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International manifesto of the women of Via Campesina
We are fighting for our rights, against neo-liberalism and patriarchy, for food sovereignty with gender justice
Quito declaration on ecosocialism and 'buen vivir'
On June 10-12, Ecuador’s National Institute of Advanced Studies (IAEN, Spanish acronym) held an international symposium on Crisis of civilization, ecosocialism and ‘buen vivir’ . (“Buen Vivir” is usually translated as “living well,” but its meaning is closer to “living appropriately.”) Over three days, the participants debated among themselves and discussed issues with the organizers and government representatives, […]
Québec ecosocialists adopt basis for unity and action
Update on the Réseau écosocialiste, and a translation of its founding statement. “Ecosocialism advocates the distribution of wealth, ecological and democratic planning, and popular sovereignty.”
To reclaim our future, we must change the present! A program for changing the system, not the climate
“We will not allow the capitalist system to burn us all. We will take action and address the root causes of climate change by changing the system.”
Call for a global campaign to demand climate justice
World Social Forum participants urge broad unity in a global campaign to stave off catastrophic climate change
UK Greens shift left
Convention approves changes to focus on social and environmental justice
Evo Morales: Ten commandments against capitalism, for life and humanity
“Our vision of the Communitarian Socialism of Living Well is based on rights and not on the market. It is based on the full realization of human happiness of peoples and populations, through the full complementarity of the rights of peoples, persons, states and Mother Earth”
An Indigenous action program for real change in Canada
The Defenders of the Land program, adopted in 2008, is now proposed as a powerful unifying force for the new Idle No More Movement
Latin American rural groups urge united action against capital
Peasant communities, indigenous peoples and afro-descendants are today the greatest bastion of rebellion and resistance across the world. Against the looting by capital and empire! For land and sovereignty of our peoples! No socialism without feminism!
Brazilian rural workers mobilize: Unity for land, territory, and dignity!
“We will continue mobilized in unity and struggle and, in combat against our common enemy, we will build a country and a society that is just, compassionate, and sustainable.”
An ecosocialist statement on Rio+20
What can we expect from this so-called “Earth Summit” from a social and ecological perspective? Nothing!
Kari-Oca 2 Declaration
Indigenous Peoples Global Conference on Rio+20 and Mother Earth: The “Green Economy” continues the colonialism we have faced and resisted for 520 years. We cannot allow false solutions to destroy the Earth’s balance, assassinate the seasons, unleash severe weather havoc, privatize life and threaten the very survival of humanity.
NO REDD+! – Decolonize the Earth and the Sky!
Declaration of the Global Alliance of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities on Climate Change against REDD+. “Under the Green Economy, even the rain, the beauty of a waterfall or a honey bee’s pollen will be reduced to a barcode price tag and sold to the highest bidder.”
Social movements call for a Permanent Peoples’ Assembly, Rio 2012
For our rights and the rights of nature, against the commodification of life and the greenwashing of capitalism … Mobilize together towards Río+20 and beyond ++++++++++++++ We, organizations, networks and social movements, involved in the building of the Peoples’ Summit for social and environmental justice, against the commodification of life and nature in defence (Río+20), call for […]
Declaration of the Assembly of Social Movements, WSF/Dakar
The World Social Forum met in Dakar, Senegal, February 7-11. This declaration was adopted by the Assembly of Social Movements. (more…)
ALBA nations declare: Nature has no price!
Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Venezuela declare: “Nature is our home and is the system of which we form a part, and therefore it has infinite value, but it does not have a price and is not for sale.” (more…)
Against mainstream economics: The Kick It Over Manifesto
An international student movement to free the economics curriculum from its neoclassical straitjacket was launched last week at the University of California at Berkeley. (more…)
Ecosocialist solutions for their multiple crises
An ecosocialist transitional program for the multiple crises of 21st century capitalism, from Socialist Resistance Özlem Onaran argues that “the social democratic utopia of growing our way out of debt is not consistent with the ecological crisis. “ Britain has experienced the deepest crisis among the advanced capitalist countries and it is far from over. The […]
Declaration of the US Ecojustice People’s Movement Assembly
“We support the conclusion that only by “living well,” in harmony with each other and with Mother Earth, rather than “living better,” based on an economic system of unlimited growth, dominance and exploitation, will the people of this planet not only survive but thrive.” (more…)