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ATTACKING GREED AT ITS ROOTS A Critique of Hillary Clinton's speech about hunger, "Attacking Hunger at its Roots"

 

A recent speech delivered by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was widely circulated, adding support to efforts in Congress -- and by highly paid corporate lobbyists -- to pass legislation that slips GMO technologies into bills with some merits, such as regional purchase of food aid and increasing support for technical support for farmers in Africa.  The language in her speech, however, when looked at with a critical eye, displayed the forces at work in the D.C. debate, as well as the influence of the Gates Foundation AGRA program for a new Green Revolution in Africa.  What follows is a critique of Clinton's speech, from a food sovereignty perspective shared by AMI's partners.  READ More


REPORT ON AGRICULTURAL MISSIONS 2009 STUDY SESSION March 9-12, 2009 READ More

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This year's Agricultural Missions study session was on the theme: Food and Ecological Crisis: Rebuilding Food Economies in Haiti and Where you Live. It took place in Papay, the Central Plateau of Haiti March 9-13, 2009 at the Training Center of the Peasant Movement of Papay (MPP). The training center is a campus capable of receiving relatively large groups with adequate though basic facilities. MPP is the largest peasant movement in Haiti comprising numerous associations, cooperatives, and grassroots community groups. It is a member of the Via Campesina movement and Chavannes Jean Baptiste, our host and director of MPP, is on the International Coordinating Council of the Via Campesina representing the Caribbean Region.

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REFLECTION ON THE CONTINENTAL SOCIAL FORUM

GUATEMALA, OCTOBER 7-12, 2008

by Marta Benavides, Agricultural Missions Board Vice-president

Executive Director of the International Institute for the Cooperation Amongst People (IICP)

Last year, the World Social Forum (WSF) issued a challenge to celebrate the WSF by bringing it about on January 26, 2008 in each country instead of at one location. After verifying that no one planned to bring it about in our country, our movement Siglo XXIII- IICP organized the El Salvador Social Forum, a great one day socio--cultural celebration on January19,  which brought together 300 national and international people and 48 different workshops about peace and justice and the environment.  It was a very celebratory day, with a very enlightening educational and cultural opening, and closing. We issued a challenge for other groups, movements etc. to carry out programs on the WSF day, January 26.  Our movement carried out three events in three different states and three other movements did too.  more


CONFERENCE ON RACISM AND GLOBALIZATION (ICR&G)

 

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