as 300 feet, gobbling up fertile agricultural land and precious water reserves, and make cool profits for companies like Elbit Systems Ltd...

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Update from farmers in Japan

By Carol Schachet | March 30, 2011

Below is an update from Grassroots International’s partner, the Via Campesina, concerning the situation of farmers in Japan. To keep up to date with the Nouminren blog, visit http://earlybirds.ddo.jp/earlybirds/...

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