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Defending Palestinian Human Rights

By: Mina Remy | December 18, 2012

Globally, activists at the forefront of human rights protection are coming under increased scrutiny and attack by state and non-state actors. Although being a human rights defender is becoming dangerous work, the commitment to human rights promotion and defense amongst activist has not waned. Nowhere is this truer than in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt), where our partners have had their offices raided and equipment confiscated by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).
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Solidarity with Detroit Communities to Stop Land Grabbing

By: Grassroots International | December 10, 2012
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Who Fishes Matters

By: Grassroots International | November 21, 2012

I recently had a chance to interview Grassroots International friend and ally Niaz Dorry, Executive Director of the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance (NAMA). The organization brings together fishing communities in Grassroots’ own backyard (from southern New England up to Atlantic Canada). As a self-organizing and self-governing organization, NAMA seeks to restore and enhance an enduring marine system supporting a healthy diversity and an abundance of marine life and human uses. NAMA is a member of Grassroots’ the National Family Farm Coalition (a Grassroots’ grantee), which in turn a member and anchor group of the Via Campesina (a Grassroots’ partner). I’m happy to share highlights of this interview during the month of World Fisheries Day (November 21).
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Grassroots International Condemns Violence in Palestine/Israel

By: Nikhil Aziz | November 15, 2012

Once again, the steady violence that passes for “normal” in Palestine and Israel has escalated to alarming proportions. After months of rocket exchanges between militants in Gaza and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), the situation rapidly deteriorated in the past 24 hours. Grassroots International joins the growing chorus of voices calling for an end to violence from both sides, a return to negotiations for a just and lasting peace, and enforcement of international human rights and humanitarian law as outlined by the Geneva Conventions.
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Communities Stand with those Impacted by Hurricane Sandy in Haiti, Cuba, and the Northeast US

By: Grassroots International | November 13, 2012

Last week, a broad group of organizations involved in a Climate Justice Alignment process in the US released the statement below, in solidarity with communities impacted by Hurricane Sandy in the Caribbean and the US Northeast. Grassroots International is proud to be part of the Climate Justice Alignment, working with allies such as the Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, Movement Generation, and the Black Mesa Water Coalition to build up a campaign for a Just Transition. This critical effort aims to move us away from an economy based on extreme energy (such as oil, tar sands, gas, agrofuels, mega-dams, nuclear power, and other forms of death-dependent energy). At the same time
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Korean Women Peasant’s Association Awarded the Food Sovereignty Prize

By: Nikhil Aziz | October 15, 2012

Last Wednesday, October 10^th, in New York City, I had the privilege of witnessing the US Food Sovereignty Alliance award the fourth annual Food Sovereignty Prize to the Korean Women Peasant’s Association (KWPA).
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Five reasons organic food is good for you and the planet

By: Carol Schachet | October 15, 2012

A recent study by Stanford researchers raised controversy and debate about the comparative health benefits of organic versus conventionally grown food. Bottom line, according to researchers: organically and conventionally produced foodstuffs are comparable in their nutrient content.
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What Farm Bill Inaction Means for Farmers and Food Sovereignty

By: Grassroots International | September 24, 2012

The Farm Bill presented Congress with an opportunity to change some of the fundamental structures of our food system, by creating a farmer-owned reserve and establishing a price floor that reflects farmers’ true cost of production. It may not surprise many of us to know that Congress did not live up to this responsibility.
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Nicaragua Withdraws from US School of the Americas

By: Grassroots International | September 7, 2012

During a visit of a delegation of US and Central American activists to Nicaragua this week, the Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega announced that his country will not send any Army personnel to Fort Benning, Georgia to be trained in combat,...
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TIAA-CREF ousts Caterpillar from Social Choice, shrinks investment in Elbit

By: Jonathan Leaning | July 20, 2012

Things are not going well for Caterpillar or Elbit Systems’ stocks.
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Subsidy Buffet for Agribiz, Table Scraps for Good Food

By: Carol Schachet | May 3, 2012

The farm bill draft released by the Senate Agriculture Committee last week (April 20) falls far short of providing farm and food policies Americans want. In a national poll last year, 78 percent said making nutritious and healthy foods more affordable and accessible should be a top priority in the farm bill. They’re going to be sorely disappointed. If it passes, this agribusiness-as-usual proposal will largely perpetuate our broken food and agriculture system, leaving in its wake a long legacy of poor health and degraded soil, water and habitat, especially in the industrial agriculture heartland.
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Successful Steps toward Food Sovereignty

By: Jonathan Leaning | February 22, 2012

From all corners of the world, small farmers, indigenous peoples and human rights activists have been percolating solutions upward to advance their rights to land, water and food. With 2011 behind us, Grassroots International celebrates some of the victories and inroads that took place last year, all with funding from Grassroots International and our supporters. Below are just some of the highlights.
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Breaking Barriers to Human Rights: Occupy Wall Street not Palestine

By: Nikhil Aziz | December 9, 2011
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2011 Food Sovereignty Prize winners announced

By: Carol Schachet | October 13, 2011

The Community Food Security Coalition and the US Food Sovereignty Alliance will announce on World Food Day, October 16^th 2011 that the Landless Workers Movement of Brazil (MST) has been awarded the 2011 Food Sovereignty Prize. The MST is a Grassroots International partner and member of the Via Campesina.
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The Food Movement

By: Carol Schachet | October 6, 2011

The Nation Editor's Note: Frances Moore Lappé's essay below kicks off our forum on the food movement. Raj Patel, Vandana Shiva, Eric Schlosser, and Michael Pollan have contributed replies. [Links to those replies appear below.]
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Palestinians hold their leadership accountable in UN bid, long to be heard

By: Carol Schachet | September 7, 2011
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Free – but not for you and me: Winners and Losers in proposed Free Trade Agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama

By: Grassroots International | August 22, 2011

With the political extravaganza of the debt ceiling debate now in their rear view mirror, the U.S. Congress will soon vote on “free” trade agreements with Panama, Colombia and South Korea. Despite major concerns raised by legislators and advocacy groups in the US (and in those countries), the majority in the US Congress are expected to approve the three agreements as a means to strengthen a debilitated US economy.
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Development vs. Indigenous Rights a false dichotomy

By: Grassroots International | August 5, 2011

Amnesty International released a report on indigenous rights this week called “Sacrificing Rights in the Name of Development: Indigenous Peoples Under Threat in the Americas,” which exposes the impact of development projects throughout the continent. In its own words:
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Monsanto Nation

By: Carol Schachet | July 29, 2011

In the article below, Ronnie Cummins outlines the danges posed by Monsanto's takeover of global food systems, and the mounting resistance occuring across the world. Thousands of Davids -- including the Via Campesina, Millions Against Monsanto, Combat Monsanto and other coalitions -- are rising up to thwart this hulking Goliath.
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Taking on TIAA-CREF, with pain and outrage

By: Carol Schachet | July 25, 2011

July 20, 2011
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