Articles by Jesse Freeston

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Video: Repression and Resistance in Post-Coup Honduras

Jesse Freeston April 1, 2011 Jesse Freeston

Source: The Real News

Video 1. Report from Land Occupations in Post-Coup Honduras

Poor farmers are taking land from agribusiness that supported the 2009 military coup–and paying with their lives

Video 2. Brutal Repression in Honduras Targets Teachers, Popular Resistance

Weeks of demonstrations continue against de-facto regime and its plans to privatize public education

Video 3. Honduran Students Defend Occupied National University

Students and teachers defend against police attack on resistance movement at Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Honduras read more

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Report from Land Occupations in Post-Coup Honduras

Jesse Freeston March 31, 2011 Jesse Freeston

Poor farmers are taking land from agribusiness that supported the 2009 military coup – and paying with their lives.

It’s been more than 20 months since a military coup shook the Central American country of Honduras to it’s core. The aftermath has seen a decades old land conflict reach deadly heights as poor farmers occupy agribusiness-owned land, and are often found dead soon after.

In previous years, the farmers would be on their own, but the coup gave rise to a broad resistance movement of which the campesinos are a key sector. read more