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People’s Proposals in the Global Village
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People’s Proposals in the Global Village

Food Sovereignty Land and Territory The COP Chronicles December 15, 2015 0Likes 0Comments

At the Global Village of Alternatives, dozens of grassroots organizations from countries all around the world present their arguments for stronger efforts to stop climate change and offer ground-up solutions based on traditional knowledge and new technologies.

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“The Paris Accords Will Cause the Planet to Burn”
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“The Paris Accords Will Cause the Planet to Burn”

Food Sovereignty Land and Territory The COP Chronicles December 7, 2015 0Likes 3Comments

The Paris agreement, according to Pablo Solón, a veteran of climate negotiations, “will be an agreement that will burn up the planet.”

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The Day Before COP21 in Paris
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The Day Before COP21 in Paris

Democracy and Society Land and Territory The COP Chronicles December 1, 2015 0Likes 3Comments

Paris seems ready to birth the historic agreement against global greenhouse emissions that cause climate change.

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Challenges for COP21 and social movements
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Challenges for COP21 and social movements

Land and Territory social movements The COP Chronicles November 3, 2015 0Likes 1Comment

Global warming, probably the most serious existential threat facing the human species, is the byproduct of the industrial exploitation of fossil fuels. Increasing emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases have driven the world into a climate crisis in which our survival is questionable.

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TPP, NAFTA Reloaded
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TPP, NAFTA Reloaded

Food Sovereignty Land and Territory October 16, 2015 0Likes 0Comments

The product of exclusive negotiations that took place behind closed doors, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) represents the final sale of Mexico to the multinational corporations. In other words, a farewell to whatever national sovereignty still exists, and the elimination of any possibility of recuperating food sovereignty.

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Change the Military-Industrial Complex, Not the Climate
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Change the Military-Industrial Complex, Not the Climate

Land and Territory August 31, 2015 0Likes 1Comment

The military-industrial complex that holds power in the world is the principle levee holding back the currents that are trying to limit and eventually do away with our civilization’s addiction to fossil fuels.

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Challenges of the COP21 Paris and Climate Movements
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Challenges of the COP21 Paris and Climate Movements

Land and Territory social movements The COP Chronicles August 25, 2015 0Likes 1Comment

The debate is over. Now no one can deny that the world is growing warmer and that it is due to capitalist industrial activity. Or they could deny it, but without any supporting evidence in their favor.

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Mexico’s GMO Corn Ban and Glyphosate Cancer Findings
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Mexico’s GMO Corn Ban and Glyphosate Cancer Findings

Food Sovereignty Land and Territory July 20, 2015 0Likes 11Comments

Twenty-two months ago, Mexico became a GM maize-free territory, when a Federal Judge issued the precautionary measure that suspended authorizations to plant any genetically modified seeds of this grain, a staple food in the country, essential to its culture.

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Grassroots Movement Blocks Water Privatization in Mexico
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Grassroots Movement Blocks Water Privatization in Mexico

Food Sovereignty Land and Territory social movements March 13, 2015 0Likes 16Comments

The ruling party (PRI) and its allies, the National Action Party (PAN), the Partido Verde and New Alliance, lost a battle when the General Water Law to privatize Mexico’s water resources was shelved in the Chamber of Deputies. Grassroots mobilization played a key role in the victory.

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Ayotzinapa Calls for Mexico’s Transformation
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Ayotzinapa Calls for Mexico’s Transformation

Human Rights Mexico's Meltdown social movements January 29, 2015 0Likes 3Comments

On January 26, for the eighth time since the fateful September 26, tens of thousands of people from various sectors marched through the streets of the capital with a two-pronged demand: to bring back alive the 43 disappeared students of Ayotzinapa and to transform national public life.

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