Bringing the Land and People Together in Mexico
by Mickey Foley (originally published on April 18, 2016 on the Land Stewardship Project website) On day two of our trip, we...
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- Sep 14, 2015
- 11 min
Human Trafficking: not an isolated phenomenon
by Sue Davis (WFP Mexico Program delegate) “If you promise a girl heaven, you can take her to hell.” (Quote from a human trafficker...
- Jul 27, 2015
- 3 min
The Making of an Immigrant Ally: a Delegation to Mexico
by Sarah Aldridge At the beginning of my summer vacation, from May 12th – 21st, I traveled with a delegation from Appalachian State...
- Aug 27, 2014
- 3 min
Mexican Oil Privatization Finds Support in U.S.
by Maggie Ervin $32,600,000,000. $21,400,000,000. (You might have to count the zeros carefully to make sense of these numbers. That’s...
- Aug 13, 2014
- 2 min
Forty Days in the Desert – by David Wanish
“Forty days in the desert” describes Jesus at the start of his ministry and the Christian community during Lent. For me, henceforth, it...
- Apr 29, 2014
- 4 min
The Defense of the Land: San Jose del Progreso
Attacks against land are constant, and in Mexico even more so since NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) went into effect in 1994....
- Apr 24, 2014
- 3 min
Semillas de la soberania
Por: Nina Schwartzman, delegada a Oaxaca, México ¿Que haría falta para que una ciudad o una región en Estados Unidos prohibiera las...
- Apr 24, 2014
- 3 min
Seeds of Sovereignty
By: Nina Schwartzman, delegate to Oaxaca, Mexico What would it take for a US city or region to ban genetically-modified (GM) seeds from...
- Apr 21, 2014
- 4 min
Creating Opportunities, Helping Families, and Preserving Culture: CAFAMI
by James Hutter james.hutter@gmail.com Creating Opportunities, Helping Families, and Preserving Culture: Centro de Atencion a la Familia...
- Apr 21, 2014
- 3 min
A View of San Francisco Tetlanohcan, Tlaxcala, Mexico
by James Hutter james.hutter@gmail.com A View of San Francisco Tetlanohcan, Tlaxcala, MX It is, admittedly, difficult to imagine. Yet,...
- Apr 11, 2014
- 5 min
What does ‘clean energy’ mean for indigenous communities in Mexico’s Isthmus of Te
By Miriam Taylor, Witness for Peace Mexico Team Driving through southern Mexico’s Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the countryside unfolds like a...
- Apr 8, 2014
- 4 min
The Impact of the TPP, Part Two
Josh Wise, Minnesota Fair Trade Coalition Yesterday we read an introduction to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and explored some of...
- Apr 7, 2014
- 6 min
The Impact of the TPP, Part One / El Impacto del TPP, Primera Parte
Español abajo Josh Wise, Minnesota Fair Trade Coalition For nearly five years now, government bureaucrats and lobbyists on both sides of...
- Apr 3, 2014
- 5 min
Starting to unpack the TPP, NAFTA and food sovereignty / Empezando a entender el TPP, el TLCAN y la
Español abajo By Allison Mountjoy, Community Alliance for Global Justice’s Food Justice Project I recently traveled to New Orleans for...
- Apr 2, 2014
- 4 min
The Reality of Free Trade in Mexico
by Sophie Nikitas The Mayans had a myth to explain the creation of humans: the gods tried three times to make the first human. The first...
- Apr 1, 2014
- 3 min
The Human Face (and Price) of Trade
The Witness blog series is back! This month, Witness for Peace, in close collaboration with coalition partners in the United States and...
- Feb 13, 2014
- 3 min
NAFTA at 20: the struggle continues!
It all started 20 years ago, on January 1st of 1994, when the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect. Despite the...
- Feb 11, 2014
- 5 min
Tri-National Multisectoral Forum 20 years of NAFTA: Enough Free Trade! No to the TPP!: Joint Declar
Tri-National Multisectoral Forum 20 years of NAFTA: Enough Free Trade! No to the TPP! México D.F., January 28-31, 2014 JOINT DECLARATION...
- Oct 24, 2013
- 5 min
7th Milpa Festival: Indigenous Communities Resist
Three months before the 20th anniversary of NAFTA, I found myself in an old school bus traveling through the Sierra Juarez in Oaxaca,...
- Oct 8, 2013
- 9 min
Learning to Love Our Neighbors: A Sermon of Solidarity with Mexico | Aprendiendo a Amar a Nuestro Pr
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