Posts By: Martin Vainstein

'History is ours, and it's made by the people' - Salvador Allende, 1973

How You Can Stand with Standing Rock Activists to Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline

Right now, hundreds of Indigenous activists are peacefully protesting the construction of a crude oil pipeline on ancestral lands, and they need your support. Between 10 and 12 of October, people in the Americas commemorate Indigenous Peoples Day. They mark this day instead of celebrating ‘Columbus Day’ and the… Read More

Martin Vainstein - 12th October 2016

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Stories from the Front Line: Arnaldo Munduruku and the Munduruku struggle for climate justice

Despite facing mega dams, colonialism and more than 500 years of violence and neglect, the Munduruku People have stayed strong and continued fighting for justice. Here’s a brief insight from their General Chief Arnaldo Kaba Munduruku, from his recent visit to the UK to work alongside Greenpeace. Dams in the Tapajos region of the Amazon… Read More

Martin Vainstein - 8th September 2016

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4 stories of Indigenous Peoples’ struggle for climate justice

Fracking, racism, powerful mining companies, colonialism, the oil industry – Indigenous People across the world are fighting so many things in the struggle for climate justice. From Canada to Honduras to Brazil to Finland, Indigenous Peoples face systematic oppression, government ambivalence and corporate greed – and with a… Read More

Martin Vainstein - 8th August 2016

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5 things you can do to show solidarity with environmental and human rights activists at risk

People who campaign for the environment are being killed on a day to day basis, from Colombia to South Africa, Brazil to the Philippines. If being a campaigner in the South is so dangerous then we must ask ourselves: what can we do from the Global North to show solidarity… Read More

Martin Vainstein - 25th July 2016

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Amazon activists are unstoppable, another world is possible

The Amazon not only encloses a vast amount of biodiversity and serves as a home for Indigenous People, it holds an infinite and unstoppable spirit. From Japan to Mexico, Brazil to Romania, during the last couple of months Greenpeace groups have taken into the street to state loud and clear… Read More

Martin Vainstein - 20th July 2016

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