People’s Tribunal in Pakistan holds government and the World Bank equally responsible for displacement and environmental damage
Houses belonging to over a hundred fisherfolk living on the banks of the Indus were demolished by the local authorities in Pakistan’s Punjab province last week after declaring them “encroachers”.
Violence is an institution of capital, says land rights group
Unpublished Atlas reveals that 44% of cases occurred in the Amazon; 2,000 people were murdered
Malaysian socialists arrested during protest against forced eviction of farmers
Chairman of Parti Sosialis Malaysia and three others were arrested as they tried to resist an eviction drive against 200 farmers in the Prime Ministers’ constituency
Tanzanian farmers are paying for “conservation” with their land and lives
For over 15 years, small farmers and pastoralists in Tanzania’s Mbarali have been facing threats of eviction, criminalization and violent attacks by the state to expand the Ruaha National Park
An image of hope: Abahlali baseMjondolo’s fight for dignity and land, 17 years on
On November 17, a photo exhibition titled ‘Socialism or Death: Abahlali baseMjondolo on the Frontlines of Struggle’ opened at The Forge in Johannesburg. The work displayed chronicles the years-long struggle of South Africa’s shack dwellers movement to secure land and housing for the urban poor
When a Quilombola woman falls, the Quilombo rises with her
Quilombola women share their organizing experiences and their priorities in the struggle in Brazil
President Xiomara Castro repeals neoliberal ZEDE Law in landmark step and other stories
Today we look at the repeal of the ZEDE law in Honduras, US threats against the China-Solomon Islands security pact, and more
Land is Life: Peasant struggles in Tanzania
Mtandao wa Vikundi vya Wakulima Tanzania, a network of around 200,000 small farmers, has been fighting against the dispossession of land and criminalization of those whose livelihoods depend on it
Land rights activists in Thailand face prosecution for sit-in protest in Bangkok
A total of 16 activists have received summons for participating in a two-week long protest in Bangkok for land rights and the rights of the Indigenous Bang Kloi community
UK Court drops case against activists protesting Israeli arms factory and other stories
Today we look at the dismissal of charges against Palestine Action activists, protests against a mega steel plant by villagers in Odisha, India, and more
Indigenous movements and the struggle in defense of land in 2020
On top of the existing violence and institutional impediments, this year was particularly taxing for the defenders of land and environment as they had to face double whammy of COVID-19 pandemic and the intensification of neoliberalism under it
Aboriginal group in Australia files lawsuit over land loss due to mining
In its lawsuit against the Western Australia State government, the Tjiwarl tribe has claimed cultural damage and loss of access to land
- Brazil approves end to 6×1 work schedule and reduction of the work week to 40 hours
- Israel kills 31 people in Lebanon on the eve of Eid al-Adha
- Israel carries out sixth consecutive Eid massacre in Gaza
- Far-right Janez Janša to return for fourth government term in Slovenia
- With peace deal nearly final, US launches fresh attacks on Iran
