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MST: Landless farmers and the biggest march in brazilian history
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.
On the path to WSF Belem 2009 Aginaldo
Aginaldo Queiroz Silva, Grupo Trabalho Amazonico GTA. He tells us briefly what is the role that GTA and has in organizing the forum. In 2005 the Brazilian Amazon has suffered a severe drought probably due to climate change. One of the topics to be discussed in the next forum in Belem do Parà
Moving People part3
official Nairobi WSF2007 documentary African Memory Project
Amazonas: IV Forum Panamazonico Manaus 2005-
An abstract from the IV PanAmazonic Social documentary made during the meeting in Manaus in the 2005.
Africa Social Forum Memory : Yaaku People -WSF Nairobi 2007
Jennifer Koinante from Yaaku People from Kenya explain their presence at the world social forum in Nairobi
Amazonas : Semana dos Povos Indigéna
April 2007- More then 36 Povos from Amazonas met in Belem.
Action at FAO Summit against the coorporation of agrobusiness.
Paul Nicholson from Via Campesina and other activists belongs international NGO and Association were stopped by the security during and informal press conference at the openig of the FAO Summit in Rome.
FAO Summit in Rome
Global Civil society challenge world governments and the FAO on the food crisis and global warming. The lady Dena Hoff from National Family Farm Coalition NFFC USA and also member of La Via Campesina , explening why the civil society gathering during the FAO summit.
Indonesia-Jakarta Global Day of Action 26 jan 2008
Jakarta, Indonesia A coalition of Indonesian social movements marched in Jakarta today as part of the International Global Day of Action coordinated. Members of workers organisations, fisher folks, peasants and others, gathered at 2pm at the Indosat building (Jl Thamrin) and marched peacefully to the Presidential Palace asking for an « Indonesia without neoliberalism ». People are oppressed by current economic policies that put land, water and sea under the control of transnational companies and that undermine workers rights. Protesters raised key national issues such as the new investment law, import and liberalisation of food products, labour law, global warming and debt. The demonstration was organised by « Gerak Lawan », the Indonesian movement against nelocolonialism and neoliberalism that brings together workers, farmers, women, fisherfolks, students, anti-debt and environmental organisations. The Indonesian Peasants Union (SPI), member of the international movement La Via Campesina actively took part in this action.
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