Labour & Working-Class Movements

Unions and grassroots groups fighting for workers' rights, fair wages, safe conditions, and collective power in the workplace and beyond.

Abahlali baseMjondolo

Mass movement of shack dwellers building democratic power from below; fights for land, housing and dignity via direct action and community organising.

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Los Angeles Black Worker Center

Black-led worker justice organisation building power to end employment discrimination, win fair jobs, and strengthen community-rooted labour organising in Los Angeles.

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Trade Unions for Energy Democracy (TUED)

Global network of unions and allied groups advancing democratic control and public ownership of energy, linking workers' rights, climate justice and just transition.

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Workers and Climate Solidarity Network

Grassroots labour-climate initiative building connections between workers and environmental movements for a just transition.

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Workers' World Media Productions (WWMP)

South African worker media collective producing reporting and education for working-class organising.

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Economic & Anti-Imperialist Solidarity

Movements and networks challenging debt, financial imperialism, and global inequality—building economic justice and sovereignty for the Global South.

CADTM (Abolition of Illegitimate Debt)

International network exposing illegitimate debt and fighting for economic sovereignty and debt cancellation.

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Debt Justice (UK)

Campaign organisation challenging unjust global debt and financial imperialism, supporting movements in the Global South to reclaim economic sovereignty.

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Focus on the Global South

Movement-oriented think tank based in Asia challenging neoliberal globalisation, imperialism, and corporate power.

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Pan-African Today

Socialist network promoting African liberation, working-class organising and continental unity.

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Progressive International

Global initiative uniting, mobilising, and amplifying progressive forces to confront authoritarianism, advance social justice, and build internationalist solidarity across borders.

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The South Centre

Intergovernmental policy research institution of the Global South advancing cooperation, development, and sovereignty in global governance.

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Peasant Movements & Food Sovereignty

Peasant, Indigenous, and smallholder alliances defending agroecology, land rights, and community control over food systems.

Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA)

Coalition of farmers, fisherfolk and Indigenous communities defending agroecology and community control of food systems.

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La Via Campesina

Global peasant movement advancing agrarian reform, agroecology and the rights of smallholders.

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MST (Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra)

Brazilian landless workers' movement organising for land reform, collective farming and agroecology.

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No Patents on Seeds!

International coalition campaigning against patents on plants and seeds to defend farmers' rights and biodiversity.

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Nyéléni Movement for Food Sovereignty

Global process linking peasant and Indigenous struggles for democratic control of food systems.

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Rural Women's Assembly

Self-organised regional network of rural women farmers and producers in Southern Africa advocating agroecology, land rights, food sovereignty, and climate justice.

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Unión de Trabajadores de la Tierra (UTT)

Argentine peasant and smallholder union building food sovereignty through agroecology and direct distribution.

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Indigenous & Land Justice Movements

Indigenous-led campaigns for land back, sovereignty, cultural survival, and environmental justice across continents.

AMAN (Indigenous Peoples' Alliance of the Archipelago)

Mass Indigenous peoples' organisation in Indonesia representing thousands of communities; defending customary territories, forest rights, and Indigenous governance in the climate era.

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Amazon Watch

Organisation supporting Indigenous-led resistance to deforestation, oil extraction, and colonial exploitation in the Amazon Basin.

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Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP)

Regional alliance advancing Indigenous rights, land justice and climate resilience across Asia.

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Idle No More

Grassroots Indigenous movement mobilising for sovereignty, decolonisation and environmental defence.

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Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN)

Indigenous-led alliance defending land, water and climate justice against extractivism.

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Land Rights Now

Global alliance securing collective land rights for Indigenous peoples and local communities.

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LandBack.org

Platform amplifying Land Back campaigns and practical strategies for return of territories to Indigenous communities.

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NDN Collective

Indigenous-led organisation building power through organising, philanthropy and narrative change.

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Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC)

Indigenous-led network advancing urban Indigenous rights, cultural renewal, community wellbeing, and self-determination across Ontario's Friendship Centres.

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Sogorea Te' Land Trust

Urban Indigenous land trust supporting rematriation, cultural revitalisation and community stewardship.

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The Gaia Foundation

International ecological organisation working with communities to revive biocultural diversity, protect sacred lands, and strengthen local stewardship for climate resilience and justice.

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The Red Nation

Indigenous socialist organisation organising for decolonisation, Land Back and collective liberation.

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Wangan & Jagalingou Family Council

Indigenous-led resistance in Queensland opposing the Adani coal mine and asserting cultural authority, land rights, and environmental defence through continuous on-Country presence.

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Ecological & Climate Justice

Frontline and grassroots groups confronting extractivism, fossil fuels, and climate breakdown—fighting for a just, sustainable future.

350 Pacific

Pacific Island frontline climate movement rooted in Indigenous leadership, organising against fossil fuel expansion and for climate justice grounded in sovereignty and survival.

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African Climate Alliance

Youth-led grassroots movement building an Afrocentric climate justice movement across Africa, creating spaces for young people to lead education, action, and systemic change.

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Climate Justice Alliance (CJA)

US-based coalition connecting frontline communities in the struggle for climate justice and a just transition.

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End Fossil: Occupy!

Youth-led movement occupying schools and universities to demand an end to fossil fuels and a just, democratic transition.

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Ende Gelände

Grassroots climate-justice movement using mass civil disobedience to shut down coal and fossil-fuel infrastructure, advance a just transition and challenge fossil capitalism.

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Friends of the Earth International (FoEI)

Global network of grassroots environmental groups pursuing climate justice, food sovereignty, forest protection and systemic pathways beyond extractivism.

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Green New Deal UK

Grassroots organisation campaigning for a transformative Green New Deal centered on public ownership, climate jobs, and democratic economic change in the UK.

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MAB (Movimento de Afectados por Represas)

Brazilian movement of dam-affected peoples fighting for energy democracy, environmental justice, and popular control of natural resources.

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Oilwatch International

Network of grassroots movements resisting oil extraction and defending territories and ecosystems.

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Philly Thrive

Grassroots environmental justice organisation in Philadelphia that organised to close a 150-year refinery and now campaigns for just redevelopment, housing justice, and community-led healing and support programs.

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Reclaim the Power

UK-based direct action network targeting fossil fuel infrastructure and advocating democratic energy systems.

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Stay Grounded

International network campaigning against aviation expansion and for climate-just mobility.

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StopEACOP Coalition

Global alliance of African and international organisations opposing the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, fighting fossil expansion and extractive violence through coordinated campaigns and solidarity.

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Mutual Aid & Community Solidarity

Networks and collectives practicing mutual aid, disaster relief, and everyday solidarity—meeting needs where states and markets fail.

Cooperation Jackson

Community-led project in Jackson, Mississippi building cooperative economics, land trusts, and transitional ecosocialist infrastructure rooted in Black self-determination.

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Food Not Bombs

Decentralised mutual aid network sharing free food in public spaces as a political act against war, poverty, and state neglect, building community care through direct solidarity.

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Mutual Aid Disaster Relief

Grassroots disaster response network grounded in mutual aid, solidarity, and anti-authoritarian principles, supporting communities facing climate and crisis impacts.

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Movement Media

Independent and movement-aligned media amplifying grassroots voices, radical analysis, and stories of resistance.

Africa Is a Country

Left political analysis and cultural commentary platform challenging colonial narratives and amplifying African and diasporic scholarship, movements, and critique.

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Brasil de Fato

Brazilian movement-aligned newspaper amplifying grassroots struggles, agrarian reform, food sovereignty, and anti-imperialist politics, with strong links to popular movements such as MST.

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Jacobin

Democratic socialist magazine publishing analysis on class struggle, ecology, and global movements.

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Peoples Dispatch

International news platform amplifying struggles and organising from the Global South.

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Red Pepper

Independent left magazine publishing socialist, feminist and anti-imperialist analysis.

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Research & Education

Institutes, think tanks, and collectives producing research, education, and policy for justice, democracy, and liberation.

Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC)

Cape Town-based policy and research collective advancing debt justice, public ownership and just-transition alternatives to austerity and extractivism.

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Centre Tricontinental (CETRI)

Belgium-based research centre promoting social justice, anti-imperialism, and solidarity among peoples of the Global South. Publishes Alternatives Sud and supports movements for democratic and ecological transformation.

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Climate and Community Project

Research and policy institute advancing democratic, science-based strategies for rapid decarbonisation and just transition that prioritise public good over private profit.

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Common Wealth

UK-based think tank developing strategies for democratic ownership, public wealth, and post-growth economics.

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Environmental Justice Atlas (EJAtlas)

Global collaborative database documenting thousands of environmental conflicts, supporting movements for justice, Indigenous rights, and post-extractivist transformation.

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Transnational Institute (TNI)

International research and advocacy institute supporting movements for environmental justice, public ownership, demilitarisation, and post-capitalist transformation.

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Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research

Research and publishing institute producing anti-imperialist dossiers and movement education materials.

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