Small and medium-scale farmers are firmly rejecting the European Commission’s proposal for the EU-Mercosur and EU-Mexico free trade agreements . This week in Brussels, farmers from across several countries, together with a broad coalition of around 40 trade unions and civil society organisations protested against these deals.
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Yesterday’s day of action saw Bloquons Tout stepping out of the shadows nationwide—and facing major police repression ~ punkacademic ~ Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in France on Wednesday as the first day of action organised under the banner Bloquons Tout saw widespread protests and blockades in defence
JAKARTA — Flooding disasters in Indonesia are increasingly traced not to natural causes, but to corporate destruction of peatlands, NGO Pantau Gambut warns in its newest report. The report reveals how the construction of industrial-scale canals, not just haze, poses a growing threat.
The gratitude I feel for the Earth and its endless wonders of regeneration returns to me and extends to people who are using whatever means they have to engage with the preservation of farmland and wild habitat, even in the face of the all-consuming, capitalist machine.
We spoke to David Adler, a participant in the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza, about the recent alleged drone attack by Israel on the flotilla and why its participants are committed to continuing their journey despite the dangers.
For years, textbook prices have burdened students already struggling with loans and sky-high tuition costs. Now Wall Street is taking over the market, tightening its grip on a staple campus institution: the college bookstore.
Thus, although rewilding is often thought of as keeping humans “away”, in fact, people must be integrated into much of the rewilding process, living alongside and allowing space for “wildness”.
It was an experience of deep immersion in local knowledge, peasant culture, and the daily struggles for food sovereignty promoted by LVC's agroecology, seeds, and biodiversity collective.