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Imprisoned: Inside the Politics of Control and Resistance

By: Salena Tramel | January 24, 2018

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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Shared Injustice, Shared Struggle on International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

By: Claire Gilbert | November 28, 2017

November 29th is the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people. These days, the global Palestinian solidarity movement has deepened and grown with powerful expressions of joint struggle with other movements around the world.
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Honduran Leaders Miriam Miranda and Berta Zúñiga Cáceres Speak Out

By: Carol Schachet | November 27, 2017

Earlier this year, two powerful women shared their stories of struggle, community and resistance to violence, repression and injustice. The video below features their conversation with Grassroots International’s Solidarity Program Officer for Latin America, Jovanna Garcia Soto, during a standing room only event at NYU in July 2017.
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On ‘Food Sovereignty Day’ La Via Campesina Launches Publication on Food System

By: La Via Campesina | October 16, 2017

La Via Campesina officially launches its new publication “Struggles of La Vía Campesina for Agrarian Reform and the Defense of life, Land and Territories” that argues for a massive change in the current agro-food system.
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Honduran Activists Speak at New York City Event

By: Hilda Vega | July 31, 2017

For Miranda and Zúñiga, we can reconnect and advance the legitimacy of human rights by identifying the ‘monster’ created by the collaboration of power-holders such as the military, corporations, governments, and organized crime entities (especially those involved in perpetuating the drug war). They said we must call these threats by name, and work together across issues, movements, and spaces.
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VIIth International Conference, La Via Campesina: Euskal Herria Declaration

By: La Via Campesina | July 25, 2017

The Euskal Herria Declaration, created by delegates of La Via Campesina at the VIIth International Conference, outlines three points of organizing of the global peasant movement.
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Peasants From Over 70 Countries Meet to Build Food Sovereignty

By: La Via Campesina | July 24, 2017

Over 450 peasant movement representatives from all over the world will gather at the VIIth International Conference of La Via Campesina to continue the struggle against capitalism and to propose concrete ways to build an alternative world based on dignity and Food Sovereignty.
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An Evening with Honduran Leaders Miriam Miranda & Bertha Zúniga Cáceres

We invite you to join us for an evening with internationally renowned Honduran Indigenous rights leaders Miriam Miranda and Bertha Zúniga Cáceres on Wednesday, July 12 at 6:30 PM at New York University. Please RSVP today. Join Miriam Miranda and Bertha Zúniga...
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VIDEO: Berta Cáceres Act Needs to Be Passed

By: Shannon Duncan Bodwell | June 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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Exit Still Pending Despite Investors’ Claim of Pulling Funding for Honduras Dam

By: Christy Pardew and Carol Schachet | June 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 | June 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 | May 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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Workers Affected by Dams Take the Streets in Defense of Retirement and Worker’s Rights

By: MAB Nacional | May 1, 2017

In addition to the general strike on April 28, 2017, hundreds of workers took the streets early in the morning to protest against Michel Temer's illegitimate government measures. Main viaducts, avenues and highways of the whole country were blocked up at dawn.
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Stepping Up Support for Climate Justice

By: Grassroots Staff | April 18, 2017

Through the Climate Justice Initiative campaign (CJI), Grassroots International is raising money to invest in community-led programs that boost climate resilience and provide critical support to movements that are leading the charge for climate justice.
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Insights Spring 2017: Stepping Up Support for Climate Justice, Initial Grants, Seeds of Hope

Through the Climate Justice Initiative campaign (CJI), Grassroots International is raising money to invest in community-led programs that boost climate resilience and provide critical support to movements that are leading the charge for climate justice. Learn more about what the CJI supports!
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People, Policy, and Power: Envisioning a New Honduras

By: Salena Tramel | March 27, 2017

Grassroots International recent ten-member delegation to Honduras included activists that were already at the forefront of awareness-building and funding around policy advocacy campaigns at the U.S. and international levels through their own political organizations. This composition of activists is key to following through on the delegation's commitment to its Honduran allies: getting the work done at the policy level requires a double-edged sword of root cause analysis and donors willing to speak that truth to power.
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Agroecology and Why We Should Care About It

By: Jena Doyle | March 22, 2017

We are learning from our partners that there's another way to produce food that can heal and restore communities and the planet – agroecology.
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Supporting Honduran Movements in the Struggle for Resource Rights

By: Eric Niermeyer | February 13, 2017

Following the brazen murder of activist Berta Cáceres, Grassroots International created an emergency fund and was able to raise over $50,000 for activist movements in Honduras.
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Results to Celebrate in 2016

By: Jonathan Leaning | December 28, 2016

With the generous support of our donors, Grassroots International feels honored to have bolstered hands-on solutions to some of the most critical challenges we face: hunger, violations of human rights, climate change and economic disparity. At this moment, we take a moment to applaud some of the exceptional achievements from the past year.
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An Open Letter of Solidarity Among Indigenous Peoples

By: Espacio Estatal en Defensa del Maiz Nativo de Oaxaca | November 30, 2016

Some of our partners and allies from Oaxaca, Mexico have written a letter of solidarity addressing the struggles happening here in the United States in the Sioux Nation's territories at Standing Rock, ND. Below is the full letter. The original version of this piece appeared in Espacio Estatal en Defensa del Maíz Nativo de Oaxaca.
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