Puerto Rican Resistance Began Long Before Rosselló
In a recent article in Truthout, Yulissa Arce Mendez looks at the recent uprising against Rosselló: a fast-moving fire against long-simmering austerity and colonial violence.
In the News
Reposted articles and publications by or about Grassroots International partners, grantees, allies or key areas of work.
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Contemporary Challenges for the Working Class & Peasantry in Brazil
João Pedro Stedile outlines the issues leading up to the Brazilian coup, life under Bolsonaro's rule, and a vision for a new agrarian program in Brazil.
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We are in the Movements, But Lack Visibility
Sandra Morán, a member of the World March of Women, comments on the elections in Guatemala and the current challenges of feminism.
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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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Feminism in Authoritarian Times in the Voice of Five International Activists
This article from Carta Capital reports on the international feminist seminar that took place in June 2019, organized by the World March of Women, which comes out of our collaboration’s work to build feminist strategy and popular education.
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With Peoples’ Protests Mounting, Why Are Philanthropists Lagging Behind on Climate Change?
Investment in a multiplicity of community-led climate solutions would mean durable and scalable progress on feeding the planet, stopping the fossil fuel industry and deforestation, and advancing public health.
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Attorney General Reaffirms Rights of Those Affected by Brumadinho Dam Collapse
The Movement Affected by Dams (MAB) gained a new ally in the Attorney General in the struggle for justice for the families affected by the Brumadinho dam collapse disaster.
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Family Farming Could Feed Haiti and Protect It From Climate Change
Jean-Rusnel Etienne, agricultural engineer consultant and teacher-researcher, discusses what agroecology is and why it’s important for Haiti.
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Report Exposes Mining Companies Suing When Communities Defend Environment
Our allies in MiningWatch Canada released a new report on how corporations are suing communities in Latin America for defending their land and environment against extraction.
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Green Intermediaries: The Pooled Funds Connecting Donors to the Frontlines of Climate Change
Climate change is a notoriously underfunded issue. One bright spot—or series of bright spots—has been the rise of intermediaries, organizations that help foundations and donors move money into underfunded corners of the climate movement.
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Sector de Mujeres Office Raided on International Women’s Day
The fact that it was International Women's Day when someone chose to break into the offices of Sector de Mujeres is not lost on anyone who is paying attention. The women consider the office break-in to be an intimidation attempt.
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Embracing Grassroots Feminism
Around the world, these women are taking the patriarchy to task, while healing the environment – all the time building the movement for grassroots feminism. Today, International Women’s Day, is a time for protest, organizing, and celebration.
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Haiti’s Unfinished Revolution is Still in Effect
An analysis of the current crisis in Haiti written by our very own supporter in the struggle, Gina Athena Ulysse.
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The Quiet Coup that Could Devastate Human Rights in Guatemala
For years Guatemala has been a source of inspiration to the international human rights community – an example of how dedicated human rights activists can build justice even upon the ruins of war and mass atrocities. The past ten years have seen a former dictator found guilty of genocide; high-ranking military officials sentenced to lengthy prison terms for their roles in mass atrocities; and indigenous women winning cases against members of the military who sexually enslaved them and robbed them of their land.
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Letter to the People of Brazil
We received the following letter from our partner the Landless Workers Movement (MST) as they reflect on their 35-year history and their commitment to continuing the struggle for justice in Brazil.
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Climate Action Rooted in People, Soil and Mother Earth: Climate Justice
Rather than offering a “solution” to climate change, big hydro-electric dams are false solutions that endanger the planet with the methane emitted and threaten to destroy local ecosystems and cultures, like the Munduruku in Brazil. Thankfully the Munduruku linked up with the Movement of People Affected by Dams (MAB) to resist.
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In Support of Democracy, Human Rights and the Environment in Brazil
Grassroots International signed onto the following statement, joining 45 other environmental, human rights, labor and civil society organizations. We stand in solidarity with our partners, and all people and grassroots movements, facing down threats.
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MAB Appointed Chair of the National Human Rights Council
On Human Rights Day, Grassroots's partner the Movement of People Affected by Dams (MAB) became a full member of Brazil’s National Human Rights Council (CNDH). In the following article, MAB discusses why being on the CNDH matters today.