Após despejo, famílias Pataxó resistem acampadas às margens de rodovia
No passado dia 13 de outubro, a aldeia Aratikum, situada no sul da Bahia, foi destruída por ordem judicial, deixando 14 famílias indígenas Pataxó desalojadas. Desde então, os membros da comunidade vivem junto…
Boaventura de Sousa: “Hay en Nicaragua un déficit democrático”
Boaventura de Sousa Santos es un portugués que ha dedicado su vida a estudiar los movimientos sociales. Es un sociólogo que estuvo recientemente como invitado especial en un Congreso de los sociólogos del…
Nota da Apib: O golpe chega à Funai
A Articulação dos Povos Indígenas do Brasil (APIB), instância nacional que congrega as distintas organizações indígenas regionais do Brasil, diante do debate instalado sobre o tema da indicação do Presidente da FUNAI vem…
Colonial Sahara
Western Sahara serves as a powerful and timely reminder to the world that colonialism has not ended in Africa. It continues in the form of what the Sahrawi (the indigenous people of Western…
Legitimacy and Justice over “Legality”: How the Peoples´ Tribunal on Transnational Corporations is giving hope to affected communities
The first African People´s Tribunal on Transnational Corporations, that recently took place on 16th and 17th August in Manzini, Swaziland, was perhaps the most counter-hegemonic and brave event to bring some hope to…
Joint statement and open questions on ProSAVANA by the civil society of Mozambique, Brazil and Japan
In May of this year, 46 documents related to the ProSAVANA “civil society participation project” were leaked. Over one hundred public documents were obtained additionally under the Japanese Administrative Information Disclosure Law. This…
2016 SADC Peoples’ Summit – The Manzini Peoples’ Declaration
The current conjuncture in southern Africa in the political, economical, social, cultural and environmental arenas, shows that the region is progressively being affected, in different forms, by the advance of three devils facing…
Vale e Jindal julgadas na Swazilândia por danos ambientais e violação de Direitos Humanos
Nos próximos dias 16 e 17 de Agosto várias corporações operando em diversas áreas na África Austral, com destaque para o sector da mineração, serão levadas a “julgamento” por violação de Direitos Humanos…
Popular University of Social Movements Workshop in Zimbabwe – Final Statement
Popular University of Social Movements Workshop: “Land, seeds, food, water, people and the climate in SADC – 15 years after the agrarian reform in Zimbabwe” – Harare (Zimbabwe), 12 -14 July 2016 FINAL…
Zimbabwean appointed FAO Ambassador
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has appointed a Zimbabwean organic farming proponent and campaigner, Elizabeth Mpofu, as special ambassador for the International Year of Pulses (IYP). The Southern Times Tichaona Kurewa 29…
