Challenging a Militarized Police State in the U.S.
May 7, 2014
When the Albuquerque Police Department (APD) and other law enforcement agencies cracked down on protestors March 30, 2014, the city’s finest rolled out a military-style force.
Tag: NORTH AMERICA
En México, es necesario hablar más de justicia y menos de paz
April 28, 2014
Pietro Ameglio, del MPJD, habla de las actividades del grupo en sus primeros tres años, enfocandose en la necesidad de compartir metas e ideales con otras organizaciones.
En México, se busca libertad también en internet
April 28, 2014
La iniciativa de ley de telecomunicaciones amenaza acceso libre al internet. En el congreso, los intereses politicos y económicos se sobreponen al beneficio de los mexicanos.
Fight Against Monsanto Enters the Courtroom
April 28, 2014
The invasion of GM corn into Mexico threatens peasant farmers and the future of the native seed as powerful transnational companies lobby aggressively to get their way.
Venezuela: Petro-‘Socialism’ in its Labyrinth
April 20, 2014
Economic crisis, product shortages, and polarization paint a scenario in which the continuity of the Bolivarian movement is at stake. So is the sovereignty of a country that dared to challenge dependence on the global superpower.
International Day of Farmers’ Struggles: What Haitian Farmers Organizations are Fighting For
April 20, 2014
FONDAMA highlights the challenges of achieving food sovereignty in Haiti while trying to protect and assist local producers as part of agrarian reform efforts.
Migrant Shelter Sees Growing Number of Minors Heading North
April 9, 2014
Increasingly, children are found among the thousands of Central American migrants traversing Mexico in hopes of making it into the United States. Although shelters take them in, current immigration policy and practices are not equipped to protect their rights.
NAFTA Linked to Massive Human Rights Violations in Mexico
April 3, 2014
In a series of preliminary opinions, an international tribunal of conscience has condemned massive violations of human rights in Mexico.
Mexican Peace Activist Says Focus Must Be More on Justice than Peace
April 2, 2014
Pietro Ameglio, a founding member of the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity, examines the performance of its first three years, focusing on the need to articulate goals and ideals while empowering other organizations and groups.
In Southeastern U.S., Poultry and Migration Booms Change the Face of Rural America
March 18, 2014
As supply chains are integrated, families are fractured. Governments herald the economic integration while dismissing as irrelevant the human impact. One industry – poultry production – demonstrates the social costs of “free trade”.