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Real World Radio is an alternative communications platform that follows the agenda of social movements around the world. It is a project of Friends of the Earth International, developed by REDES – FoE Uruguay.

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  1. WHY A LEGALLY BINDING TREATY ON TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS IS SO IMPORTANT

    WHY A LEGALLY BINDING TREATY ON TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS IS SO IMPORTANT

  2. THE DEVIL WILL ACTUALLY BE IN THE DETAILS UN CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS KICK OFF

    THE DEVIL WILL ACTUALLY BE IN THE DETAILS UN CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS KICK OFF

  3. Stumbling TTIP Friends of the Earth Europe assesses the situation

    Stumbling TTIP Friends of the Earth Europe assesses the situation

  4. Small community in Liberia stands strong against land grabbing

    Small community in Liberia stands strong against land grabbing

  5. SHELL ORDERED TO CUT ITS CO2 EMISSIONS IN HALF BY 2030

    SHELL ORDERED TO CUT ITS CO2 EMISSIONS IN HALF BY 2030

  6. REVIVING INDIGENOUS AGROECOLOGY IN THE PHILIPPINES SULAGAD

    REVIVING INDIGENOUS AGROECOLOGY IN THE PHILIPPINES SULAGAD

  7. MONOCULTURE PLANTATIONS DESTROYING FORESTS AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS EAST ASIA

    MONOCULTURE PLANTATIONS DESTROYING FORESTS AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS EAST ASIA

  8. LAND RIGHTS REVOLUTION IN LIBERIA

    LAND RIGHTS REVOLUTION IN LIBERIA

  9. JUSTICE FOR GOLFRID

    JUSTICE FOR GOLFRID

  10. INDUSTRIAL MONOCULTURES IN HONDURAS CONFLICT LANDGRABBING AND PERSECUTION OF PEASANTS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

    INDUSTRIAL MONOCULTURES IN HONDURAS CONFLICT LANDGRABBING AND PERSECUTION OF PEASANTS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

  11. INDIA ONGOING REPERCUSSIONS AND DEMANDS AFTER MASSIVE FIRE IN OIL WELL

    INDIA ONGOING REPERCUSSIONS AND DEMANDS AFTER MASSIVE FIRE IN OIL WELL

  12. FRIENDS OF THE EARTH WINS HISTORIC RULING AGAINST SHELL IN NIGERIA

    FRIENDS OF THE EARTH WINS HISTORIC RULING AGAINST SHELL IN NIGERIA

  13. COMMUNITIES IN ASIA UNITED IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COAL

    COMMUNITIES IN ASIA UNITED IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COAL

  14. 8 MARCH WE MUST MARCH TOGETHER

    8 MARCH WE MUST MARCH TOGETHER

  15. SPOTLIGHT PHILIPPINES: A YEAR INTO THE MARCOS 2.0 REGIME

    June 30th marks the full circle of the first year under Philippine president Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr., son of previously deposed dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. The Philippines is both a globally critical hotspot of biodiversity and natural resources, and a historic beacon of democracy and...

  16. BREAKING THE PLASTIC CYCLE IN ASIA

    Asia is drowning in plastic, with national production and imports from the global north having devastating environmental and public health impacts. According to a report by Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific, most South and East Asian countries lack proper waste management strategies, regulations...

  17. CLIMATE LITIGATION CASES IN ASIA PACIFIC: A STEP CLOSER TO CLIMATE JUSTICE

    Climate litigation is an increasingly common area of environmental law that people are using to hold countries and public corporations to account for contributing to the climate crisis. In 2021, Friends of the Earth Netherlands, known locally as Milieudefensie, won a landmark victory for climate...

  18. WATERS OF MARCH: ACTION FOR RIVERS IN THE PHILIPPINES

    The Philippines has 421 principal rivers spread across 119 proclaimed watersheds. Aside from providing water to drink for 110 million Filipinos, these are also the source of irrigation for almost a million hectares of agricultural lands across the nation, and a significant source of electricity,...

  19. HUNGER CRISIS: UN COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY AT A CROSSROADS

    Starting on Monday 10 October through to Thursday, the United Nations Committee on World Food Security (CFS) will hold its 50th session, in Rome, Italy. This year, it faces the challenge of the third massive hunger crisis to hit the world in the past 15 years. But, will it be able to put in…

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  20. Colombia: Indigenous Leader Received Death Threat After Being Interviewed by RWR

    Peace-building is one of the items on the agenda of social movements and organizations in Colombia. After the indigenous uprisings in the north of Cauca department that indigenous representatives called “territorial control actions”, a “Political Seminar for the Construction of a Social Solution...

  21. SMALL-SCALE FARMING IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: YOUTH VOICES FROM THE GROUND

    Farming in Europe is increasingly dominated by monocultures and factory farms. So what does it mean to be a young small-scale farmer in this context? How can they get the power and resources to produce and distribute food sustainably?

  22. THE COST OF THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION AND EXPLOITATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN PALESTINE

    Under the Israeli occupation, the Palestinian people have been denied access to and control over their land and natural resources, especially water, for decades. “Several studies estimate that the benefits for Israelis from natural resources in Palestinian territories amount to more than US$70...

  23. DAVID CASTILLO FOUND GUILTY AS CO-PERPETRATOR FOR THE MURDER OF BERTA CÁCERES

    The former head of DESA will be sentenced on 3 August. COPINH highlights that the masterminds still need to be prosecuted

  24. COLOMBIA: ARBITRARY DETENTIONS OF PEASANT REPRESENTATIVES DENOUNCED

    The Latin American Coordination of Rural Organizations (CLOC-LVC) denounced the “arbitrary detention” by the Attorney General’s Office of Colombia of three well-known leaders of the National Agricultural Coordination (CNA) on December 15.

  25. DEATH THREATS AGAINST CLOC-VIA CAMPESINA LEADER NURY MARTÍNEZ

    In early November, Elsa Nury Martínez, Chair of the National Agricultural Union Federation in Colombia (FENSUAGRO) and member of the Latin American Coordination of Rural Organisations (CLOC-Via Campesina), received death threats against her and her family.

  26. DEATH THREATS AGAINST CLOC-VIA CAMPESINA LEADER NURY MARTÍNEZ

    “It should not be a crime to be a social leader in Colombia,” said the threatened Chair of FENSUAGRO

  27. Death threats against CLOC-Via Campesina leader Nury Martínez

    In early November, Elsa Nury Martínez, Chair of the National Agricultural Union Federation in Colombia (FENSUAGRO) and member of the Latin American Coordination of Rural Organisations (CLOC-Via Campesina), received death threats against her and her family.

  28. COVID-19 IN THE GAZA STRIP

    “The Israeli occupation’s attacks on Palestinians have massively damaged health facilities and targeted health workers. The ongoing, direct attacks have caused thousands of injuries and hundreds of fatalities, which increases the burden on hospitals,” warned Palestinian researcher in health...

  29. AGRICULTURE IN GAZA: IMPACTS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON A SECTOR ALREADY SUFFERING FROM ISRAELI OCCUPATION

    Farming in Palestine, an essential activity for the national economy, was already suffering from military attacks and the Israeli blockade. The sector now faces further damages due to the COVID-19 pandemic and government response measures, including lockdown.

  30. GRASSROOTS ORGANISATION OFRANEH DENOUNCES KIDNAPPING AND DISAPPEARANCE OF GARIFUNA LEADER IN HONDURAS

    Armed group kidnapped the President of the Triunfo de la Cruz Community Board and three other young leaders

  31. GRASSROOTS ORGANISATION OFRANEH DENOUNCES KIDNAPPING AND DISAPPEARANCE OF GARIFUNA LEADER IN HONDURAS

    48 hours after the kidnapping and disappearance of Sneider Centeno, President of the Triunfo de la Cruz Community Board and active member of the Black Fraternal Organisation of Honduras (OFRANEH), Real World Radio interviewed fellow OFRANEH member César Benedith, who denounced that they have not...

  32. THE DIRE CONSEQUENCES OF THE GAS EXPANSION PLANS IN MOZAMBIQUE

    Cabo Delgado, the northernmost province of Mozambique, is suffering. The invasion of the transnational gas industry, attacks by extremist groups and military deployment from a government that seems to hate its people, are all creating a frightening breeding ground for murders, forced...

  33. INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY: CASES OF SERIOUS VIOLATIONS ACROSS ASIA

    New report exposes Human Rights abuses against defenders of territories and peoples´ rights

  34. THREATS AND ABUSES OF THE GROWING GAS INDUSTRY IN MOZAMBIQUE

    Mozambique is rapidly becoming one of the Liquified natural gas (LNG) giants of the world. With little international media coverage, oil and gas monsters such as Exxon, Eni, Chevron, Shell and BP are rubbing their hands at the million dollar business prospects in this African country. Ongoing...

  35. ONE LEADER MURDERED PER DAY

    The murder of Maritza Quiroz, leader of the Santa Marta Victims Roundtable, on January 6th, was the sixth political murder that took place in the first week of 2019. The crimes against Colombian territory defenders continue unabated and are a cause of concern for social organizations throughout…

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  36. REAL WORLD RADIO EUROPE #22

    The one where we hear from the students striking for climate

  37. CALL FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR PEACE IN COLOMBIA

    The leader of the Association of Rural Workers of Nicaragua (ATC) Fausto Torres, called for an “International Day for Peace in Colombia” and urged governments to demand Colombian president Iván Duque to advance in the fulfillment of the Peace Accords signed in 2016 by the State with the former...

  38. REAL WORLD RADIO EUROPE #21

    Working with communities affected by environmental injustice

  39. REAL WORLD RADIO EUROPE #20

    Getting to know FoE Slovenia!

  40. ONE LEADER MURDERED PER DAY

    During the first week of 2019, six Colombian defenders of territories and peoples rights were murdered

  41. FREE

    Ahed Tamimi: “The resistance continues until the occupation is removed”

  42. HONDURAS ON FULL ALERT

    OFRANEH and other organizations will mobilize against the reform of the Prior, Free and Informed Consultation Law that aims to give away natural resources to national and foreign investors.

  43. Palestinian women leaders in prison

    Palestinian women leaders in prison: activist denounces illegal detentions and demands respect for international laws

  44. Voices from Palestine

    Hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners nears 1 month

  45. Urgent Demand

    Gustavo is still in danger and we want him home, safe, as soon as possible

  46. Vale continues persecuting and criminalizing Mozambican social activists

    In mid April, 2013, artisanal brickmakers of Moatize, Mozambique, affected by the largest open-pit coal mine of multinational company Vale were violently repressed during a demonstration. As a response to this situation, the company promised to meet with the brickmakers (called “oleiros” in that...

  47. The Occupation Continues

    Interview with Sahar Francis, chair of Addameer, one of the Palestinian organizations recently raided by the Israeli army.

  48. Let’s Call It By its Name

    More Repercussions of the Death Threat Against Rafael Alegria in Honduras

  49. Political Solution

    Colombia: Indigenous Leader Received Death Threat After Being Interviewed by RWR

  50. UN Summit Observer from Mozambique Banned Entry in Brazil

    Journalist Jeremias Vunjanhe, member of the organization Justicia Ambiental-Friends of the Earth Mozambique was denied entry in Brazil. He was there to participate as an observer at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), to be held in Rio from June 19 to 22.

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