Anuradha Mittal
The Battle Over Global Food and Agriculture Governance
Photos: YouTube\Twitter Oakland, CA — The Food Systems Summit, hosted by the United Nations, has been reduced to a day-long virtual event on September ...
Tanzania: Resettlement Plant Threatens Mass Eviction of Maasai
Photo: IP Watch Oakland, CA—The Looming Threat of Eviction: The Continued Displacement of the Maasai Under the Guise of Conservation in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, ...
Report: Biden Must End Slavery Like Conditions of Guest Worker Program
Photo: Cornell University As the Biden administration begins dismantling Trump’s anti-immigrant legacy and contemplates reforms to US immigration policy, it will have to take ...
Nicaragua: Invasions of Indigenous Land intensify amid role of Mining corporations
[Nicaragua’s Failed Revolution] Anuradha Mittal: “Mining in Nicaragua is one of the key drivers of community displacement, land invasions, and forced land sales.” Photo: ...
World Bank Suspends Doing Business Report
[World Bank] Oakland Institute: “The Doing Business Report drives an insidious race to the bottom where policymakers around the world are competing on being ...
Report: Nicaragua’s Indigenous Communities Face New Land Threats
[Nicaragua’s Indigenous] Anuradha Mittal: “The report details the incessant violence facing the Indigenous communities…and provides in depth information about the actors involved—foreign gold mining ...
COVID-19 BRINGS NEW THREATS TO NICARAGUA’S INDIGENOUS INCLUDING INTENSIFIED LAND INVASIONS
[Oakland Institute\Nicaragua] Oakland Institute: A new report, Nicaragua’s Failed Revolution, details the incessant violence facing the Indigenous communities in the Caribbean Coast Autonomous Regions, ...
SWEDISH ENERGY AGENCY ENDS AGREEMENT WITH NORWEGIAN COMPANY OVER UGANDA LAND GRABBING
[Swedish Energy Agency\Green Resources] Oakland Institute: “If they (SEA) had paid heed to the concerns raised in 2014…Green Resources could not have gotten away ...
Wrong Move: Tanzania Withdraws from African Court on Human and People’s Rights
President Magufuli. Emperor complex? Photo: Facebook Amidst growing authoritarianism and intolerance of dissent, Tanzanian President John Magufuli’s latest move takes away the ability of ...
260 Global Civil Activist Groups Reject World Bank’s “Illegitimate” 2015 Doing Business Rankings Report
Anuradha Mittal, Executive Director of the Oakland Institute Some 260 civil society organizations from around the world have joined forces to send a resounding ...
