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News, Voices John Collins News, Voices John Collins

Climate Justice Now! Spaniards Demand Decarbonization at Madrid March

“De norte al sur, de este al oeste, la lucha sigue, cueste lo que cueste! (From north to south, from east to west, the struggle continues, whatever it takes!)” With this and other slogans ringing in the air, hundreds of activists of all ages filled the streets of downtown Madrid, Spain, on September 15 to demand rapid decarbonization and climate justice. At a time when news reports here are filled with stories of floods, fires, and killer storms throughout the wider Mediterranean region, Madrid’s 15S Climate March provided a much-needed dose of what is usually missing from those reports: a clear-eyed look at the policy steps that must be taken in order to face down our climate crisis.

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News, Analysis John Collins News, Analysis John Collins

6 Key Takeaways from Spain’s “Debate of 7”

In my first article from Spain, I set the stage for the country’s upcoming national elections on July 23, focusing on the threat posed by resurgent fascist movements. Now it’s time to dig deeper into the complex political dynamics animating the campaign as well as some of the social forces shaping how the campaign is being waged and covered in the media.

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News, Analysis John Collins News, Analysis John Collins

Spain: Here Come the Fascists (Who Never Really Left)

In just over two weeks, Spanish voters will go to the polls for national elections, and the implications - both within and beyond the country - couldn’t be more far-reaching. I just arrived in Madrid and will be spending the next 12 months here, and I hope to provide Weave News readers with a critical, justice-oriented perspective that might be missing from much of the mainstream media coverage of Spanish politics. So, why are these elections so important?

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News, Voices Alejandro Beltran Cordero News, Voices Alejandro Beltran Cordero

Cirio Ruiz Gonzalez

To know Cirio Ruiz is to know the history of CORECAFECO. He has been part of this council for approximately 40 years. What is CORECAFECO? It is the Coatepec Regional Coffee Council. It is an organization that strives for dignified and fair treatment for coffee workers accomplished through community organization and clean processes, the production of coffee free of agrochemicals. They fight for fairer prices, valuing human and environmental life, taking care of biodiversity and ensuring that the land and water remain healthy.

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News Skylar Bergeron News Skylar Bergeron

Resistance Flows On: Mexico’s Water Defenders Unite Their Efforts Once Again

The Fifth Community Assembly for Water (La Quinta Asamblea Comunitaria por el Agua) was held on Friday, May 5, 2023, in Pacho Viejo, Veracruz, Mexico. Pacho Viejo seems an apt location for a convention on the protection and conservation of la Cuenca la Antigua (the Antigua Watershed). It is in the geographic heart of this river basin, situated between the cities of Xalapa, the capital of Veracruz, and Coatepec, often called “the Coffee Capital of Mexico.” This assembly of Sentinelas de rio (River Sentinels) represented a convergence of undercurrents running beneath the region’s rich culture, ongoing political strife, and incredible biodiversity, all flowing toward safeguarding the ultimate source of life: water.

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News, Voices Weave News News, Voices Weave News

Resisting “Death Projects”: An Interview With Carlos Beas Torres

The following is an interview with Carlos Beas Torres, a member of the Unión de Comunidades Indígenas de la Zona Nortel del Istmo de Tehuantepec (Union of Indigenous Communities from the North of the Isthmus or UCIZONIT), an organization that has resisted the CIIT since its conception and forms part of the “El Sur Resiste” (The South Resists) Caravan.

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News, Voices Weave News News, Voices Weave News

Alert: Repression and Eviction of the “El Sur Resiste” (The South Resists) Caravan in Guichicovi, Oaxaca

Translation of a statement issued on April 28 by the National and International Caravan “El Sur Resiste” (The South Resists) regarding the repression and eviction of the "Tierra y Libertad" (Land and Liberty) protest camp, which was located in the Mogoñe Viejo community, Huichicovi, Oaxaca. Mexico. Read the original Spanish statement.

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News, Voices John Collins News, Voices John Collins

“We’re trying to move a society”: Speaking Up For the Rights of Rivers in the North Country

“Rivers keep us alive and keep so many other living beings alive.” With those words, Blake Lavia, the President of Talking Rivers, welcomed more than 30 North Country community members to a wide-ranging discussion on a revolutionary idea: the Rights of Rivers. Held at Clarkson University on Earth Day (April 22), the event showcased the local and global momentum behind the idea as well as some of the key challenges facing those who would like the Rights of Rivers to become law across the St. Lawrence River / Kaniatarowanénhne and Adirondack Watersheds.

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News, Voices, Analysis Derek Sherrange News, Voices, Analysis Derek Sherrange

Remember the T in LGBTQIA+: Trans Community Faces Increasing Violence in Coastal Kenya

Recently Kenya has come into the global spotlight following the murder of fashion designer, model, and LGBTQIA+ activist Edwin Chiloba in a suspected hate crime in January 2023. However, there are LGBTQIA+ people in Kenya who rarely make it into the global and even national media spotlight - people like Wayne, a monitor with the Center for Minority Rights, who is working to protect and support LGBTQIA+ people in the coastal region of Kenya.

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News, Analysis Skylar Bergeron News, Analysis Skylar Bergeron

Privatizing Sacred Spaces: How a New Guatemalan Law Threatens the Mayan Nation

In early May, the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala introduced the first reading of Initiative 5923 or, the “Law for the Rescue of Pre-Hispanic Heritage” (Ley para el Rescate del Patrimonio Prehispánico). Despite the bill’s ambiguously progressive-sounding title, the reading was met with disappointment, outrage, and alarm from the many Indigenous Mayan peoples of Guatemala and their allies from around the world.

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News, Analysis Julianne DeGuardi News, Analysis Julianne DeGuardi

Ecuadorian Paro Nacional: The Power of Grassroots Mobilization

This was certainly not the first national strike in Ecuador, nor was it the first time that Ecuadorians have protested against the neoliberal economic policies that have historically disenfranchised the country’s indigenous and impoverished communities. The willingness to shut down Ecuadorian society as an act of protest, despite the subsequent harsh economic repercussions of such mass mobilization, illuminates the fervent desperation of the indigenous communities and other social groups within Ecuador as well as people’s desire for drastic political, social, and economic change.

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News, Analysis Celine Schreiber News, Analysis Celine Schreiber

Bratwurst, Beer, But Not Queer: Homophobia at Oktoberfest

The post has caused a debate on German social media about discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community, especially as it was published in June, internationally known as LGBTQ+ Pride Month. One of Munich’s city council officials, Anja Berger, remarked disapprovingly that this attitude was “hostile towards the LGBT community, and therefore unacceptable.”

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News Alexandra Hill News Alexandra Hill

The Overlooked Population: Mental Health Crisis of Brittany Students Post-COVID

Alone, isolated from friends, struggling with finances, and constantly worried about his loved ones back at home, Abdul spent days in bed, sleeping through online classes and not communicating with anyone. A student at IMT Atlantique in Brittany, France, Abdul lost more than fun nights out with friends and in-person lectures when the pandemic forced the city into lockdown. "It was difficult to live another day at that time."

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News, Analysis Camila Gonzalez Herrera News, Analysis Camila Gonzalez Herrera

News Coverage of the 2021 Colombian National Strike: An Agenda Setting Operation

As Colombia prepares for elections that have the potential to shift the country’s direction significantly, a look back at the country’s 2021 general strike provides a useful window into the forces that have led the country to this point. In particular, a critical analysis of establishment media coverage of the strike reveals the continuing role of dominant institutions in seeking to extend the status quo and undermine the people’s desire for peace and justice after decades of structural violence, dislocation, and corruption.

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News, Analysis Camila Gonzalez Herrera News, Analysis Camila Gonzalez Herrera

PARO NACIONAL 2021: Colombians’ Prolonged Outrage Takes Over the Streets

As the presidential elections and a glimpse of change approach, Colombians keep rising to disclose the numerous human rights violations and other abusive realities that the current administration has caused. In order to make sense of what is happening on the ground at the moment, however, we need to look back at the national strike that shook the country in 2021.

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News, Voices Gaia Guatri News, Voices Gaia Guatri

Day Off in Victoria Park: Blooming Solidarity Within Indonesian Domestic Workers Community

Every Sunday, a warming atmosphere spreads out in Victoria Park, a green spot in the centre of Hong Kong where groups of foreign domestic workers (FDWs) spend their one day off. Since in Hong Kong, domestic workers are forced by law to live in their employers’ houses, they often find themselves trapped in their workplace. For this reason, on Sunday, they gather in Victoria Park to share their skills and celebrate life in all its forms.

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News, Analysis Angeles Zuniga News, Analysis Angeles Zuniga

The Hidden Crisis: Venezuela’s Imminent Ecocide and the Orinoco Mining Arc

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro created the National Strategic Development Zone of the Orinoco Mining Arc in 2016. Commonly known as the Arco Minero, it comprises an area of 111,843.70 km², larger than Cuba, adjacent to the Orinoco river, and is designated for unlawful mineral extraction. The Arco represents 12% of the country’s territory and is a severe environmental problem for the region.

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News, Voices Alessandro Marangelli News, Voices Alessandro Marangelli

Rights of Nature: The Vision of the Younger Generation in the North Country

“The younger generation is often framed as the ‘procrastinator.’ We are the ‘kids’ who only care about social media. Yet, in the face of the Climate Crisis, our generation is mobilizing to demand change. Here in the Haudenosaunee territory (the North Country), people of all ages believe in the ideas that the concept of Rights of Nature encompasses. We believe nature deserves further legal protection in the form of recognition as a living entity with legal standing. We want to preserve and prosper with our Mother Earth. This is why young people from the St. Lawrence River watershed are working together to organize an international symposium which will take place on March 22, International Water Day. During the North Country Rights of Nature Symposium, community members will join to discuss how best to protect the region’s waterways.”

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