Resistance & Alternatives

Video Documentary: Global Crises, Regional Solutions

May 2012

Activists from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe argue that regional integration is the only viable response to the convergence of economic, climate, food and energy crises.

Reclaiming Public Water book

March 2007
Belén Balanyá

The groundbreaking book on how reformed public water services can achieve the goal of delivering water for all. Includes additional new chapters.

Rethinking regionalisms in times of crises

October 2013
Carlos Bedoya, Jenina Joy Chavez, Dorothy Grace Guerrero, Afsar Jafri, Dot Keet, Meena R Menon, Mariana Mortágua, Graciela Rodriguez, Andy Storey, Oscar Ugarteche

The demand for people-centred regional alternatives has been at the core of people’s struggles in Latin America, Asia, Africa and Europe. This reader pulls together perspectives of social movement activists, describing the restrictive regional spaces within which they work and propose regional alternatives.

Seeds of discontent

October 2013

Watch this trailer for a powerful new documentary about how supposedly well-meaning Dutch and Swedish investments can result in land grabbing and human rights abuses in one small community in Mozambique.

 

Bern the first Blue Community in Europe

September 2013

Social justice, environmental, and labour organizations in Europe are applauding the city of Bern for taking a bold new step to protect water as a commons.  

Investors requested to withdraw bids for Thessaloniki

July 2013

(Press release: 24 July 2013) A large group of Greek, European and international organisations, networks and others have requested the bidders for the Thessaloniki Water and Sewage Company to withdraw their bids. They want the bidders to respect the wishes of the workers and local communities who do not want their company to be run by private operators.

The Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE): An exceptional public enterprise in an atypical social democracy

July 2013

Despite immense pressure by corporations that have sought to undermine it, Costa Rica's public energy and telecommunications company stands out as a model in terms of its coverage, efficiency, social inclusion and environmental sustainability.

Egypt's still-unfinished Revolution: Celebration & Danger

July 2013

Whether or not the day’s events in Egypt constitute a military coup d’etat, the removal from office of President Mohamed Morsi by the Egyptian military portends great excitement but even greater dangers.

CSO Conference Vienna+20: Human Rights in Crises

June 2013

Vienna+20 commemorates the Second World Conference on Human Rights held in Vienna in June 1993, a landmark with regard to the realization and advancement of human rights.

UPDATE: Land concentration, land grabbing and people’s struggles in Europe

June 2013
European Coordination Via Campesina (ECVC) & Hands-Off The Land (HOTL) Alliance

Land issues and 'land grabs' are mostly associated with the global South, however 13 country studies in this updated landmark report reveal an accelerating grab and concentration of land across Europe.