VIDEO: Berta Cáceres Act Needs to Be Passed
Video about why the US Congress must pass the Berta Cáceres Human Rights in Honduras Act (H.R. 1299)
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The Bank Trap: A Statement from COPINH on the Agua Zarca Dam Investors
Below is a statement from COPINH, the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras, our grantee and ally, concerning the alleged exit of hydroelectric investors in Honduras.
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Women Farmers in West Africa Challenge Agribusiness, Promote Community Control
Grassroots International is proud to work with WAS to expose the dangers of the "green revolution" and promote agroecology as a more ecologically and socially sound approach for West African farmers.
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Black Communities in the US Reclaiming Land and Organizing for Ecological Justice
We celebrate the many Black communities across the country who organize on this date and every day of the year towards a vision of racial and ecological justice. A few such examples include Alternatives for Community and Environment, Cooperation Jackson, the Black Land and Liberation Initiative, and the Movement for Black Lives.
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Leaving Paris for all the Wrong Reasons
The announcement by Donald Trump that that United States intends to ignore the non-binding Paris Climate Agreement, with the intention to renegotiate it to foist his America First policy on the rest of the world, should come as no surprise to anyone. What is surprising is who opposed the US withdrawal: Big business.
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Exit Still Pending Despite Investors’ Claim of Pulling Funding for Honduras Dam
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 According to COPINH, however, investors have not yet withdrawn their funding for the dam.
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Brazil: Power in the Streets, Targeted Violence in the Countryside
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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Climate Justice Forum & Reception Bring Together Grassroots Groups, Leaders and Supporters at the Boston Public Library
On May 10, hundreds of community members, climate justice supporters, and grassroots organizations gathered with Grassroots International and the Boston Public Library to share stories and hear words of wisdom from international Climate Justice leaders.
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Workers Affected by Dams Take the Streets in Defense of Retirement and Worker’s Rights
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
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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From the US to Brazil and Beyond: The Rise of the Right and the Role of Social Movements
Maria Luisa Mendonça and Tarso Luís Ramos will lead us in a conversation about the alarming and global rise of right-wing, racialized populist movements – from the parliamentary coup in Brazil to the election of Donald Trump. Wednesday, April 5...
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People, Policy, and Power: Envisioning a New Honduras
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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Climate Justice Reception Speaker Bios
Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist, a syndicated columnist and the author of the international bestsellers This Changes Everything (2014), The Shock Doctrine: the Rise of Disaster Capitalism (2007). Since This Changes Everything was published, Klein’s primary focus has been on putting the book’s ideas...
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Grassroots Responses to Climate Change
Grassroots International and the Boston Public Library offered a free community event on Wednesday, May 10, featuring local and global leaders in climate justice movements. Read more about climate justice and the work of Grassroots International and our partners around...
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From Crisis Response to Building Resiliency in Haiti
Because of our deep roots in Haiti, and with the generosity of our supporters, Grassroots International immediately raised emergency funds to support our partners recovery efforts in the most devastated areas in Southern Haiti, and also farther out in Northern Haiti where sustained winds and rain led to severe flooding and destruction of homes and farms. In doing so, Grassroots International respected the call for a Haitian-led recovery effort articulated by Haitian social movements and the Government of Haiti to avoid mistakes made by relief agencies after the 2010 earthquake.
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Climate Change and Economic Challenges in Palestine
Food sovereignty is the major challenge in Palestine. The movement and export restrictions, the long waits while tomatoes and strawberries sour in the hot sun, is 70% better in the West Bank [than in Gaza].
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When the Rains Fall in (West) Africa
The following pictures were taken in July 2016 in the Guinée forestière region of Guinea in and and around Kankan and Kissidougou. They show what the area is like during the rainy season - healthy, vibrant greenery for miles, and when there’s nothing but green fields on both sides of the road for miles on end.