CAGJ was founded by Seattle-area activists who helped to organize the historic shutdown of the World Trade Organization meeting in 1999. We strive to carry on the protests’ legacy of effective and creative collective action for global justice. APEC is coming to Seattle! Register for the Peoples’ Summit: JULY 29-30 in SEATTLE WA Join us to […]
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USFSA Member Profiles: Food In Neighborhoods Community Coalition
CAGJ is a founding member of US Food Sovereignty Alliance (USFSA), which connects food justice, anti-hunger, labor, environmental, faith-based, and food producer groups around the country to advocate for food sovereignty. CAGJ was asked to strengthen connection amongst Alliance members by creating a profile of a different organization each month. In May we will learn […]
Critical of Gates, The Billionaires who Made our World features interviews with AGRA Watch coordinator and partners
The new documentary series, The Billionaires who Made our World, recently released a new episode focusing on Bill Gates. The episode features interviews with AGRA Watch Researcher Ashley Fent and our partner Leonida Odongo, of Haki Nawiri Afrika! It aired on Channel 4 (UK) and will be airing on BBC Select in May (the series […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Safe Work for Safe Roofs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 15, 2023 Safe Work for Safe Roofs Rally behind workers fired for demanding a safe workplace Bellingham: On Thursday February 16th construction workers employed by Mt. Baker Roofing company in Bellingham, WA will start the fourth day of a work stoppage at 6am. The workers are calling for community support, by […]
TUES July 12, 6-8PM: We are the Salmon People-The Campaign to Block Corporate Salmon
Join us for the 2nd webinar in CAGJ’s Rise Up Summer School series (open to all), organized around the theme of Indigenous Food Sovereignty! We will discuss the latest developments in the #BlockCorporateSalmon campaign, and be guided through a Visionary Fiction workshop, where we will put our imaginations to the test in dreaming up a […]
Watch “Money,” 3rd episode in AGRA Watch film series, “Rich Appetites”
Today, AGRA Watch and the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa are launching “Money,” the third episode in our Rich Appetites film series! We are grateful to Mariam Mayet and Daniel Maingi for contributing their viewpoints to the film, and Greenhouse Cartoons for their incredible animation! The Rich Appetites film series details how American billionaires […]
Let’s Stop Celebrating the Demise of China’s Small-scale Farms
by CAGJ member Ross Doll China’s small-scale and subsistence household farms across the country are rapidly fading. For thousands of years the foundation of Chinese agriculture and a fixture of China’s vast countryside, they are now being replaced by the large-scale and mechanized operations so common in the Global North.1 Prominent Western and Chinese media […]
An End-of-Year Letter to our Members & Supporters + 2021 Accomplishments
Many of you will receive our end of year letter in the mail this week. If not, here is what you missed! Thank you for donating generously to CAGJ during this giving season, to help us continue to build the global food sovereignty movement! Dear CAGJ friends, In our 20th year, CAGJ is growing — […]
Land Workers of the World Unite! Food Sovereignty for Climate Justice Now! La Via Campesina Declaration Towards UN Climate COP 26 (Glasgow)
(Harare: 25 October 2021) It’s the most chaotic climate year on record, since last year, and corporate-controlled governments, transnationals, philanthropists, mainstream media and most non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are offering more of the same: market-based solutions and risky techno-fixes. Two years into a global pandemic that has taken the lives of untold millions, humanity wakes daily to […]
Thank You for a Beautiful 20th Anniversary + SLEE!
Our 15th SLEE and 20th Anniversary! Thank you to everyone who came together for another beautiful SLEE! It was a big one, being our 15th SLEE Gala and CAGJ’s 20th Anniversary Party! If you were not able to make it live, you can still watch the whole event here. (See links to highlights of the […]
