Nov 29, 2019
Activist Toolkit rebuilding guide for 2020
Maya Bhullar
As you plan your charitable giving for the holiday season, let's stand with the rebuilders. Here are some global social movements that need our support.
south america
Sep 13, 2017
Trump continues long U.S. legacy of bullying Latin America
Gerald Caplan
Last month U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence went on a Latin America tour to throw around American weight. Nothing could be a more cherished part of the American Dream.
Nov 5, 2016
ALBA Social Movements Canada condemns the attacks against Brazil's Landless Workers Movement
Common Frontiers
On November 4th, Brazilian military and civilian police used violent force to storm the Landless Workers Movement's Florestan Fernandes National School in Guararema.
Oct 4, 2013
Colombia: Is peace possible?
Fernanda Sánchez Jaramillo
The Peace Dialogues in Colombia are a wind of hope for Colombians, who have spent more than five decades living in a conflict which has soaked their land in blood and pain.
Aug 30, 2013
Canadian-based organizations express solidarity with Colombian rural peasant farmers' strike
Stuart Trew
An estimated 200,000 people blocked roads and marched peacefully across Colombia to protest the negative impacts on their communities of the U.S.-Colombia and Europe-Colombia Free Trade Agreements.
Feb 18, 2013
Ecuador's Rafael Correa wins landslide re-election
Lauren McCauley
President Rafael Correa handily won a third term as Ecuador's head of state Sunday in a landslide victory demonstrating a "clear mandate" for the continuation of his progressive economic polities.
Aug 14, 2012
Why the Harper government was happy with the ouster of Lugo in Paraguay
Yves Engler
On a couple of occasions the overthrown president has claimed Canadian economic interests contributed to the coup.
Jul 21, 2012
A glimpse of Venezuela: Part two
Blair Redlin
Ten years after the failed coup of 2002, participants in a "reality tour" of Venezuela learned about big changes at the grassroots.
Jul 12, 2012
A glimpse of Venezuela: Part I
Blair Redlin
Ten years after the failed coup attempt in Venezuela, a "reality tour" gives a glimpse of grassroots change as the country heads to another presidential election.
Jun 13, 2012
Debt, reparations and a new form of power
How do we move from economies of indebtedness towards sustainable and socially just development? Northern, neoliberal, funding regulations have not produced a financially solvent form of development.
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