Ruth Nyambura: “The Venezuelan revolution is the African revolution”
Kenyan activist Ruth Nyambura of the African Ecofeminist Collective spoke to Peoples Dispatch in Caracas, Venezuela during the International Peoples’ Assembly in February.
Argentine farmers oppose bill that will extract royalties for re-planting of seeds
According to the new law that will be discussed in parliament on November 22, seed corporations such as Bayer-Monsanto and Syngenta would be authorized to collect royalties from the farmers even when the re-plant seeds from the previous harvest
Codepink activist shuts down ‘war-mongering’ at Hudson Institute’s talk on Iran
The Institute’s Vice President Lewis Libby and Director of its Centre on Islam Hillel Fradkin wrote an op-ed in September 2012 noting that the ‘uprisings’ in Syria and Libya were purportedly necessary for preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
Jury Tells Monsanto to Pay $289 million to Cancer Victim
School grounds-keeper in California developed blood cancer after using Monsanto weed-killer for years.
- Google employees lead sit-ins protesting company’s complicity in genocide
- Israeli tourists attack vigil in Cusco in support of Palestine
- During Red April, Brazil’s MST restates the importance of agrarian reform
- German authorities’ crackdown on Palestine Conference sparks widespread outrage
- As elections approach, India’s farmers count government’s broken promises
