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Organizations and Movements Defend Brazilian Forests from Carbon Offsets

By: The Small Producers Movement | juillet 18, 2017

More than 50 Brazilian organizations and social movements working on issues related to the environment, human rights, workers' rights, indigenous peoples and traditional peoples and communities have filed a "Letter in defense of the historic position of Brazil on forest offsets " with the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is in reaction to an attempt to enable the use of forests in offsets, a measure seen as a false solution to the challenge of climate change.
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New Threats Against Human Rights Defenders Require New Kinds of Protection

By: Padre Melo | juillet 14, 2017

Human rights organizations and funders in Latin America need to rethink how they protect defenders in light of increasing threats from non-state actors and impunity encouraged by the state.
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Gaza Unlivable, Says UN and Our Own Eyes

By: Carol Schachet | juillet 13, 2017

While our Palestinian partners acknowledge that UN member states are failing Gaza, and the rest of the occupied Palestinian territories, they believe people-to-people engagement and solidarity can change the status quo. Grassroots International remains committed to supporting Palestinian human rights and livelihoods, supporting our partners there and engaging in advocacy in the US.
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The Future of Farmland (Part 2): Grabbing the Land Back

By: Neil Thapar, Food and Farmland Attorney | juillet 5, 2017

Democratic, cooperative, and community-controlled models are the future for farmland ownership.
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Movement Building at the Heart of Haitian Peasants’ Response to Climate Change

By: Mina Remy and Salena Tramel | juillet 5, 2017

The Peasant Movement of Papaye is leading the way towards a new Haiti centered on food sovereignty and climate justice.
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The Future of Farmland (Part 1): The New Land Grab

By: Neil Thapar, Food and Farmland Attorney | juin 29, 2017

If you don’t follow investment trends, you may not know that one of the hottest investment opportunities in recent years is land, specifically farmland.
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Grassroots is Growing!

By: Christy Pardew | juin 28, 2017

We welcome three new staff babies to the Grassroots International family.
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Somber Commemorations in Gaza Fuel Movement Building

By: Salena Tramel | juin 23, 2017

In Palestine, the 50-year anniversary of Israeli occupation and decade of near-total blockade in Gaza is a time of looking back on difficult historical moments in which rights enjoyed in most parts of the world vanished. At the same time, it is an opportunity to look forward to a future in which they will be restored and advanced. Even though states and political parties have continually neglected such a political project, social justice movements inside and outside of Palestine are acting as its guardians.
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VIDEO: Berta Cáceres Act Needs to Be Passed

By: Shannon Duncan Bodwell | juin 23, 2017

Video about why the US Congress must pass the Berta Cáceres Human Rights in Honduras Act (H.R. 1299)
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The Bank Trap: A Statement from COPINH on the Agua Zarca Dam Investors

By: COPINH | juin 22, 2017

Below is a statement from COPINH, the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras, our grantee and ally, concerning the alleged exit of hydroelectric investors in Honduras.
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Women Farmers in West Africa Challenge Agribusiness, Promote Community Control

By: Michael Martin | juin 19, 2017

Grassroots International is proud to work with WAS to expose the dangers of the "green revolution" and promote agroecology as a more ecologically and socially sound approach for West African farmers.
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Black Communities in the US Reclaiming Land and Organizing for Ecological Justice

By: Sara Mersha | juin 16, 2017

We celebrate the many Black communities across the country who organize on this date and every day of the year towards a vision of racial and ecological justice. A few such examples include Alternatives for Community and Environment, Cooperation Jackson, the Black Land and Liberation Initiative, and the Movement for Black Lives.
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Miami Meeting Aims to Further Militarize Efforts to Control Migration

By: Christy Pardew | juin 15, 2017

In Miami, government representatives of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico and the United States will wrap up the Conference on Prosperity and Security in Central America, where yesterday Vice President Pence gave a keynote address. The three-day conference, jointly hosted by the US and Mexico, signals further militarization of US policy in Central America.
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Demonstrators Protest Against Temer in Front of the Brazilian Consulate in Boston

By: Brazilian Times Staff | juin 15, 2017

A group made up of Brazilians, North Americans, Puerto Ricans and other nationalities who are part of the "Friends of the MST" (Landless Workers Movement), gathered on the morning of Thursday, June 8 in front of the Brazilian Consulate in Boston on Purchase Street with banners, calling for the departure of President Michel Temer.
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Leaving Paris for all the Wrong Reasons

By: Sara Mersha and Carol Schachet | juin 9, 2017

The announcement by Donald Trump that that United States intends to ignore the non-binding Paris Climate Agreement, with the intention to renegotiate it to foist his America First policy on the rest of the world, should come as no surprise to anyone. What is surprising is who opposed the US withdrawal: Big business.
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Exit Still Pending Despite Investors’ Claim of Pulling Funding for Honduras Dam

By: Christy Pardew and Carol Schachet | juin 7, 2017

The Guardian recently reported that international investors plan to pull $44 million in funding from the Agua Zarca dam megaproject in Honduras—a project opposed by Indigenous and social movements for years. According to COPINH, however, investors have not yet withdrawn their funding for the dam.
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Hunger Strike Over, the Work to Free Palestinian Prisoners Continues

By: Christy Pardew | juin 1, 2017

Abdul-Razeq is the Administrative Director of Grassroots International's partner organization, the Union of Agricultural Work Committees. He was arrested by Israeli forces at midnight on May 24 from his home, in front of his family. Abdul-Razeq was brought to an Israeli jail where he is still being held under administrative detention.
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Brazil: Power in the Streets, Targeted Violence in the Countryside

By: Christy Pardew | mai 31, 2017

The Brazilian political crisis and ensuing violence have intensified rapidly since the institutional coup of August 31, 2016. At Grassroots, we are receiving regular reports from our partners in Brazil listing incidents of attacks, arrests and even assassinations of land rights activists in a wave of right-wing aggression
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VIDEO: Maria Luisa Mendonça of Rede Social on Crisis & Organizing in Brazil

By: Christy Pardew | mai 26, 2017

Journalist Sonali Kolhatkar interviews Grassroots International's Brazilian partner Maria Luisa Mendonça of the Social Network for Justice and Human Rights (Rede Social). Maria Luisa shares the current political context of what has been happening in Brazil.
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Grassroots International Joins Call to Protect Haitians from Deportation

By: Mina Remy | mai 18, 2017

Grassroots International joins over 100 organizations and 200 individuals in calling the Department of Homeland Security to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to nearly 50,000 Haitians living in the U.S. since the 2010 Earthquake in Haiti.
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