[3-30-10] In the Matter of Syngenta: GMOs, Pesticides and Violence
A Terra de Direitos - Organization for Human Rights (http://terradedireitos.org.br/) published a case study on the various human rights violations by Syngenta Seeds, multinational agribusiness corpread...
View Article[04-23-10] Eucalyptus in the South, Control in the North
by Hanna NikkanenStora Enso, a Finnish-Swedish giant of the "forest" industry, is conquering Brazil at high speed. The action involves multiple problems, but neither the shareholders nor consumers seem...
View Article[05-06-10] MST: Stora Enso Feeds the Media Lies
Brazilian eucalyptus plantations of Stora Enso, a giant Finnish-Swedish reforestation company is involved in a serious conflict with local organizations, environmentalists and small farmers.read more
View Article[5/25/10] Syngenta is Condemned in Europe for Human Rights Violations in Brazil
The Swiss multinational Syngenta, which produces genetically modified seeds, was denounced and condemned in the Fourth Permanent Peoples' Tribunal, held in Madrid May 13-17 of this year.read more
View Article[05/21/10] MST Informa #183: In Defense of Environmental Conservation
At the beginning of June, the special parliamentary committee which is discussing changes to the Forest Code should issue its final report of changes in the legislation.read more
View Article[05/28/10] MST Informa #184: Policy Platform for Brazilian Agriculture
World transformations in recent years have resulted in the centralization of capital accumulation in the financial sphere and for transnational corporations.read more
View Article[6/25/10] MST Informa #185: The Offensive by Agribusiness Against the People...
Brazil is the target of an offensive by big capital, joined by transnational corporations and banks, in an alliance with the capitalist landowners who created a model of organization of agriculturread...
View ArticleStatement from the People’s Movement Assembly on Food Sovereignty
US Social Forum, Detroit, 2010 Over a half-century ago, Mahatma Gandhi led a multitude of Indians to the sea to make salt—in defiance of the British Empire’s monopoly on this resource critical to read...
View Article[08/13/10] Serra represents the bourgeoisie and the return of neoliberalism...
For João Pedro Stedile, of the MST’s national leadership, Dilma’s victory would allow a scenario and confluence of forces more conducive to social progress.read more
View ArticleWhy land reform makes sense for Dilma Rousseff
Info Source: Benjamin Dangl, • guardian.co.uk Original Publish Date: January 27, 2011 (All day)By Benjamin Dangl, UK Guardianread more
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