News
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Quilombola Communities Defend Territory Against Invasion in Brazil’s Cerrado
Grassroots International has heard from our grantee Movimento Quilombola no Maranhão (MOQUIBOM) about a Quilombola territory in Maranhão, Brazil, that's been invaded by armed men. But the community has resisted.
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The Shared Suns of Solidarity: Palestinian and Black Struggles
As we reflect, commemorate and take action for Black August, we highlight Black and Palestinian solidarity. This rich history of shared struggle can map the route to freedom ahead.
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Black August: Roots, Resistance and Global Solidarity
Black August is a much needed practice to uplift our collective Black humanity. This month, Grassroots International has been deepening our understanding of the revolutionary roots of Black August, as they apply to our work and that of our partners and allies across the globe.
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Supporting a Haitian-Led Crisis Response
In the days since a devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked southern Haiti on August 14, we have been in close communication with our Haitian partners. Their reports convey immeasurable loss, sharp political analysis, and an extraordinary combination of pragmatism and vision regarding the way forward.
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A Critical Moment for Indigenous Rights in Brazil
There are currently 33 proposed laws in Brazil's National Congress threatening Indigenous rights. But Indigenous people are mobilizing with mass resistance.
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Against CBD’s Outmoded « Conservation »
Grassroots International and 48 other civil society and philanthropic organizations have signed on to a letter to the Convention for Biological Diversity (CBD). CBD's use of "conservation" not only will not protect nature. It will lead to more displacement of the very Indigenous communities who are the best stewards for natural land and territory.
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Attempted Eviction of Indigenous Community in Guatemala
Yesterday, Guatemalan National Civil Police and the Guatemalan army attempted to evict 93 Maya Q'eqchí families. Here we are sharing a statement from our partner the Comité de Unidad Campesina (Peasant Unity Committee, CUC).
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Standing with Haitian Movements at a Critical Political Juncture
Haiti is once again peering over the edge of a political precipice following the news of the assassination of former president Jovenel Moise. In these moments of instability, social movements have continually shown the way forward towards human rights and ecological justice for all Haitians.
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Fighting for Water and Women’s Lives
Kebetkache, an eco-feminist movement in Nigeria and Grassroots International grantee, has long waged a struggle to defend water and the communities that depend on it.
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Streaming Resistance: “L’Eau Est La Vie (Water is Life)”
In his film “L’Eau Est La Vie (Water is Life),” Grassroots International board member Sam Vinal pieces together firsthand accounts from L’Eau Est La Vie camp organizers as they resist the Bayou Bridge Pipeline.
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As Key Suspect Tried, Encampment Demands Justice for Berta Cáceres
After five long years, social movements in Honduras are finally getting closer to bringing some justice to the assassination of beloved movement leader Berta Cáceres. Today, David Castillo sits on trial as a key perpetrator of her murder. But the corruption goes much deeper than Castillo. So movements have encamped outside the Supreme Court.
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Defending the World’s Oceans, Water, and People
For World Oceans Day, we are taking a look at the ways movements are defending water, oceans and people from the various threats they face.
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Palestine Post-Ceasefire: Update and Call for Continued Solidarity
Even as their own lives have been turned upside down, our partners on the ground have been working tirelessly on emergency response while building toward longer-term change. They assert that now is not the time to return to "normal" in Palestine because normal before the most recent attacks meant ongoing human rights violations, apartheid and settler colonialism. Now is the time to achieve a just peace and Palestinian self-determination.
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Mobilizing People and Moving Money for Palestinian Rights
Now that a ceasefire has thankfully been called, Palestine will once again begin to fade from the headlines, and, unless we are vigilant, it will begin to fade from the collective consciousness until the next round of heightened attacks come. If we’re to break this cycle, Palestinians will need our sustained solidarity.