Protest against Mountain Valley Pipeline. Photo by Adrien Salazar

Environmental Justice Groups Condemn House Passage of Debt Ceiling Bill, Urge Senate Vote ‘No’

For Immediate Release
Contact: media@ggjalliance.org Following passage of dirty debt ceiling legislation in the House, an alliance of 60 U.S.-based frontline organizations demands Senate pass a clean debt ceiling bill. WASHINGTON D.C. — Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, an organization representing...

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Congress Urged to Pass Clean Debt Ceiling Bill

Lawmakers Should Reject Mountain Valley Pipeline, Environmental Law Rollbacks Credit: Appalachian Voices Contact:
Jean Su, Center for Biological Diversity, (415) 770-3187, jsu@biologicaldiversity.org
Dr. Crystal Cavalier, 7 Directions of Service, (336) 530-0930, Crystal@crystalcavalier.com
Rev. Michael Malcom, People’s Justice Council, (678) 913-7477,...

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Solidarity: More powerful than exclusion

[Español abajo] By Cindy Wiesner, Executive Director
Grassroots Global Justice Alliance A global embarrassment. A squandered opportunity. The headlines describe Biden’s failed Summit of the Americas (SOA), a convening meant for all the countries of the Americas and...

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It Takes Roots Statement on Conclusion of the UNFCCC COP26 Conference of the Parties and Glasgow Climate Pact: Incrementalism Leaves Frontline Communities to Face Increasing Climate Chaos

For Immediate Release Contact: Aimee Inglis, Communications Coordinator, It Takes Roots: aimee@ittakesroots.org
Eddie Vale, NP Agency: eddie@npagency.com Glasgow, Scotland — As negotiations of the UNFCCC COP26 have concluded, the It Takes Roots alliance issues the following statement: The Glasgow Climate...

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Biden: End the Unjust U.S. Blockade on Cuba Now

Español abajo “It is critical that we lend our support to the Cuban people and condemn the immoral tightening of the restrictions on trade during a public health crisis caused by COVID-19. We have to raise our voices even louder...

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We are hiring a Finance & HR Manager!

Finance & HR Manager Start date projected for September 2021 Applications Due: August 6, 2021, or until filled. Flexible Location within the United States. GGJ’s team has worked remotely for 15 years. During COVID-19 travel restrictions, all of our programming...

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“We don’t want REFORM. We want to TRANSFORM.”

GGJ Members Echo the Call of the Movement for Black Lives to Defund the Police and Pass the Breathe Act. “The verdict is a start, definitely a game changer. It’s bringing us some hope in the moment. And yet, we’ve...

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Seeds of Resilience

We Stand with India’s Farmers!

Now Let’s Connect the Dot Between the Forces of Neoliberalism that Stifle Farmers, from India to the U.S. A solidarity statement for the brave and historic protests in India from farmers, agroecology and food justice networks in the U.S.  “We are ...

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It’s Our Birthday!

Español abajo This year GGJ turned 15!   Fifteen years of radical reimaginations, of birthing movements and alliances, of growing and learning together, of weaving and visioning and building across issues with bold activists, care workers, elders, young people, women, Indigenous...

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Movements Move Mountains

Dear Community, The people decided! Our movements won this election. And we will keep winning. This election season has confirmed some fundamental truths—many of which GGJ members have known for the past 15 years, but are even more true today....

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The People Decided! A Love Letter to Our Movements

Photo credit: Rucha Chitnis It’s been four long years. We have experienced the devastation of the Trump administration, and this year we have seen the level of deterioration and inadequacy of neoliberal governance under capitalism laid bare in the continued...

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Defend Democracy! Count Every Vote!

Photo Credit: Margaret Kwateng *español abajo* The 2020 election was historic on many counts: a record number of people exercised their right to vote in the face of a global pandemic and explicit threats from white nationalists; we saw the...

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US Elections: Beyond Borders

US Elections Impact the Planet and People Around the World Espanõl abajo “Although Palestinians cannot vote in upcoming US elections, we have a lot at stake,” said Nidaa Nassar, Executive Director of Baladna, an association of Arab youth that builds...

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Statement from the Venezuelan Popular Platform Against the Blockade in Solidarity with the People of the United States against the Repression of the Trump Regime

(English below) *Nosotrxs, el pueblo de Venezuela, nos sumamos a la lucha del pueblo de EEUU contra el racismo y la represión del régimen de Trump* Nosotrxs, el pueblo de Venezuela: ✔️ Manifestamos nuestro rotundo apoyo al pueblo de los...

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GGJ Call to Action – No War on Iran and Iraq!

español abajo Grassroots Global Justice Alliance (GGJ) joins with our members and allies from racial justice and migrant rights, climate and gender justice movements calling for – NO WAR ON IRAN AND IRAQ!  Trump’s actions have placed us all in...

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Agua é Vida: Member report back from the Energy and Society in Contemporary Capitalism course offered by the Movement of People Affected by Dams (MAB)

In July 2019, Marion Romero and Julio Sanchez participated in the Energy and Society in Contemporary Capitalism course offered by the Movement of People Affected by Dams (MAB) in partnership with the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  This...

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Atatiana Jefferson, presente!

Grassroots Global Justice Alliance strongly condemns the October 12th killing of Atatiana Jefferson by Officer Aaron Dean, a member of the Fort Worth, TX police department. Atatiana, who was 28 years old, was at home playing video games with her...

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First day at Cumbre De Los Pueblos 2014

Conferencia Internacional de Sistemas de Produccion Ecologica y Cambio Climatico by Arturo Trejo, Southwest Workers’ Union When I was introduced to agroecologia by the Roots of Change Cooperative in San Antonio, the concept seemed very simple; a discipline of climate...

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Press Release: WTO Protesters Denounce REDD Rice

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 6, 2013 Reject carbon trading with food
Contacts: Indra Lubis, Via Campesina, SPI, +6281266660561 (Bahasa and English)
Tom Goldtooth, Indigenous Environmental Network, +62 812 3724 2271 – Indonesia
+ 1 218 760 0442 – USA
Denpasar,...

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No REDD Rice Manifesto

No WTO! No REDD!
No to using Rice for Carbon Markets!
December 6, 2013 ● Bali, Indonesia
We, the undersigned Indigenous Peoples, peasants, fisherfolks, immigrants, women, youth, cooks and civil society of the world gathered in Bali to protest the...

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Update from the #EndWTO Week of Action in Bali!

By: Edgar Franks, Community to Community Development Solidarity between different fronts of struggle was apparent at the opening day of the #EndWTO Bali Week of Action.  From the Philippines to Thailand to Korea to Africa, every speaker called out that...

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#EndWTO Week of Action in Bali

They say WTO! We Say Hell No! Bali here we come. GGJ is about to be on its way to Bali, Indonesia to support the Asian Social Movements in challenging the corporate guardian World Trade Organization (WTO). For this exciting...

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Day One in Tunis

Today marks the first full-day in Tunis for the GGJ delegation to the 2013 World Social Forum.  Our delegation is made up of thirteen GGJ member organizations are represented by 22 individuals, and 5 allies, coming from 12 different cities...

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The Myth of Quality

At the People’s Summit in Rio, Brazil, I attended a very powerful and informative session on Women, Feminism, and Agroecology. Women had gathered from places such as Ecuador, Columbia, Brazil, Agentina, Costa Rica, Buenos Aires, and Morocco to discuss their...

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ThyssenKrupp Big winner of Government Handouts

TOXIC TOUR: The Santa Cruz Steel Plant built by ThyssenKrupp is much more than a government handout of public funds to a private enterprise. During a Toxic tour offered by the “Mais Demodracia Institute”, in the town of Sao Fernando...

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Rio + 20 Incapacidad Politica para enfrentarse a la crisis

RÍO+20:          INCAPACIDAD POLÍTICA PARA ENFRENTARSE A LA CRISIS La        Conferencia de Río+20 que hoy comienza no viene acompañada del        cambio estructural en el modelo depredador actual. Al contrario,        profundiza la crisis global y coloca a la humanidad al borde del        ...

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GGJ at the People’s Summit in Rio de Janeiro

The Grassroots Global Justice delegation hit the ground running this week in Rio de Janeiro.  Corporations and government representatives from around the world have started to arrive, and thousands of civil society groups have made their way to Rio for...

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Feminism, Food and Agroecology Workshop

On Saturday March 15, the World March of Women coordinated a workshop on feminism, food and agroecology. Several women activists from around the world interwove these concepts with concrete experiences of their lives and the communities they represented. Several important...

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In Praise of “Women’s Work”

Buen Vivir! from Women, Feminism, and Agroecology session. “Nature is the mother of everything, its no coincidence She’s referred to as Mother. Earth gives life, Women give life. We are seeking complimentarity, our work is not valued as highly as...

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Reflections on My Time in Chicago

Just returning home from an impressive array of activities in response to the NATO Summit. The Coalition for a NATO-Free Future organized a counter-summit with some amazing speakers and workshops. The Iraq Veterans Against the War moved us all with...

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Upon Leaving Chicago…

there are several things that i was deeply inspired by. namely, the work that local organizers did in Little Village to shut down 2 coal burning plants in the area. but there was also local youth working to shut down...

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My Lungs are Still Hurting

so tired. my lungs still hurt from today’s industrial corridor trip. i’m fluctuating between being so sad i can hardly get out of bed, and inspired… fighting so fucking hard cuz we know we deserve more…little village activists shut down...

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March Chants 5/20/12

Thanks to the chant team, participants in the IVAW/CAN-G8 march on Sunday May 20 had plenty to add to the thousands of other voices.  Below are just a few of them. Chant 1 No War! No Warming! Build the People’s...

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We Are In The Fight of Our Lives

The opening plenary of the Counter Summit for Peace and Economic Justice underscored not only that we must, as a country, shift our priorities away from war and militarism and towards peace, justice, and whole and thriving communities–it also highlighted...

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Welcome To Our Blog

The Grassroots Global Justice Alliance (GGJ) is a national alliance of grassroots organizations building a popular movement for peace, democracy and a sustainable world. We support each other’s local struggles and collaborate with international allies who share our vision and...

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World Social Forum – Tunisia: A Revolution in Process

Report by Cindy Wiesner In July of 2012 GGJ participated in a delegation organized by Engaged Donors for Global Equity (EDGE Funder Alliance, formerly known as FNTG) to the preparatory assembly and WSF (World Social Forum) International Council meeting in...

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ANALISIS – BALANCE DEL FORO SOCIAL MUNDIAL 2011

Katu Arkonada esp- El recientemente finalizado Foro Social Mundial nos ha dejado, una vez más, sensaciones agridulces. Probablemente como nunca antes se han visibilizado los límites y contradicciones del sistema foro, de un proceso en crisis tratando de encontrar su...

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World Social Forum – Tunisia: A Revolution in Process

Report by Cindy Wiesner In July of 2012 GGJ participated in a delegation organized by Engaged Donors for Global Equity (EDGE Funder Alliance, formerly known as FNTG) to the preparatory assembly and WSF (World Social Forum) International Council meeting in...

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