Solidarity note
On the night of December 8th we’re informed of the brutal killing of two comrades. Around seven o’clock at night four men invaded the encamped at the municipality of Alhandra in the state of Paraíba and killed two activists of…
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Video documentary: Broken Lives, Stolen Futures.
A short documentary of the sad situation of the communities in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, affected by the gas exploration
Stop Standard Bank funding air pollution and making us sick!
We see it when the sun rises and sets; pink skies from toxic particles of pollution from burning coal. Everyday we have no choice but to breathe in polluted air which experts say is making us sick [1]. Private…
Coal is king at UN climate talks in Poland
Next week, countries will gather in Katowice, Poland, for the latest round of UN climate negotiations – the so-called COP24. Their plan is to try to agree on how to implement the 2015 Paris Agreement. However, the Polish government…
People’s Health Movement (PHM) tribute: Dr Amit Sengupta
It is with extreme sadness that we announce the passing away of our dear comrade Dr. Amit Sengupta, a beloved colleague, friend, mentor and activist. Amit passed away on 28 November 2018, in a swimming accident in Goa, India.…
Viva Amadiba Crisis Committee (ACC) Forward to the right to say no!
Transnational corporations are running rampant across the world, and particularly in Africa, to extract natural resources through mining, intensive agriculture, large-scale fishing, or the expansion of oil and gas operations. All of this in the name of progress,…
Phansi nge Corporate Power! We demand the Right to Say No!
Communique: Southern Africa Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power Johannesburg-November 23, 2018 Communities of Resistance! Sites of Hope and Peoples Sovereignty! Southern Africa Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power “Our first and most…
TOKYO DECLARATION: “WE REITERATE THE REJECTION OF PROSAVANA AND MATOPIBA AND DEFEND THE FOOD SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLES”
We, peasants’ movements and civil society organizations from Mozambique, Brazil and Japan, met in Tokyo, Japan, between the 20th and the 22nd of November 2018 for the 4th Triangular Peoples’ Conference against ProSAVANA. In the days leading up to the conference,…
UNITED NATIONS: Third Committee approves the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas
PRESS RELEASE | LA VIA CAMPESINA 19 November. Monday, [NEW YORK] The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) of the UN General Assembly voted in favour of the UN Declaration on the rights of peasants and…
Statement from ATTAC – Argentina: “We denounce the ideological persecution and the attempt to intimidate us”
TIME’S UP FOR CORPORATE PLUNDER OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES
Local communities from around the world, and particularly, the global south are saying enough is enough to the corporate plunder of our natural resources. Extractivism – the over-exploitation of natural resources through mining, intensive agriculture, large-scale fishing, logging…
European multipliers training on ISDS and corporate accountability
European multipliers training on ISDS and corporate accountability In early 2019, a large alliance of civil society organisations will start a European campaign to shift the position of the European Union on corporate rights and people’s rights. …