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Campesinos Refusing To Disappear: Guatemala’s Polochic Valley One Year After the Evictions
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March 26, 2012 by tristan savage

by Tristan Call. Posted Simultaneously at Upside Down World Juan lived in the village of Paraná until August, when for …
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Category: anarchism, economics, immigration, Labor Unions, racism, Uncategorized, undocumented workers, Violence, War | Tags: agrofuels, biofuels, campesinos, cane, capitalism, Chabil Utzaj, displacement, food aid, food security, food sovereignty, genocide, Guatemala, hunger, indigenous, land reform, otto perez molina, Panzos, peasant movements, peasants, pellas group, Polochic, sugar, Violence
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers and Inspiration
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March 3, 2012 by tristan savage

from Tristan Call posted simultaneously at sfablog.org, the blog for the Student-Farmworker Alliance My years of involvement in the Campaign …
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Category: economics, immigration, Labor Unions, libertarian socialism, torture, undocumented workers, Violence, War | Tags: CIW, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, food, genocide, Guatemala, inspiration, nashville, publix, rios montt, solidarity, tomatoes, wage theft, workers dignity
Food Crisis in the Polochic Exacerbates as Government Repression Continues
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August 12, 2011 by tristan savage

by Tristan Call and Katy Savage published simultaneously on Upside Down World The massive evictions of 800 families from 14 …
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Category: Uncategorized, Violence | Tags: African palm, agrarian reform, agrofuels, Alvaro Colom, Antonio Beb Ac, biodiesel, biofuels, cane, Central American Bank of Economic Integration, Chabil Utzaj, CUC, evictions, FAO, food crisis, food prices, Guatemala, Guatemala Solidarity Project, Interamerican Court of Human Rights, maize, Oscar Reyes, Panzos, peasant movement, Pellas, Polochic, Sandra Torres, sugar, United States, via campesina, Violence, Widmann family
Q’eqchi’ Leaders Massacred in Guatemala on the 3-year Anniversary of Ramiro Choc’s Imprisonment
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February 16, 2011 by tristan savage

Thousands of Q’eqchi’ peasants near Livingston, Guatemala had been anticipating February 14, 2011 as a possible day of joy and …
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Category: Violence | Tags: encuentro campesino, Guatemala, Livingston, massacre, murder, peasant movement, political prisoner, Quebrada Seca, Ramiro Choc, repression, Rio Dulce, solidarity, tourism
Free Q’eqchi’ Leader and Political Prisoner Ramiro Choc!
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February 7, 2011 by tristan savage

Friends- Our compañero Ramiro Choc will have been in prison in Guatemala for 3 years on Valentines Day. Please take …
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Category: anarchism | Tags: activists, freedom, Guatemala, indigenous, latin america, liberation theology, peasant, petition, political prisoner, Q'eqchi, Ramiro Choc, repression, solitary confinement, union
US-funded Biodiesel Colonialism
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January 10, 2011 by Kate Savage

“As corrupt corporations and politicians shift wealthy nations to greater ethanol and biodiesel use, the US government believes that harvests …
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Category: economics, environment, Violence | Tags: African palm, biodiesel, campesinos, carbon trading, colonialism, eviction, food sovereignty, Guatemala, imperialism, indigenous, land reform, militarization, Miralvalle, neo-colonialism, new carbon economy, Q'eqchi, resistance, solidarity, war on drugs
Accompanying the Peasant Movement Part 2: Conquistador with a Briefcase
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June 29, 2010 by Kate Savage

Saquimo Setaña is a community in northern Guatemala facing eviction by a local plantation owner. Three community members—Jesus Yat, Oscar …
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Category: economics, libertarian socialism, torture, Violence | Tags: campesinos, carbon market, environmental justice, evictions, export agriculture, government repression, Guatemala, Guatemalan Civil War, Human Rights, indigenous resistance, militarization, peasant movement, political prisoners, Saquimo, solidarity action, subsistence agriculture
Accompanying the Peasant Movement Part 1: Growing Trees in a Cage
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June 23, 2010 by tristan savage

Ramiro Choc is in prison in Guatemala City for his work in the peasant movement fighting imperialism and environmental destruction. …
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Category: Constitution, torture, Uncategorized | Tags: civil liberties, Comite de Unidad Campesina, environmental justice, freedom, Guatemala, indigenous, justice, land reform, legal support, peasant movement, political prisoner, Ramiro Choc, repression

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Tag Archives: Guatemala

Campesinos Refusing To Disappear: Guatemala’s Polochic Valley One Year After the Evictions

The Coalition of Immokalee Workers and Inspiration

Food Crisis in the Polochic Exacerbates as Government Repression Continues

Q’eqchi’ Leaders Massacred in Guatemala on the 3-year Anniversary of Ramiro Choc’s Imprisonment

Free Q’eqchi’ Leader and Political Prisoner Ramiro Choc!

US-funded Biodiesel Colonialism

Accompanying the Peasant Movement Part 2: Conquistador with a Briefcase

Accompanying the Peasant Movement Part 1: Growing Trees in a Cage

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