A panel discussion featuring
Guatemalan indigenous community leader
Pascual Bernabe Velásquez
Assembly of Huehuetenango in Defense of Natural Resources Friday, March 5, 2010 | 6:30 – 8:30pm
Ethnic Cultural Center at the UW
3931 Brooklyn Ave NE, Black Room
FREE EVENT

Maya-Q’anjob’al women vote to express their opposition to mining  in a community consultation in Santa Eulalia, Huehuetenango, Guatemala  [...]

From the Via Campesina website, head there to find out more!

17 April 2010 – Join the International Day of Peasant Struggle
To commemorate the International Day of Peasant Struggle on April 17th 2010, the international peasant movement La Via Campesina calls upon member organisations, allies and supporters to unite against transnational corporations (TNCs), which seek complete [...]

The World Economic Forum started this week.  For a gathering of critics and advocates for alternatives to the WEF, a World Social Forum in Brazil also began (you can check out some coverage here and here, and other WSF events are happening in other areas throughout 2010).
But thanks to some slick website design and camera [...]

The Council of Parties 15 (COP15) UN Climate Change Conference was reminiscent of many alphabet soup economic summits: World Heads of State came together in a mid-sized city to discuss pressing issues of the day, a clamoring from marginalized civil society organizations for a stronger voice (or from being barred entry), met with mass demonstrations [...]

Though the mainstream Seattle media focused on mostly on confrontations, tear gas, and “where were you?” person-on-the-street reminiscing, some outlets took the 10 year anniversary of the WTO protests in Seattle as a point to look at the future, what’s happened since, and where we go from here.  Below are just a few articles and [...]

After taking action during the day for climate justice, fair trade, and immigrant rights, take the evening to reflect and celebrate the WTO+10 throughout Seattle…
6 p.m. “Today We Have the Power” produced by Christopher Timm, at University of Washington, Johnson Hall. Click here for more information.
7 p.m. “Nov 30, 2009: Ten Years to the Day [...]

The Seattle Times Editorial Board penned a piece promoting the same outdated, irresponsible, and damaging neoliberal trade model that was at the center of protests that shut down the WTO almost ten years ago.  Seattle responded!  See the original editorial, with several responses from CAGJ members and allies, below.

Ratify Korea trade pact

Seattle Times Editorial Board
THE [...]

Teach Out! at Jubilee and Local Roots
A Reflection by Valentina de la Fuente
At today’s Teach Out to Jubilee and Local Roots farms in Carnation, we hear from farmers on their experiences farming in the Snoqualmie Valley, one of the last remaining regions in King County designated specifically as farm [...]

WTO+10: Global Justice Forward

The Climate is Changing – It’s Time for Solutions!
See www.seattleplus10.org for lots more info!
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On Nov [...]

By Valentina de la Fuente, CAGJ Intern
Today is the “Teach Out!”, an event organized through the Food Justice Project.  Today our urban garden tours will lead us from the Umojafest Peace center in the Central District, to the Danny Woo Garden in the International District. These visits are an opportunity for [...]