By Beverly Bell for Other Worlds We plant but we can’t produce or market. We plant but we have no food to eat. We want agriculture to improve so our country can live and so we peasants can live, too. – Rilo Petit-homme, peasant organizer from St. Marc, Haiti A peasant group meets to discuss [...]
Attorney General Eric Holder & The Department of Justice, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, Farmers, food activists, concerned citizens, and the public are gathered for Town Hall-style meetings and hearings on anti-trust issues in Big Agriculture, calling on the DOJ to “Bust the Trust”. “The night before, about 250 independent family farmers and community activists gathered [...]
Many voices missing in ‘Dialogue’ with Justice Department By Siena Chrisman with WhyHunger Part IV, reported March 26 Read parts I-III of WhyHunger’s reports on the Department of Justice’s hearings on anti-trust issues in agriculture The March 12 workshop that the Department of Justice and USDA held in Ankeny, Iowa, was called “A Dialogue on [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Council of Parties 15 (COP15) UN Climate Change Conference was reminiscent in many ways of past “alphabet soup” economic summits: World heads of state came together in a mid-sized city to discuss pressing issues of the day, while marginalized civil society organizations clamored for louder voices at the proceedings (or were barred entry altogether) [...]
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 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 [...]
