April 2021 e-Newsletter

IN THIS ISSUE: Day of Peasant Struggle || Global Black Liberation || History of April 17 || Garifuna Struggle in Honduras || Update from Brazil || Mexican Comrades Freed || Solidarity with Palestine

International Day of Peasant Struggle: Looking Back to Build Forward

On April 17, We joined La Via Campesina and other movement partners and allies across the globe in commemorating two interlinked anniversaries of great importance to our movements.

Global Black Liberation Summer Cohort

The Global Black Liberation Donor Engagement Group seeks to advance Black liberation globally through collective learning, solidarity building and resource generation. Designed for US-based Black participants. Now open for applications!

Eldorado de Carajas, 25 Years of Impunity: Interview with Ayala Ferreira

A member of Brazil's Landless Workers Movement (MST) speaks about the events that sparked the International Day of Peasant Struggle and their relevance today.

"They are calling us 'invaders' of our own land"

On Earth Day, in recognition of the links between human rights and the rights of Mother Earth, we featured this powerful interview with a member of OFRANEH, a Grassroots International partner working tirelessly in defense of territory.

Update from the Trenches in Brazil: "one of the worst crises our country has ever seen"

A member of Brazil’s MST shares sobering updates on the combined effects of COVID and Bolsonaro’s authoritarian regime on the Brazilian population, as well as sharing inspiring life-sustaining responses.

Action Alert Success: Indigenous Rights Defenders Freed

Thanks to everyone who responded to our action alert in April when two Indigenous rights defenders with the Human Rights Center Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas (Frayba), a Grassroots International grantee and ally, were detained. The collective global outcry worked and they were released! Let’s remain vigilant in the face of human rights violations in Mexico and beyond.

#Solidarity with Palestine

On March 30th, Palestinian Land Day, we kicked off our Palestine solidarity social media campaign, which is ongoing through May 15th (Nakba Day the date Palestinians commemorate the colonization of their lands). Join us tomorrow at 11:30 AM Eastern to uplift our partners Baladna Association for Arab Youth and Colectivo Ilé.