Tension mounts as Brazilian Indians retake land (tags)
A community of Guarani Indians in Brazil has retaken part of its ancestral land in an act of desperation, having lived by the side of a highway for a year and a half.
Atenco PRESENTE!! en California (tags)
Leonel Rivero, abogado y defendor de presos politicos de Atenco en una gira al California. 10 de deciembre---PROTESTA INTERNACIONAL POR LA LIBERTAD DE LOS PRESOS DE ATENCO.
South Central Farm Shows Alternative to Industrial Ag's Monocultura (tags)
The farming methods using crop diversity were evidenced at south central farm prior to the destruction by the L.A. Sheriff's bulldozers. SC farm's 'milpa' method is our escape from dependency on increasingly toxic petrochemicals used by industrial agribusiness monoculture plantations.
South Central Farm: Encampment Reunion 2007 (tags)
LOS ANGELES, June 13, 2007 – One year to the day after the forced evictions of the South Central Farmers from their land by a small army of Sheriffs and LAPD the farmers held a reunion in the streets outside the now barren land.
Support Indigenous Rights: Sign the Free Grassy Narrows Petition (tags)
In Ontario, Canada, an indigenous community called the Grassy Narrows First Nation are being subjected to human rights abuses. Logging companies, Weyerhaeuser and Abitibi are clear-cut logging their land without the community’s consent. This exploitation is poisoning their waters with toxins, robbing the community of economic opportunities, and destroying their way of life. Sign the petition - www.FreeGrassy.org
Building Bridges Radio -NAFTA at 10 (tags)
Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report presents this 27 minute radio program. TO LISTEN CLICK ON WEB LINK
The Real Cancun Part II: Voices of the Campesinos (tags)
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IDF Prevents Farmers from Accessing Crops Beyond the Apartheid Wall (tags)
Despite Promises:IDF Prevents Farmers from Accessing Crops Beyond the Apartheid Wall:For more information on the Wall of Apartheid see http://www.palsolidarity.org/index.php?page=wall/wall.htm
Houses demolished in Tijuana (tags)
On Wednesday, August 7th, the city of Tijuana bulldozed the houses of the community of "Cerro Maravilla, Puerto al Futuro" (Magnificent Hill, Door to the Future). I have been with them 24/7, both at city hall and on their land, and seen first-hand the destruction wrought by the demolition. Below is an account of the past week's events, as well as a few still photos I grabbed from the video I shot.
Houses Demolished in Tijuana's Cerro Maravilla Community (tags)
The city government of Tijuana has demolished the 250 houses that make up the working class community of Cerro Maravilla, Puerto al Futuro (Magnificent Hill, Door to the Future).
Call for Humanitarian Aid for Tijuana's Cerro Maravilla Community (tags)
A call for humanitarian aid for a community in Tijuana that has had its homes bulldozed by the city government.