Defending Black Lives Around the World
Our struggles are connected. This Black August, Grassroots International is proud to restate our solidarity with Black lives, here and around the world.
Honduras
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Environmental Defender Murdered in Honduras
Presente Edwin Fernández! Edwin provided security in a community where our partner, the Black Fraternal Organization of Hondurans (OFRANEH), is doing COVID relief. He is just one of the many environmental, land and Indigenous rights defenders who have been killed in recent years.
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Berta Cáceres Murder: Sentencing and Struggle
Berta Cáceres and others were murdered for their activism defending the Lenca people and their land in Honduras. A trial recently sentenced some of her killers, but for her organization COPINH, the struggle for justice must continue.
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Violence Against Indigenous Hondurans Shows Us What Fuels Migration
The Garifuna and our partner OFRANEH in Honduras have been facing down armed assaults this month. It's a concrete example of the violence that is driving people north to the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Garifuna Face Attack, Contact Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
We have been receiving on-the-ground updates from OFRANEH about the most recent wave of violence, oppression and forced eviction they are facing. Narco-traffickers have invaded Vallecito, an important home for many Garifuna.
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World Indigenous People’s Day: Supporting Defense and Dignity
August 9th is the United Nations’ International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. Grassroots International supports Indigenous social movements around the world. This blog looks at the threats facing these communities, and the resistance they’re waging.
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Why the Dangers Facing Our Oceans Go Far Beyond Keeping Them Clean
If we’re serious about protecting our oceans and the life beneath them, our vision needs to expand. As Miriam Miranda, coordinator of OFRANEH, has said, “If the problem is global, we have to have a global response.”
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Honduran Coup Cruelly Creates Migrant Exodus
Our Honduran partners, including Miriam Miranda of the Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras (OFRANEH), participated in a congress of resistance of Black and Indigenous women. The following statement is a product of the discussions there, among grassroots feminists organizing against the dictatorship and deeper oppressions.
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Say Their Names: Sajed Mizher, Presente
With a broken heart but whole spirit, I remember the names of some of our friends, colleagues, allies and partners who have left us all too soon. They join the host of ancestors urging me onward, because the journey toward justice is not yet finished.
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Berta Caceres Murder Trial Suspended In Face of Due Process Violations
Below is a report from COPINH, a partner of Grassroots International, whose persistence and organizing clarity have demanded justice for Berta Caceres.
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Illuminated Legacy: Celebrating 500 Years of African & Native People’s Resistance
In celebration of 516th anniversary of Native and African anti-colonial resistance in the Americas, CLACS is hosting a presentation and conversation by notable and renowned leaders Miriam Miranda and Tom Goldtooth. About the speakers: Miriam Miranda is the General Coordinator...
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America is Crying – The Struggle for Water in Latin America
On this World Water Day, we want to honor the movements in Latin America struggling for their human right to water.
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Traversing the Dry Corridor: An Account of the Peasant Women Cooperatives in Honduras
Environmental changes in the Dry Corridor – Corredor Seco – and Atlantic Coast have driven migration in Honduras, one of the countries most affected by climate change. Here, women have gathered together in old and new collectives, as they struggle to create economic opportunities and grow crops against increasing weather variability.
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Continuing Berta’s Struggle
Two years ago our hearts broke when we learned about the brutal assassination of Indigenous leader, and our friend, Berta Cáceres. On this second anniversary of her death, we ask you to take time to remember her spirit and continue her struggle.
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Imprisoned: Inside the Politics of Control and Resistance
From Brazilian mass movement building to pinpoint alternatives and retain the countryside, to Honduran reclamation of natural resources through food sovereignty, agroecology, and climate justice, to relentless Palestinian efforts of upholding international law and defending human rights, people are challenging destructive political orders. Doing so is a collective act of resilience and resistance, ‘grabbing back’ in order to move forward in uncertain times.
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Security Forces Persecute Peasant Union Leaders in Honduras
Months after the disputed Honduras presidential election, more than 30 people have been assassinated and hundreds more detained. In a recent statement, the Platform of the Social and Popular Movement of Honduras denounces death threats and acts of intimidation made against peasant leaders.
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Black Lives and Climate Justice: Courage and Power
Grassroots staff member Sara Mersha shares examples of the leadership of Black communities and social movements in the struggle for climate justice, in a recent article published in Third World Quarterly.
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Honduras Solidarity Network Responds to US Recognition of Fraudulently Elected Hernandez as President of Honduras
We reject the deceitful and arrogant position of the US government which ignores the clamor of the Honduran people for democracy and the ongoing deadly violence by the Honduran government against the people.
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Grassroots International Board Member Recounts Experience in Honduras During Electoral Crisis
During the tumultuous weeks surrounding the November 26th general election in Honduras, Grassroots International Board member and filmmaker, Sam Vinal, was in the country filming for the documentary BERTA SOY YO. Sam had a front-row seat as the electoral crisis unfolded and social movements mobilized in support of democracy and justice. Below is an interview with Sam after his return.
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Honduras: US Rights Groups Condemn Election Result as Not Credible
On the heels of the announcement of the election win by Honduras’ globally discredited Electoral Tribunal amidst turmoil, violence, and mounting evidence of fraud, US rights and civil society groups called on the US Congress and the State Department to halt military aid to Honduras, and not recognize the announced results until a credible, independent investigation into the election has been conducted which addresses all claims of fraud and political violence.