After five long years, social movements in Honduras are finally getting closer to bringing some justice to the assassination of beloved movement leader Berta Cáceres. Today, David Castillo sits on trial as a key perpetrator of her murder. But the corruption goes much deeper than Castillo. So movements have encamped outside the Supreme Court.
Even as their own lives have been turned upside down, our partners on the ground have been working tirelessly on emergency response while building toward longer-term change. They assert that now is not the time to return to "normal" in Palestine because normal before the most recent attacks meant ongoing human rights violations, apartheid and settler colonialism. Now is the time to achieve a just peace and Palestinian self-determination.
Now that a ceasefire has thankfully been called, Palestine will once again begin to fade from the headlines, and, unless we are vigilant, it will begin to fade from the collective consciousness until the next round of heightened attacks come. If we’re to break this cycle, Palestinians will need our sustained solidarity.
Memories of every previous trauma are impossible to forget because all of us in Gaza always live lacking a sense of safety. The Israeli drones have never left the sky over us between 2014 and 2021.
In the following article from the Palestine Chronicle, Jamal Juma from our partner Stop the Wall calls for solidarity at a critical moment for Palestine.
How long will the world just sit idly by while we here in Gaza suffer like this? The people of Gaza need more than just statements and resolutions, while Israel receives the arms which are killing and terrorizing us.
Over the past days, we've been in direct contact with our partners on the ground in Palestine. They have conveyed devastation, trauma, steadfastness and hope in solidarity.
On this Earth Day, we recognize the links between human rights and the rights of Mother Earth and we stand with those defending land, water, forests and all forms of territory. The following interview was conducted by Real World Radio...
In commemoration of International Day of Peasant Struggle, we share this piece by Fernanda Alcântara published by the Landless Workers Movement (MST) of Brazil. Eldorado do Carajás, 25 Years of Impunity: Interview with Ayala Ferreira The 17th of April 1996...
On this April 17th, International Day of Peasant Struggle, Grassroots International joins La Vía Campesina and other movement partners and allies across the globe in commemorating two interlinked anniversaries of great importance to our movements. First, it has been 25...
The horrifying violence we witnessed against Asian women in Atlanta has its roots in empire, land and labor. Solidarity voices have risen loudly and broadly in the wake of the murders, calling for an end to systems and structures responsible.
Longtime activist and Grassroots supporter Nancy Murray believes we should be hopeful for Palestine. More people want to take a stand for justice.
After more than two years of struggle, Puerto Rican feminists have won an important victory. Finally, gender-based violence will be treated as the emergency it is.
In recent months, mass protests of Indigenous Peoples, youth, peasants and workers in Guatemala have shaken politicians and the undemocratic system they manage. Our partners the Peasant Unity Committee (CUC) and Sector de Mujeres have been at the forefront of the struggle through Asamblea Social y Popular.
In the recent statement below, Haitian small farmer and human rights organizations — including Grassroots International partners — denounce the ongoing violent land grabs in north and northeastern Haiti.
In her powerful and timely article featured in this year’s Right to Food and Nutrition Watch, Grassroots International’s Salena Tramel explores diverse social movements' responses to crisis.
A groundbreaking report from our allies lays out an urgently-needed agenda for US foreign policy based on principles of collective care, reparations, and accountability.
Justice delayed and deferred is still justice” – colonel involved in 1989 murders of Jesuit peace activists in El Salvador convicted
As the Bolsonaro government lets COVID-19 rip through Brazil, it is cracking down on the Landless Workers Movement (MST). But the MST is resisting.
