Global Crises & Global Movements

Responding to global food, fuel and financial crises, social movements are forming new ways of building social power and creating effective, community-based alternatives. For an introduction to this issue, download our Food First Issue Primer on Global Crises & Global Movements

WHY WAS BERTA CÁCERES ASSASSINATED?

Blog | Beverly Bell | Mar 17, 2016

March 16, 2016 A few numbers begin to reveal why Honduran indigenous leader and global movement luminary, Berta Cáceres, was…

Nyeleni Newsletter no. 25

Nyéléni Newsletter | | Mar 16, 2016

In this Nyéléni Newsletter, we raise our voices against the growing power transnational corporations (TNCs) are gaining and the negative impact this is having on people’s lives.

EL CAMINO DE LA RESISTENCIA

Blog | | Mar 14, 2016

El Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZLN) inició en 1994, para resistir y defender los derechos de la población campesina…

When a banana is much more than a banana

Blog | Ahna Kruzic, Angie Carter and Rivka Fidel | Mar 7, 2016

Ames, Iowa – A recent controversy about an upcoming genetically engineered (GE) banana study at Iowa State University (ISU) highlights…