Environmental for Food Justice

Mayan bee glyph. Moderator’s Note:   When we last reported on the situation with GMOs in the southern Mexican states of Campeche, Quintana Roo, and Yucatán, there were many reasons to celebrate since a federal judge had overturned the approval of GMO soy plantings in this region as a threat to the indigenous beekeepers of the region (see our posts of March 16 2014 and July 24, 2014 ). Those rulings profoundly recognized Mayan indigenous autonomy. As quoted in our report of March last year: According to press reports…(Mar 11, 2014) the court “determined that the effective protection of indigenous rights requires the exercise of certain human rights of a procedural nature, mainly the access to information, participation in decision-making and access to ensure justice.”   Moreover, this decision was based on the violation of the right to free, prior and informed consultation for indigenous peoples protected by Article 2 of the Mexican Constitution and Convention 169 of the ILO (...

This Three Percenter image was posted to the FaceBook page of a resident of Alamosa advising the Costilla County colonists Great Recession refugees, ‘off-the-griders’, & sovereign citizens IS THE POLITICAL RECOMPOSITION OF COSTILLA COUNTY AT STAKE? Devon G. Peña | Las Colonias de San Pablo, CO | October 13, 2015 We are residents who have come to live off the grid. It’s all our land…These are harsh economic times. We have nowhere to go. — Paul Skinner. Colorado Public Radio interview  cited in The Free Thought Project . [We are]…modern day pioneers and Pilgrims. [A]merican[s] once did this. [L]oad up the wagons and head west. [I]t’s just modern with the rvs [RVs]. [E]veryone is leaveing [sic] the “left coast” and “sleaze coast” to find new independent land…I lived in CA, UT, TX. lost my job in TX and came back to UT but I want to go back to TX and live independently. [J]ust need a bit of money. [Brackets added] — Scott Allen, Comments. Michael Morris interview. YouTube...