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Reflections from the Social Pre-COP Written by Maruška Mileta from Young Friends of the Earth Europe; contributions by the Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice. A four day gathering of civil society and social movements (Social Pre-COP) on Margarita Island in Venezuela concluded on November 7th, after having given communities affected by climate change a … Continue reading
Porlamar, November 6th, 2014 (Venezuelanalysis.com) – Over 80 social movement organizations from around the world have converged on Margarita Island, Venezuela to discuss and debate climate change policy. The unique meeting, hosted by the Venezuelan government, brings together government ministers from 47 countries with 20 delegates from global civil society to negotiate a policy platform … Continue reading
by Cory Fischer-Hoffman The battle against Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) is central in the ongoing fight between transnational corporations and the health and sovereignty of the people of Venezuela. Despite Hugo Chavez’s ad hoc ban on transgenic crops in 2004, large multinational corporations, like Monsanto, are trying to use the current economic climate to negotiate for the … Continue reading
Source: Telesur President Nicolas Maduro announced this weekend several measures to challenge “food mafias” and to secure the nation’s food sovereignty. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced the creation of a special office to oversee the production and distribution of food in the country on Saturday during a meeting with the Vice President of Security and … Continue reading
Mass actions planned at UN meeting: Join the ecosocialist contingent and help build a broad coalition to fight climate change and environmental degradation. by Michael Glasser Michael Gasser is an activist in the Bay Area chapter of System Change Not Climate Change (SCNCC) and a member of Solidarity. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has called a … Continue reading
by Z.C. Dutka Santa Elena de Uairen, August 21st 2014 (venezuelanalysis.com)- “What we’ve discovered is much worse than we imagined,” said Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro yesterday while outlining the latest results of new measures taken to prevent smuggling. Since the National Commission to Fight Contraband was launched on August 12th, approximately 75 people have been … Continue reading
by Federico Fuentes Telesur, August 9, 2014 Some left critics of progressive governments in South America point to differences between ‘pro-extractivists’ and ‘anti-extractivists.’ Federico Fuentes says that framework hinders real understanding of the issues. A central challenge facing progressive governments and social movements in South America today is breaking the region’s dependency on raw material … Continue reading
Translation by Revolucion Alimentaria Silvia Jaramillo, Alternate Council Member of the City of Pedro Maria Freites: We are reporting on the fifth Constituent Power Debate on an agroecological seed law. These meetings take place on the 13, 14, and 15th of June 2014 in the community of Campo Mata in the state of Anzoategui. … Continue reading
New study finds human-made climate change and habitat loss largely responsible for likely die-off of terrestrial species Source: www.commondreams.org by Sarah Lazare The planet appears to be at the early stages of its sixth mass extinction, and humans are responsible, a new study finds. Published last week in the journal Science, the study incorporates scientific literature review … Continue reading
Houses in Tuckerton, New Jersey, were flooded by Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Since the storm, area unions have been educating members about climate change. Photo: Boston.com. Jenny Brown, Labor Notes, 21/07/14 A major climate change march in New York September 21 may be a tipping point for labor movement participation in global warming activism. Climate initiatives are … Continue reading
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