Indigenous Peoples

Announcing: A New Popular Education Tool!

Carol Schachet — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:00:56 +0000

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Food for Thought and Action: A Food Sovereignty Curriculum now available for free download

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Ecuadorians’ New Constitution Guarantees Resource Rights & Makes Food Sovereignty a Right

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:14:06 +0000

On September 28, 2009, Ecuadorians approved a new constitution that includes an article granting nature the right to "exist, persist, maintain and regenerate its vital cycles, structure, functions and its processes in evolution." The new constitution recognizes the right of all Ecuadorians to have access to sufficient resources to feed themselves in a sustainable manner with respect to cultural differences between people and communities. A priority is local food production, recognizing implicitly that the right to adequate food represents, among many things, the right of the small food producers, harvesters and fisherpeople to acquire appropriate resources and the right to rely on the laws, measures and programs that assist them in providing food.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Sets Precedent in Ruling on Grassroots Grantee

Carol Schachet — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:53:17 +0000

Recently Grassroots International made a grant to the Indigenous Council of Roraima through Caritas Brasil in support of their struggle to gain legal recognition of the 6,500 square mile Raposa Serra do Sol indigenous territory, in Brazil’s northern Roraima state. In what may set a significant precedent, one of Brazil’s Supreme Court justices ruled in favor of the Indigenous Council.

Farmers bringing message to the Food Crisis Summit in Rome expelled

Nikhil Aziz — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:33:37 +0000

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"Stop corporate control over food!"

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Colombia: Challenging Corporate Power and State Terror

Paul Venuti — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 05:42:49 +0000

This Saturday, January 26th is the World Social Forum Global Day of Action. Please join Mass Jobs with Justice in solidarity with the mission of the WSF for:

Colombia: Challenging Corporate Power and State Terror

11AM-1PM at the Community Church of Boston, 565 Boylston St, Boston MA.

Join Avi Chomsky, Orlando Acosta, Jeff Crosby and other organizers as they look at events in Colombia, free trade agreements, exploitation of natural resources, suppression of indigenous people, and targeting of workers.

Event to be followed by an action in solidarity with Colombia, marking the Global Day of Action.

UN adopts historic Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:43:35 +0000

In an historic session of the United Nations General Assembly, the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was adopted. This Declaration, which outlines the basic rights and fundamental freedoms of the world’s Indigenous Peoples, has been in the making for nearly 25 years.

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, indigenous Igarot activist from the Philippines and Chair of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, stated: “The 13th of September 2007 will be remembered as an international human rights day for the Indigenous Peoples of the world, a day that the United Nations and its Member States, together with Indigenous Peoples, reconciled with past painful histories and decided to march into the future on the path of human rights.”

Harvest of Shame: Bush's Guatemala Visit Masks CAFTA's Rotten Produce

Nikhil Aziz — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:41:00 +0000

In the wake of President Bush's visit to Guatemala as part of his 5 nation Latin America tour, the National Labor Committee (NLC, New York) and the Center for Studies and Support for Local Development (CEADEL, Guatemala) just released a joint report "Harvest of Shame" that details the exploitation and human rights violations of children in Guatemala.

Quinoa: Mother Grain of the Andes

Nikhil Aziz — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 03:39:10 +0000

Every year, as Thanksgiving comes round the corner, I think about food—the history of food and the history of the peoples who grow and eat it.