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General Strike in Brazil: Social Movements Lead the Way Toward Constitutional Rights

By: Saulo Araujo | Julho 11, 2013

Millions of Brazilians are marching today (July 11) in another demonstration of the vitality of national social movements. The demonstrations taking place in different major cities across the country follow last month’s historic marches.
Building on the political momentum created by the massive mostly youth-led demonstrations, today’s show of force will include both organized labor and social movements, marching side-by-side to demand political reform and expanded constitutional rights.
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Why Movements Matter

By: Carol Schachet | Junho 25, 2013

Earlier this month, hundreds of small farmers from dozens of countries gathered in Jakarta, Indonesia for the 6^th International Congress of the Via Campesina.
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Haitian-led Response to Earthquake Featured in Fault Lines

By: Mina Remy | Junho 18, 2013

The catastrophic earthquake that shook Haiti in 2010 revealed two parallel stories, although only one has made it into the mainstream. The story most people are familiar with is how the international community swept into Haiti, some with the best of intentions, to deliver disaster aid amid a flurry of chaos. As those who followed that story know, the promise to “build back better” has led to disappointment, bewilderment, and handwringing as the nation still bears the scars of the earthquake, and millions in aid has yet to reach its shores.
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The Mystique of Las Misticas

By: Nikhil Aziz | Junho 17, 2013

Ingredients: 183 member organizations. 88 countries. 5 continents. 500 representatives of 200-plus million women and men. Numerous allies from movements of women, indigenous peoples, fishers, pastoralists, environmental/climate justice activists and more. One global peasant movement. All with fearless commitment to social, economic and gender justice.
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Via Campesina Youth View Staying on the Land as Resistance

By: Nikhil Aziz | Junho 12, 2013

Our Palestinian partners frequently tell us: “To stay – and, frankly, to exist – is to resist.” I heard this same message during the 3^rd International Youth Assembly of La Via Campesina (LVC). In a world where the ability to live a dignified life as a small farmer is increasingly challenging whether in Iowa or Indonesia the act of staying, and in some cases “going back” to the land is an act of resistance and courage.
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Report from the Women’s Assembly of the Via Campesina

By: Nikhil Aziz | Junho 10, 2013

This June, I traveled to Jakarta, Indonesia for the Via Campesina’s – a Grassroots partner – 6^th International Congress. The Via’s International Women’s Commission kicked off the Congress by organizing the 4^th International Women’s Assembly for two days from June 6-7.
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Global March Against Monsanto

By: Shannon Duncan Bodwell | Junho 3, 2013

On May 25 activists, farmers and consumers in 52 countries and 436 cities around the world united to March Against Monsanto. The grassroots Facebook campaign was started by Tami Monroe Canal who wanted to protect her two daughters. “I feel Monsanto threatens their generation’s health, fertility and longevity,” said Tami.
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Debunking the Myths of GMOs, GRAIN Report

By: Saulo Araujo | Maio 22, 2013

The stories of industrial agriculture as the only solution to end hunger re-emerge here and then, like weeds. At least, as biological indicators of soil quality and fertility, weeds are telling us the truth. The myth that we need to have petroleum-based agriculture and monocrops to feed the world is a lie that agribusinesses like Monsanto want to feed us.
But, as stewards of the Earth, we will need to continue uprooting those myths. GRAIN has published another great report (GMOs: Fooling – er “feeding”- the world for 20 years) that debunks the myths of GMOs and industrial agriculture.
It is a great educational material. Kudos to our colleagues at GRAIN.
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Report Exposes the History and Reach of Monsanto

By: Jonathan Leaning | Maio 20, 2013

In the news lately for asserting its [extended] patent rights and squelching attempts to label genetically modified foods, the mention of the word ‘Monsanto’ likely conjures up images of family farmers being sued, Agent Orange, the notorious rBGH growth hormone for cows, the suspected carcinogen saccharin, and many other notorious legacies. Now Grassroots International’s ally Food and Water Watch has produced a fascinating and comprehensive report that traces the corporation’s history and close links to legislators, academic researchers, and government regulators.
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The Fight Against Monsanto Continues

By: Shannon Duncan Bodwell | Maio 16, 2013

On May 13, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of agro-chemical giant Monsanto and against small farmers on a seed patent case. This is just another example of the attacks faced by small farmers around the world. Our global partners have been fighting against international corporations like Monsanto for years—in Haiti, Mexico, and right here in the United States.
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After a Two-decade Occupation, MST Families Win Land Rights

By: Saulo Araujo | Maio 13, 2013

Although Grassroots International does not support the Landless Workers Movement (MST) in Bahia state, through our support to the MST at the national level and also our partner Rede Social (the Network for Social Justice & Human Rights) we are able to have an impact on thousands of landless families in Brazil. Those families and the nearly 300 in Bahia who, after 20 years, recently won their rights to land and a dignified livelihood, needed political support at the national level, lawyers to oversee their cases and defend them, training to document cases of violence and threats against their struggle, support for the movement as a whole. Resources they would not have had without Grassroots. This is solidarity not charity.
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Black Mesa Water Coalition resists coal, forges vision for climate justice

By: Sara Mersha | Abril 23, 2013

On this Earth Day, I’m inspired to share a story of the Black Mesa Water Coalition (BMWC). One of Grassroots International’s US allies, BMWC organizes in indigenous communities, going up against powerful corporate interests in the fossil fuel industry, and engaging in movement building toward a vision for a transition to an economically and ecologically just society.
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Presente! International Day of Peasants’ Struggle

By: Nikhil Aziz | Abril 17, 2013

On this International Day of Peasants’ Struggle, we recognize the courage, tenacity and absolute necessity of grassroots struggles across the world for rights to land, life and dignity.
And we recognize that all-too-often peasants continue to face threats, repression and even death. In fact, that is why this day was first commemorated, following the murder of 19 peasant land rights activists in Brazil in 1996.
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Haiti needs solidarity, not soldiers: First-hand account from a Brazilian peasant leader

By: Saulo Araujo | Abril 2, 2013

João Pedro Stedile visited Haiti last month during the 40th anniversary of Haiti’s Peasant Movement of Papaye (MPP). He is a member of the National Coordination of the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement (MST) and the Via Campesina International (both Grassroots’...
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Commemorating Palestinian Land Day

By: Sara Mersha | Março 30, 2013

For 37 years, March 30 has been celebrated as Palestinian Land Day, a day of action for land rights. On this date in 1976, Palestinians inside Israel mobilized to protest Israel’s plans to take 2,000 hectares of land from Palestinian communities in Galilee. Six Palestinian citizens of Israel were killed by Israeli forces, and hundreds more were injured and arrested. Though the repression was severe, people around world celebrate this date as an important moment in history, bringing Palestinians together in a common struggle for their rights to land wherever they live.
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The True Costs of Industrialized Food

By: Jonathan Leaning | Março 27, 2013

The real costs of the industrial food system on people’s lives and the planet are as extensive as they are hidden. The article below by long-time Grassroots International friends, Beverley Bell and Tory Field of Other Worlds, offers a thought-provoking summary of those costs—all of which challenge small farmers in the Global South on a daily basis.
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The True Costs of Industrialized Food
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Supporting Women’s Rights and Power

By: Jonathan Leaning | Março 26, 2013

“There are thousands upon thousands who weren’t as lucky as I was—I survived hunger....I probably would not have survived had it not been for the support and solidarity of groups like Grassroots International.” Janaina Stronzake, an internationally known woman leader in the Brazilian land rights movement
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Celebrating World Water Day

By: Grassroots International | Março 22, 2013

Grassroots International celebrates World Water Day and the efforts of small farmers, indigenous peoples and water rights activists worldwide.
In light of global water grabs, this year’s theme is quite ironic: water cooperation. Water is essential to life yet we are seeing communities being stripped of their water rights every day. From Brazil to Palestine to India to the US, water resources are being privatized and sold off to the highest bidder while communities are left thirsty and unable to maintain their crops. And governments, fueled by greed (or desperation), are failing to protect these vital resources.
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Peasant Families Nourishing the Next Generation, One School at a Time

By: Saulo Araujo | Março 20, 2013

Peasant farmers from Brazil’s central plateau delivered more than three tons of fresh vegetables and homemade cakes, cookies and cheese to local schools last week. This was the first delivery as part of the National Program of School Meals (PNAE) and marks a significant step toward food sovereignty in a region threatened by the expansion of agro-fuels plantations and GMO seeds.
Spearheaded by Grassroots International partner, the Popular Peasant Movement (MCP), 40 families delivered the locally grown, organic food to local schools in Goiás state. And MCP families are already working in the next batch.
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Mayan and Garifuna Indigenous in Belize Demand Respect for Their Ancestral Land

By: Saulo Araujo | Março 19, 2013

Roughly the size of New Jersey, Belize is one of the smallest countries in Central America. The country is also in the epicenter of the Mayan territory. More than half of Belize’s population of 300,000 are Mayan indigenous and Afro-descendants, known as Garifunas.
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