Official statement from the Group of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas on COP-30 in Brazil. www.ohchr.org/sites/...

On 12 November, the Peoples Summit began with an extraordinary flotilla of over 200 boats along the Guajara and Guama rivers in Belem. The boat parade brought together some 5000 participants who had travelled in caravans from various regions in Brazil. #COP30

We are deeply concerned by a State’s use of the word “witch” to attack a UN expert in her report to the #UNGA80 3rd Committee. Misogynistic gendered insults have no place in international dialogue and undermine women’s equality and the integrity and independence of UN mandates.

UN experts alarmed by escalating repression and deteriorating civic space in Ecuador www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

We Stand in solidarity with Witoon Lianchamroon and BioThai on the First Day of Hearing on 22 October. His rightful expression must be protected. (3/3)

based on his presentation of evidence allegedly linking CPF’s Yisan fish farm in Samut Songkhram province to the outbreak of invasive species - Blackchin tilapia in Thailand, and called for the company to take responsibility for the resulting loss to farmers and the ecological impacts. (2/3)

Another egregious example of corporate power & impunity; we hope that the court will act on the side of Witoon, Biothai & Thailand's fisher peoples.

📣🌐 Corporations aren’t just observers, they’re complicit! Civil society is taking the demand for accountability to the UN stage. @stoptncimpunity.bsky.social and allies are exposing how corporations are complicit in genocide and grave human rights violations. Read at: focusweb.org/press-releas...

From Maine to Hawaiʻi, New York to California, and everywhere in between, 7 million people gathered across the country yesterday to make it clear: This is OUR democracy — and we’ll pass it on. 📸 Alex Garcia, Jordana Bermudez, and Allison Shelley

It's Prison Banned Books Week — a week dedicated to shining a light on the widespread denial of incarcerated people's freedom to read. We all have a First Amendment right to read and receive information, in and out of prison. Censorship has no place in a democracy.

The journey to justice continues. ⛵ Our solidarity isn't stopping. We're gathering on October 7 at the Palestine Embassy in Makati to keep the pressure on. Be part of the wave. #SolidaritySailsOn Oct 7 | Palestine Embassy, Makati 🇵🇭

Rural women feed nations, care for the land, and sustain communities, yet they remain among the most marginalized groups, facing profound violations of their fundamental human rights. UN experts urge governments to act now to uphold their rights and dignity.

Not only is our new acting director of the CDC NOT a scientist, but he also has deep ties to Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley’s techno-utopia movement. One epidemiologist compared Jim O’Neill’s appointment to “making Elon Musk head of the FAA.”

California lawmakers reach an agreement with Uber and Lyft that will open the door for app-based drivers to form unions. This is a victory for organized labor that could lay the groundwork for similar efforts in other states.

"The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of things unknown but longed for still & his tune is heard on the distant hill for the caged bird sings of freedom" Maya Angelou Umar sings 4 justice & freedom for all of us #BirthdayWishForUmar @focussouth.bsky.social @rajpatel.org @ginitastar.bsky.social

How low & inhuman can low & inhuman get? www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

It's time to start reminding people: LILIES ARE DEADLY FOR CATS. The leaves, the petals, the stem, even drinking a bit of vase water or licking a few grains of pollen from their fur can cause fatal kidney failure. ⚠️ www.fda.gov/animal-veter...

These are lovely!

Dans un monde ébranlé par la guerre et les oligarques milliardaires, les moyens de subsistance de la #pêche sont les absents des discussions politiques. Le #3eForumGlobalNyéléni sera l'occasion pour placer la pêche à l’ordre du jour: construire solidarité avec autres mouvements. tinyurl.com/mpzn3fkd

You look, I see. Eurasian eagle-owl. ©️ by milanzygmunt

“The shipping industry needs to look beyond biofuels and invest in truly sustainable energy sources – before it sails us into disaster.”

The bluebird carries the sky on his back. - Henry David Thoreau 📷: Eastern Bluebird

It seems like when you write a decision giving the President king-like powers, you shouldn't be indignant when he acts like a king.

NYT: “The White House did not comment on why the group had altered the contracts data or why it’s now harder for the public to scrutinize it.” The *savings* have been changed and altered — and are nowhere near what @MarshaBlackburn claims they are. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...

Not many books add a new dimension to Palestinian liberation struggles, but Chin-chin Yap's Palestine from the Air does. It's jaw-on-floor good, one of the most thought-provoking things I've read in a very long time. Get your library to get it! buff.ly/FyaMCy3

Today a guy came into my shop and he was asking me a lot of questions about how I make my art, and then he told me that he's partially color blind, but he can see more colors in my art than he can see in most things, and that's so cool! So glad I could do that for him.

#BlueSkyArtShow #Sunlight #silhouette #foxes #foxoftheday #nature #photography #backlit #naturephotography #altnationalparks #color

As #ClimateChaos accelerates, I offer my free audiobook on community farms, though you must download the free app to livesteam. It's safe. Time to pay attention to #farms and #food. #agroecology (elevenreader.io/app/reader/a...).

We have faced a frighteningly similar situation in India & are suffering greatly by the splintering of solidarity in face of self preservation. Pls do not let thought, learning, knowledge, critical consciousness be trampled by the whims of self interested autocrats www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

A silent observer of the wild, wrapped in mystery and wisdom. Whooo else is mesmerized by those golden eyes? Photo Cap by mukul.soman #Birdsofbluesky

For urgent action: Please see this statement on the awful situation and treatment of Rohingya refugees in Delhi. Pls sign as individuals if you can. In any case, please share with your contacts and networks. docs.google.com/forms/d/1rIw...

Rural workers are a fundamental part of the Declaration of peasantry - UNDROP. The ILO's ilostat.ilo.org/en/ shows that between 2003-23 some 131 million rural jobs were lost.

Bigger the farm size, bigger the risk of #birdflu

@viacampesinabe.bsky.social @focussouth.bsky.social @rbalakra.bsky.social @unsrapporteurfoaa.bsky.social @ginitastar.bsky.social

🚨 The world produces more food per person than ever before—yet 700 million people remain chronically undernourished.🌾🥣 #Hunger is about power, inequality, & broken systems.⚖️ So why are Nobel laureates calling for a ‘moonshot’ to boost food production? A thread 🧵👇 🔗 ipes-food.org/only-politic...

Two thousand and twenty-four was marked by three major disasters: the continuing genocide perpetrated by Israel in Gaza, the victory of Donald Trump in the US elections on November 5, and the magnification of climate change-induced extreme weather. Read our statement: focusweb.org/2024-the-yea...