Today on April 17., the International Day of Peasant Struggle, we in Free the Soil show our solidarity with La Via Campesina and farmer- and peasant-movements struggling worldwide for peasant rights and social justice! All around the globe, agroindustry and its state sponsored hooligans are continuing the colonial attack on Read more…
Finally we have official dates for our AGRICULTURE AND CLIMATE-JUSTICE CAMP and MASS ACTION in BrunsbĂĽttel this September!The camp will take place in the days between the 19th and the 25th of September.In this time there will be workshops, talks, action-preparation, and of course the mass-action against agro-chemical fertilizer-giant YARA.Make Read more…
Check out our first info event taking place next to Yara’s site in BrunsbĂĽttel:
An effective mass-actions needs people, and to get people you need to mobilize, and to mobilize … you need STICKERS!That’s why we’re printing stickers and flyers to be distributed around to create awareness about our campaign!Keep your eyes out for them in your local info-shop or on the streets!And if Read more…
We are excited to invite you to our next physical meetup and plenary on Friday 12th of April until Sunday 14th, in Bremen (DE)! Here’s some more info. Time:We plan to start with lunch at 12h on Friday, and end the weekend by Sunday at 16 o’clock. The programme:The agenda Read more…
Earlier this year an activist connected to the Free the Soil campaign attended the European conference of Reclaim the Fields near Florence, Italy. I took a trip to Italy in the beginning of February to attend the European assembly of Reclaim the Fields. Reclaim the fields is a network of Read more…
From chemical fertilizers for large-scale monocultures to farm machinery and food processing and transport, the industrial food system heavily relies on fossil fuels. The consequences cannot be ignored any longer: climate change, ecological crisis, destruction of livelihoods… We need to take action! This year ASEED Europe will be hosting the Read more…
On Friday the 15th a group of climate activists erected and occupied an 8 meter high tripod for 12 hours, on the site for a new logistical-area, planned by the company Dietz AG.With banners reading ‘We are the investment risk’ (‘Wir sind das Investitonsrisiko’) and ‘the field stays!’ (‘Der Acker Read more…
In response to the planned Turkish invasion of Rojava, Free the Soil has signed the open letter ‘Ecologists Rise Up for Rojava’.In the letter the Internationalist Commune of Rojava and the campaign Make Rojava Green Again call for an end to the humanitarian and ecological destruction of the liberated spaces Read more…
On Saturday 19th of January activists from ‘Free the Soil’ and ‘Fossil-Free Agriculture’ joined the more than 30,000 demonstrators at the ‘Wir Haben Es Satt’ demonstration in Berlin, protesting against the so-called ‘Green Week’ agro-industry conference and calling for a just and sustainable food-system.