Tag Archive for land defenders

August 2024 Issue: Quarterly Eco-Zine

About the zine The Quarterly Eco-Zine is an e-zine overviewing our latest news, publications, webinars, delegations and eyewitness accounts of ecological struggles, ecosocialist movements and eco-solidarity in the Americas. In an era of climate crisis and environmental injustice, we strive to inspire hope and change. August 2024 Issue: Second Encounter of the First Ecosocialist International…

Interview with Braulio Álvarez, campesino leader and member of Venezuela’s National Assembly

 Braulio Álvarez is a well-known community leader and National Assembly member in Venezuela, where he serves on the Finance Committee. He has been the target of multiple assassination attempts against peasant leaders reclaiming collective ownership of land. Álvarez discusses the legacy of the Bolivarian Revolution and empowerment of the rural working class formative to…

Interview with José Pimentel, Venezuelan peasant leader and land defender

By William Camacaro, Program Coordinator We had the opportunity to meet with an iconic leader of the Venezuelan campesino movement in the city of San Carlos, Cojedes, Venezuela. José Pimentel is a well-known defender of land rights. For this reason Pimentel has been the target of at least three assassination attempts by large landowners. While…

Over 530 years of struggle and solidarity: Indigenous resistance in the U.S.

None of us are free until all of us are free! By Camille Landry (Program Coordinator) Any analysis that originates in the United States claiming to accurately and fairly address issues pertaining to the human rights of Indigenous people must begin with the acknowledgement that we occupy land that is the ancestral home of Indigenous…