Quilombolas attacked under cover of coronavirus
Quilombolas in Alcântara are under threat. As the world tackles COVID-19, the Brazilian and U.S. governments are using the crisis as cover to steal Afro-Indigenous land for a military base.
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VICTORY! Justice Suspends Eviction Order of Paulo Freire Training Center
Judge Manoel Erhardt suspended the eviction order for the Paulo Freire Training Center in the Normandia Landless Workers Movement settlement.
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Pesticides, GMOs and Fires vs. Agroecology
Brazil agribusinesses' use of pesticides, genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) and Amazon fires are driving climate change. Agroecology is the alternative.
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Amazon Fires are a Crime Against Humanity
The following statement comes from our partner, Via Campesina, speaking out against the deliberate fires set in the Amazon rain forest.
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Court Suspends Eviction of Landless Workers Movement Encampment
The Court of Justice of São Paulo (TJSP) suspended for 90 days the order of repossession of the area including the Marielle Vive! encampment organized by Grassroots International's Brazilian partner the Landless Workers Movement (MST).
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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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Growing Sustainable Food Systems
Grassroots International supports agroecology (farming methods rooted in traditional food growing knowledge) to counter the global dominance and damage of plantation-style agriculture.
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PHOTOBLOG: Joy and Hope amid Struggle in Brazil
Piper Carter, a member of Grassroots Global Justice Alliance and photographer, joined our delegation to Brazil. Her photoblog shows off our partners' joy, hope, and strength amid dark times.
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The “Joyous, Sometimes Labored Breathing” of an Alternative in Rural Brazil
Tarso Ramos, a member of our recent Brazil delegation, reports back from witnessing the ongoing resilience and resistance of social movements amid dark times.
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Say Their Names: Sajed Mizher, Presente
With a broken heart but whole spirit, I remember the names of some of our friends, colleagues, allies and partners who have left us all too soon. They join the host of ancestors urging me onward, because the journey toward justice is not yet finished.
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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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2018 in Review: Growth of Resistance, Impact
A look at the successes Grassroots International and our partners have had in 2018 — including a dramatic increase in our solidarity and impact.
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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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Statement in Solidarity with the MST
Grassroots International joins our partners in Brazil and people of conscience worldwide in condemning the brutal murders of two leaders of the Landless Workers Movement (MST) in the Dom José Maria Pires agrarian reform encampment, in Alhandra County, Paraiba, Brazil.
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Building International Solidarity
The international training courses created as part of the Global Peasant Solidarity Movement Building Initiative provide the foundation for the intellectual, technical, and cultural exchange that takes place during these brigades.
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A Hunger Strike for Judicial Justice
Movement leaders in Brazil, including Grassroots International partner the Landless Workers Movement, are conducting a hunger strike to defend democracy. Volunteer Leonie Rauls writes about the struggle to release former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from prison so he can stand in the upcoming national elections.
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Sharpening Communication: Harnessing the Media to Build Solidarity
Grassroots International and the Landless Workers Movement in Brazil are supporting new projects to develop independent news sources that tell the workers’ and peasants’ side of the story.
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VIDEO: Landless Workers Movement in Solidarity with Immigrants
Flavio Barbosa, who organizes with Grassroots International partner the Landless Workers Movement (MST) in Ceará, Brazil, stopped by our offices in Boston last week. He shared a solidarity message from the MST to immigrants and refugees facing persecution in the United States and at the border. As he states in the video, "People should be free to live and choose a place where they can be well with their family."