In our latest episode, we chat with Dražen Šimleša from Croatia’s Green Network of Activist Groups and RIPESS Europe about what a just economy really means today—and how it’s already being built. From fair wages and democratic workplaces to sustainable local economies and global solidarity, Dražen gives us a grounded, practical view of how solidarity economy works in real life.
Food is more than what ends up on our plates—it carries culture, identity, and the wisdom of generations. At the heart of the 3rd Nyéléni Global Forum, delegates from all over the world gather to share stories, strategies, and visions for a just and sustainable food system. In this conversation, we hear from Mariann Bassey, who represents the African region and the Respect and Diversity group at the 3rd Nyéléni Global Forum, about how these principles connect to food sovereignty, the power of communities to resist corporate control, and the ways traditional knowledge continues to shape the fight for nourishing, culturally rooted food.
On the doorstep of the 3rd Nyéléni Global Forum, to be held in the city of Kandy, in the heart of Sri Lanka, Paola Romero, Director of FIAN Colombia, political scientist, and expert in gender, feminism, and food sovereignty, shares her reflections in an interview. In it, she explains how they have historically worked to advance the human right to adequate food and nutrition, a commitment intertwined with the promotion of food sovereignty and agroecology—fundamental pillars to ensure justice and sustainability in food systems.
From Kurdistan to Palestine, from resisting extractivism to building feminist media, Yıldız Temürtürkan of the World March of Women shares powerful stories of self-determination, global solidarity, and the fight for peace with justice. Women on the frontlines are turning pain into action, and action into change.
In this multimedia article, we explore how agribusiness—focused on generating profits rather than feeding people—causes hunger and disease. The dominant food system, controlled by large corporations, endangers the lives of marginalized communities through the mass production of ultra-processed foods and the indiscriminate use of agrochemicals.
As the world prepares for the 3rd Nyéléni Global Forum, all eyes turn to Sri Lanka, the host country of this historic gathering. In our latest podcast episode, we sit down with Anuka de Silva, a leader from the Movement for Land and Agrarian Reform (MONLAR) and member of La Via Campesina’s International Coordinating Committee, to hear directly from the ground about what this moment means.
The 3rd Global Nyéléni Forum is set to take place in Sri Lanka this September. Sri Lanka is a deliberate choice: in 2022, a people’s uprising—known as Aragalaya—ousted a corrupt neoliberal regime that had plunged the country into a severe debt crisis and societal distress
Sri Lanka — shaped by the violence of debt and the strength of popular resistance — is no random choice. After ousting a neoliberal regime, movements here are building alternatives — and we’re here to build them together.
In a rapidly changing world, beset by war and billionaire oligarchs, fishing livelihoods remain ignored in policy discussions. US President Trump’s ‘drill baby drill’ agenda, worldwide extractivism, neo-protectionist nature enclosure through 30by30 (Global Biodiversity Framework), government-backed aquaculture expansion, and profit-driven mega projects continue eroding fisher peoples’ territories and livelihoods.
The Steering Council of the People’s Health Movement (PHM) met on February 26-28, 2025, that took place in turbulent times, it would be easy to …
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