2018 in Review: Growth of Resistance, Impact
Even in a year plagued with mounting militarism and factionalism at the border and the heartland, rampant exploitation and global abuse of human rights, we have seen remarkable strides for…
Announcing the 2018 Food Sovereignty Prize Honorees
A version of this piece originally appeared on the US Food Sovereignty Alliance's website. Grassroots International is a founding member of the US Food Sovereignty Alliance. We congratulate our grantee Organización…
90+ Celebrities, Actors, Artists, and NGOs Decry Attack on Brazil School
Contacts: Jovanna Garcia Soto, Grassroots International, 617-524-1400, jgarciasoto@grassrootsonline.org (Boston, MA) Maria Luisa Mendonça, Network for Social Justice and Human Rights in Brazil, 510-283-8374, marialuisam222@gmail.com (Berkeley, CA) Alexander Main, Latin America policy analyst, Center for…
Major U.S. Labor, Human Rights, Environmental and Women’s Organizations Denounce “Legislative Coup” Against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff
As the Olympic Games come to a close in Rio de Janeiro, non-governmental organizations and unions in the United States are condemning the impeachment process against Brazil’s president. A public…
International Court Rules in Favor of Indigenous Land Rights in Honduras
After two years of deliberation, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights recently issued two judgements declaring the State of Honduras responsible for the violation of collective ownership rights and the…
Ancestral Territories, Human Rights & Climate Struggle: A Photo Blog from Honduras
Descendents of escapees from African slave ships and indigenous communities, the Garifuna people live on the Atlantic coast of Honduras. Their beautiful seascape and ecologically rich lands have attracted aggressive…
Garifuna Communities of Honduras Resist Corporate Land Grabs
The fate of the Garifuna people of Honduras hangs in the balance as they face a Honduran state that is all too eager to accommodate the neoliberal agenda of U.S.…
Celebrating International Day of the World’s Indigenous People: A Photo Blog
Since 1994, August 9 has been dedicated as the UN’s International Day of the World’s Indigenous People. The primary purpose of this commemorative day is to help promote and protect…
Radical Farmers Use Fresh Food to Fight Racial Injustice and the New Jim Crow
In August, five young men showed up at Soul Fire Farm, a sustainable farm near Albany, New York, where I work as educator and food justice coordinator. It was the…
Stories of Victory and Struggle from 2014
Grassroots International and our global partners are leading the way in developing sustainable solutions to the biggest challenges facing our world. From farming cooperatives and seed banks, to passing laws…