May all women and men commit themselves to realizing the vision of transformation, dignity, and justice for which Berta lived, and for which she died
Peasant groups are fighting to protect their rights, to get land, to undo the public policies being adopted by the government
Seed is not just about the crops. Seed is about the soil, about the water, and about the forest
Some things never change. In Haiti, no matter the century or decade in question, one can be certain that: the state and…
Change From below in the Dominican Republic
āScrew the company trying to take our river, and the government. If I die, Iām going to die defending life.āĀ So said MarĆa…
Inatoy Sidsagi and his cousin Esteban Herrera, from the indigenous Kuna Yala (also known as Guna Yala) nation in Panama, make up…
“Land, well, it’s our first mother. For us farmers, we don’t have life without land. That’s the reason we’re in this struggle.”…
We asked dozens of Haitians from different social sectors how they felt about the November 28 elections, and what they want or…
“It was thanks to God and sister Simone”. I heard this over and over as I was interviewing rape survivors in Martissant,…
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