Poverty / Development

Permacultura no MST

by Via Campesina – 2010-06-18

Assista vídeo sobre a permacultura no MST. Leandro Fagundes, do setor de produção do MST, conta a partir da experiência no Assentamento Conquista da Fronteira, em Hulha Negra, no Rio Grande do Sul.

Asamblea de los Movimientos Sociales se reúne para en Cochabamba por la Conferencia Mundial de los Pueblos sobre el Cambio Climatico

by focuspuller – 2010-04-19

En la ciudad de Cochabamba Bolivia se viene realizando la Conferencia Mundial de los Pueblos sobre el Cambio Climatico y los Derechos de la Madre Tierra. Como parte del programa se efectuo la Asamblea de los Movimientos Sociales. Conversamos con Joel Suarez - Fundacion Martin Luther King, Cuba; Tom Goldtooth - Indigenous Enviromental Network/ Grassroots Global Justice Alliance and memeber of US Social Forum Org. Commettee; Alberto Gomez, La Via Campesina, Mexico.

17 Abril, Dia de las Luchas Campesinas, Cochabamba-Bolivia

by focuspuller – 2010-04-17

La Via Campesina celebrates the International Day of Peasant Struggle testimonies by Leonida Zurita Vargas, Bartolina Sisa, Bolivia Itelvina Masioli, MST, ICC Via Campesina Brasil Yudhvir Singh BKU, ICC Via Campesina India Alphonsine Ngie Ngube, COPACO/PRP Congo, ICC Via Campesina Africa,

Dance in the 1st World Forum for Solidarity Economy

by Jason Nardi – 2010-01-25

Music dance and culture are part of the event in social forum in Santa Maria RS, Brazil. During the Fair, a festival of shows by artistic groups from all over Brazil took place. Here are the rythms of the Obù Oja group from Hortolandia in S.Paulo, a project working on youth of afro-descendents for self-esteam and celebration of their tradition. Following them are the Raizes Americanas of Chico Sosa and his hip-hop group.

COP15 Miriam Nobre from World March of Women.

by focuspuller – 2009-12-20

Miriam Nobre coordinatrice internazionale della Marcia Mondiale delle Donne, storico movimento internazionale femminista ci racconta delle campagne e delle prossime lotte per fermare il cambio climatico. Miriam Nobre International Coordinator of the World March of Women, International Movement feminist historian, tells us about the next campaign and struggles to stop climate change.

Copenhagen Cop 15: farmers position on climate change

by focuspuller – 2009-12-11

Georges Baroni from La Confederacion Paysanne and Renaldo Chingore Joao from Unac Mozambique explain their position about the COP15 conferance at the Bella Center In Copenhagen.

Farmer's sit-in at FAO World Summit, Rome 16 Nov 2009

by focuspuller – 2009-11-16

Land Grabbing, Food Sovereignty and Cimate Change are the issues expressed in front of FAO summit in Rome. Interviews with Nettie Wiebe - NFU - Canada ( english), Fausto Torres ATC - Nicaragua (Spanish), Devlin Kuyek GRAIN (english), Philippines activist on hunger strike ( english), Tonino Mancino - Fondazione Mancino - Italy (italian), Hortense Kinkodila-Tombo - Congo Brazzaville (french)

People's Food Sovereignty Forum, Rome 13-17 novembre 2009

by focuspuller – 2009-11-14

Introduction to the Civil Society's parallel Forum to the FAO summit in Rome. Interview of Andrea Ferrante AIAB-La Via Campesina, and public statement of the FAO Director General Jacques Diouf.

FAL-FALA Forum des Autoridade Locale Belem 2009

by focuspuller – 2009-02-13

Nazaré Imbiriba Mitschein, Chief Secretary of International Cooperation Gov.Pará- Brasil tells us about the Forum of Local Authorities, meeting that was held in conjunction with the World Social Forum 2009 in Belem, Brasil.

WSF 2009 Peaceful McDonalds Demonstration

by Mallory Knodel – 2009-01-28

This clip shows a peaceful demonstration at the local McDonalds in Belem. Participants in the ceremonial march stopped here to show that imperialistic corporations such as McDonalds and Coca-Cola are in opposition to the anti-globalization ideals of the World Social Forum. The demonstration took place peacefully, with many of the participants singing, dancing, and even blowing kisses at the American fast-food franchise.

WSF 2005 Apertura Forum Via Campesina

by la Casa della Pace e della Nonviolenza – 2009-01-12

WORLD SOCIAL FORUM 2005 - Accampamento della "Via Campesina" ginnasio Teshurina - Porto Alegre - Brasile - APERTURA FORUM DELLA "VIA CAMPESINA" video realizzato da "LA CASA DELLA PACE E DELLA NONVIOLENZA" Castellammare di Stabia - Italia www.nonviolenza.it

WSF2005 -Hugo Chavez incontra la Via Campesina - Assentamento MST "Lagoa do Junco" Tapes/RS

by la Casa della Pace e della Nonviolenza – 2009-01-07

incontro tenutosi tra Hugo Chavez e la Via Campesina nella mattinata del 30.01-2005 all'Assentamento del Movimento Sin Terra "Lagoa do Junco" in Tapes, Rio Sul, Brasile

Visible Voices, Changing Lives

by Vincent O'Brien – 2008-12-29

Working with participatory video, photography to support social change in the remote mountain villages of Kokjar and Tolok, Kyrgyzstan.

2 December Singur people's struggle against Tata- West Bengal-India

by focuspuller – 2008-11-30

On Dec. 2 are 2 years since the struggle of the peasants of Singur against the construction of the Tata industrial motors for the production of cars in Nano on their land. After two years of intense clashes with Tata that finaly has decided to desist and leave the land. But the fields are not yet in the hands of the peasants of Singur, which for Dec. 2 called the mobilization and international solidarity. Swapan Ganguli vice president of the Paschim Banga Khete Majoor Samity (Association of Agricultural Workers of West Bengal) tell us the main reason of the struggle and next step of the movement of the Bengali's Farmers.

MST: Landless farmers and the biggest march in brazilian history

by gibby zobel – 2008-11-29

Trailer of documentary. 69m. 2008. Contact xufilmes@gmail.com English. Portuguese. Spanish. For 17 days, 12,000 members of the Movimento Sem Terra, the Brazilian landless movement, rose before dawn and hit the motorway, creating a red column stretching four kilometers as they bore down on the capital Brasília in their bid for land reform. Demonised as dangerous outlaws - even terrorists - by the media in their own country, the movement of over a million and a half people has won international support and has been called the most dynamic social movement in the world. The film accompanies the long march for freedom over 238 kilometres, an epic vision of humanity on the move.

A Game for Life

by Global Oneness Project – 2008-10-06

Grassroot Soccer project coordinator, Nolusindiso "Titie" Plaatjie, uses soccer to educate South African youth about HIV/AIDS prevention. She describes her childhood in the poverty-stricken city of Port Elizabeth and how soccer gave her the drive to be who she is today.