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Commemorating the International Day of Peasant Struggle by Salena Tramel Source: Common Dreams Sadly, yet not unlike the inception of many commemorative days, the events that inspired the first International Day of Peasant Struggle were soaked with blood. It was April 17, 1996, a calm day in the northern Brazilian municipality of Eldorado dos Carajás, where … Continue reading
By Chris Williams More than 50% of counties in the United States are now officially designated “disaster” zones. The reason given in 90% of cases is due to the continent-wide drought that has been devastating crop production. 48% of the US corn crop is rated as “poor to very poor”, along with 37% of … Continue reading
By John Otis Source: globalpost/dispatch/ CUCUTA, Colombia — On a dirt road used by smugglers, Colombian police stop a rickety Ford Explorer packed with sides of beef from Venezuela. It’s not the most sanitary way to import food: The truck’s seats and doors are stained red from the raw, unwrapped meat. There’s more to come. As … Continue reading
Socialist scientist: Radicals who minimize the threat of environmental catastrophe are dead wrong. Stopping capitalist ecocide must be a central goal for the left the 21st century. by Alexandre Costa Alexandre Costa, a Professor of Atmospheric Science at the State University of Ceará in Brazil, is an author of the Brazilian Climate Change Assessment Report. … Continue reading
By Sonali Kolhatkar A new report submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council on the “Right to Food” took aim at the entire basis on which food is produced and distributed on a global scale. Reflecting the type of progressive analysis of our food system from experts like Vandana Shiva and Michael Pollan, report … Continue reading
VENEZUELA – The Venezuelan Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture (Insopesca), in conjunction with the Corporate Group on the Food Industry (GEIA) of Cuba, will launch a project on the sustainable use of water bodies for aquaculture and fisheries in the country. The $901,088.89 project was approved at the Fourteenth Joint Commission of Cuba – Venezuela, … Continue reading
By YVKE MUNDIAL Translation: Revolucion Alimentaria According to Raul Benitez, the Food and Agriculture (FAO) Director for Latin America and the Caribbean. “It is the best way that we have to honor this man who was such a visionary in this area. He was 10 years ahead of the rest of the world leaders … Continue reading
By VÍA CAMPESINA We, Vía Campesina Internacional, the international peasant movement that brings together over 200 million families in 77 countries, express our solidarity with the Venezuelan people, their peasant movement Bolivarian Revolution – currently the victim of an imperialist crusade that, together with reactionary right-wing forces, conspires within Venezuela and abroad in an attempt … Continue reading
By ALBA CIUDAD Translation Revolucion Alimentaria This Saturday environmental groups marched in Caracas to show their support to the Bolivarian government and it’s environmental protection policies. The groups marched to reject the violence and crimes that are being committed against the environment by ultra right groups who cut down trees indiscriminately in order to … Continue reading
This article first appeared in New Politics. Brian Tokar is director of the Institute for Social Ecology, and a lecturer in Environmental Studies at the University of Vermont. He is the author of Toward Climate Justice (New Compass) and co-editor, with Fred Magdoff of Agriculture and Food in Crisis: Conflict, Resistance and Renewal (Monthly Review … Continue reading
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