2024 Paul K. Feyerabend Award to Solidarity in Gaza – Five examples of human solidarity in Gaza that should inspire the whole world
Gaza is one of the oldest inhabited areas around the Mediterranean, with remains dating back five millennia. Since the middle of the last century, this tiny strip of land has been home to up to 2.3 million Palestinians, both original … Read more
The Ya-Misak University in Guambía (Colombia) – weaving cosmovision and economy, autonomy and spirituality, local knowledge and organisational strengthening
The Ya-Misak University is an educational process born in 2010 by the initiative of the ancestral authorities of the Misak people, under the conviction that the survival of the Misak people requires not only the recovery of land (a struggle … Read more
Md. Khaybar Sardar – plying a generous, catalytic role in community innovation and solidarity in the Sundarbans of Bangladesh
Mr. Md. Khaybar Sardar is honoured by the 2024 Paul K. Feyerabend Award for his innovative, generous and lasting contributions to generating and sustaining community solidarity, ingenuity and collective environmental care in the Sundarbans region of Bangladesh. An elder of … Read more
Strengthening communication and solidarity among the Matsigenka communities so that they can guide the conservation and development policy and practice in Manu National Park (Peru) according to their own cultural values
The Matsigenka Nation was organised in December 2023 among seven native communities of the Matsigenka people, four of which are inside the Manu National Park, one of the most important biodiversity hotspots in the world, and the other three are … Read more
Advancing the advocacy, agency and wellbeing of ethnic and linguistic minorities in Zimbabwe
The Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) of Zimbabwe has designed an initiative to advance the advocacy and agency of citizens in what it calls ‘Closed and Threatening Spaces”, i.e., underprivileged spaces where the lives of people could be much … Read more
Four communities in Central African Republic strengthen their solidarity and social cohesion by consolidating their links with the territory of life they share and seek to defend more effectively against external threats
This initiative aims to strengthen social cohesion and solidarity between four communities in the north-east of the Dzanga-Sangha National Park in the Central African Republic. The villages of Beya, Belémboké, Panzi and Sced are located in the Sangha-M’baéré prefecture and … Read more
The Guardias Indigenas of the Shipibo-Konibo communities and COSHICOX govern and protect the watersheds of their territories in the Ucayali region of the Peruvian Amazon
Historically, the territory’s watersheds have served as geographic backbone of the political organisation of the people Shipibo, in the Peruvian Amazon. The current emphasis on their protection stems from the understanding that watersheds are essential to both the health of … Read more
A letter from prison from our 2023 Laureate Dang Dinh Bach
Nghe An, June 20, 2024
Dear friends,
As I write this letter, I know that you are looking to me with great love and undying faith, and I am deeply grateful for your presence on the journey towards justice and … Read more
The self-strengthening of the marine-coastal territory of life of the municipality of Puerto Cabuyal (Ecuador) progresses with the construction of its Life Plan.
This article offers a ‘mid-term report’ for a self-strengthening initiative carried out by the municipality of Puerto Cabuyal, in Ecuador, with the support of the Feyerabend Foundation, the Fundación Ser Ambiente and others. The initiative is centred around the development … Read more
Zimbabwe ethnic minorities apply nonviolent techniques to claim their rights, starting with some ‘oil of confidence’ to lubricate their struggles
Zimbabwean community activists including many from ethnic and linguistic minorities, innovate their strategies by acquiring nonviolent methods to claim their rights, including as they resist injustice in development-induced displacements from their ancestral lands. The Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights is … Read more
