Solidarity Economies: A Guerrilla War Against Capitalism
At the first World Social Forum at the end of the 1990’s, participants started looking for alternatives. There are a lot of authors who started to theorize about different forms of economies.
Articles by Beverly Bell
Change From Below in the Dominican Republic: Social Movements and Power
Creating a new society with political alternatives and an economy based on solidarity is hard work, but we must take on the challenge. We need a new society today, today, not tomorrow.
Gender Equity for Rural Haitian Women: An Interview With Kettly Alexandre of the Peasant Moment of Papay
The Peasant Movement of Papay (MPP) is one of the largest small-farmer associations in Haiti with 70,000 members, of whom close to half are women. Here, Kettly Alexandre of the MPP Women's Committee speaks to advances made over 40 years for women's rights, equity, and an end to violence.
Honduras: One Year of Resistance in Rio Blanco
Despite U.S.-backed violence against them, indigenous communities are fighting back as multinational corporations encroach on their lands.
Mardi Gras in New Orleans: Keeping the Commons Common
Today, as on every Mardi Gras Day, New Orleans is in the midst of full-on mayhem. Depending on when on Fat Tuesday you are reading this, the Zulu and Rex parades are either lining up at their staging sites or rolling down the streets amongst crazed revelers.
Growing Strength to Grow Food: Haitian Farmers Win US Food Soveriegnty Prize
“Instead of foreigners sending us food, they should give us the chance to do our own agriculture so it can survive.” - Rony Charles, a rice grower and member of the Agricultural Producer Cooperative of Verrettes, in Haiti.