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by Patrick Bond Director the University of KwaZulu-Natal Centre for Civil Society [RIO DE JANEIRO, JUNE 18, 2012] – Given the worsening world economic crisis, the turn to ‘Green Economy’ rhetoric looms as a potential saviour for footloose financial capital, and is also enormously welcome to those corporations panicking at market chaos in the topsy-turvy … Continue reading
By RACHAEL BOOTHROYD Liverpool, June 15th 2012 (Venezuelanalysis.com) – In a bid to provide more protection for coffee-producers and to deepen its initiatives to secure national food sovereignty, the Venezuelan government has approved the creation of a state-run coffee chain. The chain, which will be called Venezuela Coffee: Shops and Services, was announced in the … Continue reading
Declaration of the Global Alliance of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities on Climate Change against REDD+ in Rio de Janeiro, June 16, 2012 After more than 500 years of resistance, we, Indigenous Peoples, local communities, peasant farmers, fisherfolk and civil society are not fooled by the so-called Green Economy and REDD+ because we know colonialism … Continue reading
GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR RIGHTS OF NATURE SUBMISSION FOR RIO+20 To achieve true sustainability, fundamental changes in laws and governance around the world are necessary – to move us from our current path of environmental harm and destruction, to one in which humankind’s relationship with nature is re-established. The Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature … Continue reading
by Paul D’Amato Paul D’Amato is managing editor of International Socialist Review. This article was first published in the U.S. newspaper Socialist Worker, in March 2001 International protests against globalization have cast a bright light on how transnational corporations run roughshod over ordinary people’s lives everywhere. In reaction, activists have come up with a broad … Continue reading
Peoples of the world against the commodification of nature Rio+20: INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN OF STRUGGLES: Peoples of the World against the Commodification of Nature La Via Campesina calls on all the peasant organizations of the world and their allies to organize actions in the month of June The advance of the capitalist system that has reached … Continue reading
La Via Campesina Position Paper June 6, 2012 Governments from all over the world will meet in Río de Janeiro, Brazil from June 20-22 2012, to supposedly commemorate 20 years since the “Earth Summit,” the United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development, that established for the first time a global agenda for “sustainable development.” … Continue reading
Cojedes State Governor, Theodore Bolivar, said the production goals in the state is 143 thousand hectares between legumes, yellow and white corn, among other products Cojedes State Governor, Theodore Bolivar, said that thanks to funding policies promoted by the national executive has reached a great inclusion in agricultural background in the region. Cojedes states will … Continue reading
Mission Tree: Six Years Boosting Eco-Socialism in Venezuela Today, Mission Tree, Venezuela’s national reforestation program, celebrates its sixth anniversary promoting environmentalism and giving people the possibility to build a model of development that helps recover and preserve wooded areas in Venezuela.On June 4, 2006, Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez launched this mission to rescue and preserve … Continue reading
La conferencia llamada Brooklyn Food Conference se llevo a cabo en la secundaria técnica de Brooklyn algunos de los temas giraron en entorno a las Políticas Alimentarias, Comida y Cultura, Medio Ambiente, Calentamiento Global, Alimentos en las Escuelas, Trabajo y Justicia Social, La Agricultura y la Salud, Nutrición y Educación entre muchos otros temas. También … Continue reading
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