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revolucionalimentaria has written 436 posts for Revolución Alimentaria

Bolivia’s vice-president on the challenge of a new left for the 21st century

  by Álvaro García Linera The following is a speech given in Athens by Bolivia’s vice-president on June 20, 2015, at the Eighth Resistance Festival. Edited for publication, the text appears in the current issue (No. 15) of La Migraña, a magazine published by the Bolivian government. In a previous article I summarized García Linera’s … Continue reading

The specter of geoengineering haunts the Paris climate agreement

To avoid challenging the fossil fuel profiteers, the Paris negotiators bet on untested and dangerous geoengineering technologies. Belgian ecosocialist Daniel Tanuro is the author of Green Capitalism: Why It Can’t Work (Merlin Press, 2013). This article, which will also be published in French in Inprecor, has been translated for Climate and Capitalism by Ian Angus. … Continue reading

Venezuela Passes Law Banning GMOs, by Popular Demand

by WILLIAM CAMACARO – FREDERICK B. MILLS – CHRISTINA M. SCHIAVONI The National Assembly of Venezuela, in its final session before a neoliberal dominated opposition takes the helm of legislative power on January 5, passed one of the most progressive seed laws in the world on December 23, 2015; it was promptly signed into law … Continue reading

Call for Solidarity Delegation to Caracas (January 3 – 10, 2015)

The Bolivarian Circle of New York “Alberto Lovera,” invites historians, artists, videographers, writers, political analysts, and other activists who sympathize with the Bolivarian revolution, to join the January delegation to Caracas. The purpose of this delegation is to document the political resistance of the popular sectors to a neoliberal restoration in Venezuela in the aftermath … Continue reading

Spring Break Delegation to Bolivia, Food Sovereignty, and Indigenous Resistance!

 Philosophy of Pachamama, and Traditional Ecological Knowledge. The Plurinational State of Bolivia is the first country in the hemisphere governed by a progressive indigenous leader. Learn about indigenous struggles for sovereignty over food, land, and water.  Gain an understanding of the spiritual and philosophical foundations of Pachamama. And discover the traditional ecological knowledge of the country’s … Continue reading

Caracas Farmers’ Market Showcases Grassroots Responses to Economic War

By LUCAS KOERNER Caracas, November 12th, 2015. (venezuelanalysis.com)- Hundreds gathered in Los Caobos park in downtown Caracas on Saturday morning for an ecological farmers’ market organized by grassroots organizations and cooperatives. Founded by half a dozen agro-ecological collectives last autumn, the market is held the first Saturday of every month and features organic, locally-grown fruits … Continue reading

Bolivia: People’s Climate Summit demands social change to save life

“For now, we are discussing a problem left to us by capitalism – climate change.” This was the conclusion of Bolivian President Evo Morales in his closing remarks to the October 10-12 World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Defence of Life in Cochabamba. More than 5000 people from more than 40 countries took … Continue reading

Rural Social Movement Reports Political Assassination in Venezuela

By VENEZUELANALYSIS.COM Caracas, October 2015 (venezuelanalysis.com) – One of Venezuela’s main rural social movements, the Revolutionary Bolivar and Zamora Tide (CRBZ), has publicly denounced what it describes as the politically motivated murder of one of its activists, Luis Hernando Lázaro Chávez, last Tuesday, October 6th. A press release issued by the collective states that communal … Continue reading

Call to action – “World People’s Conference on Climate Change and Defence of Life”, Tiquipaya, Bolivia

CONVINCED that as children of Mother Earth, our mission is the responsibility with Life according to what our parents and grandparents taught us.   FEELING that the codes, understanding, knowledge and arts of the ancient peoples from the world were ignored by Western civilization and that now the world needs to rescue all the ancient … Continue reading

Venezuela Takes Control Of Its Border: Bogotá And Caracas Bring Their Cases To UNASUR

By COHA By Frederick B. Mills and William Camacaro* On July 13, 2015, President Nicolas Maduro launched an ambitious campaign to fight organized crime (the Operation to Liberate and Protect the People–OLP) in the most seriously impacted states of the country. Over the past week, as a critical phase of this campaign, Venezuela has moved … Continue reading

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