In this Solidarity Encounter, we will learn about “Grassroots Feminisms” — a multiplicity of distinct feminisms emerging from movements of women and gender nonconforming people in the Global South in resistance to patriarchy, extractive capitalism, racism, and other intersecting systems of oppression.
A new piece in the US press feeds into right-wing efforts to criminalize the Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra/Landless Workers Movement’s critical work. As long-term supporters of the MST, we share the truth based on 20 years of partnership with them.
This past week marked four years since the horrific Brumadinho dam disaster in Brazil. Our partner the Movement of People Affected by Dams (MAB) held a series of mobilizations to push for overdue justice and reparations.
After 22 years of struggle, the Huni Kui people are making headway in getting official recognition of their territorial rights.
On Sunday the 8th, members of Brazil’s far right and their supporters stormed government buildings in the capital Brasilia. But on Monday, Brazil’s social movements responded.
In its commitment to social and ecological transformation, our Brazilian partner the MST is clear that the organizing must continue regardless of the administration in place.
Although 2022 has been tumultuous in many ways, it has been a year of steadfast building, deepening, and growth – for social movements, and for us as a movement support organization.
Peasant, Indigenous, and feminist movements challenged false solutions and greenwashing at the conference while offering up real solutions coming from those most impacted by the climate crisis.
Chief Ninawa writes at an important moment: the end of the COP27 UN Climate Change Summit and the commemoration of the Indigenous Day of Mourning.
As Brazil prepares for elections on October 2nd, our partner Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (Landless Workers Movement, MST) knows the stakes.
As movements like the Movement of People Affected by Dams (MAB) fight for the future of the Amazon basin, they are fighting for the future of all of us.
For July, we are looking at the ways youth continue to play central roles in communities and social struggles — both through their own independent organizations and in youth sections of broader movements.
People’s Dispatch reports on the exciting gathering of over 1,000 young activists. Members of LPJ also reflect on the 10 years since their first national encampment at Rio Grande do Sul.
As part of uplifting queer and trans liberation for June, we are reposting this piece from 2021 from Capire, a publication of the World March of Women.
Movements around the world are showing why gender and sexual freedom is necessary for struggles for the planet, people, and global social justice.
For the month of April, we’re looking at the connection between the rights of peasants and the health of Mother Earth.
An international campaign led by the Landless Workers Movement, Grassroots International and Friends of the MST extended the eviction moratorium in Brazil, protecting over 500,000 people.
Today, March 14, is the International Day of Struggle Against Dams, and For Rivers, Water and Life. We are sharing a video from our grantee the Movement of People Affected by Dams in Latin America (Movimiento de Afectados por Represas, MAR) as well as their statement for the day.
