Hopes for 2018 from Movements Around the World
From Alicia Garza to Annie Leonard, nine organizers share their hopes for the new year.
Articles by Beverly Bell
The Muslim Ban and Beyond: Fighting White Power in Trump’s America
White supremacy goes far beyond individual hatred, or fear, or mistreatment of people of color. Dominant political, economic, and social structures have accrued and reproduced the white power across the centuries.
Native Waters, Native Warriors: From Standing Rock to Honduras
Source: Truthout
Around the globe, land has become gold-standard currency. As a result, Indigenous and other land-based peoples face threats to the natural commons on which they live, produce food and sustain community, culture and cosmovision.
In some places, organized Indigenous movements have stood up and fought off extraction and corporate development, winning protection of waters, forests, territories and more. In most places, the resistance has been met with assassination and violent repression by state security forces and corporate-financed hit squads.
Standing Strong as a Rock: Resistance to Dakota Access Pipeline Continues
The power of mobilized, united people was proven once again on December 4, when the Army Corps of Engineers denied a permit necessary for the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) to be laid under the Standing Rock Sioux tribe’s ancestral Missouri River. The Army announced that it would explore alternative routes. Despite these advances, victory is not assured.
Honduras: Why Was Berta Cáceres Assassinated?
A few numbers begin to reveal why Honduran indigenous leader and global movement luminary, Berta Cáceres, was assassinated on March 3, 2016. According to the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), more than 300 hydroelectric dams are planned for Honduras, of which 49 are on COPINH lands.
Women Farmers and Land Grabs in Haiti: An Interview With Iderle Brénus
"In Haiti, the majority of the people working the land are women. Not only are they there during planting, weeding and harvesting, but they also play a role in transforming and marketing food products. They're involved in the entire agricultural production process. This is why we call women the poto mitan, central pillar, of the country." - Iderle Brénus