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Esther Vivas (Sabadell, 1975) is an activist in a variety of social movements in Barcelona. She has participated in antiglobalization campaigns, campaigns against external debt, in favour of food sovereignty and critical consumption, against climate change, and in various editions of the World Social Forum and the European Social Forum. She is militant in the political organization Izquierda Anticapitalista (Anticapitalist Left) of the Spanish State, and belongs to the editorial board of the magazine Viento del Sur.
She is a member of the Centre of Studies about Social Movements (CEMS) at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, and collaborates with the Institute of Government and Public Policy (IGOP) at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Her main research areas are the analysis of the social and environmental impacts of the dominant agro-industrial model, the alternatives to this model, as well as the study of social movements.
She is the author of En pie contra la deuda externa (“Standing up against external debt”) (El Viejo Topo, 2008), co-author, with J. M. Antentas, of Resistencias Globales . De Seattle a la crisis de Wall Street (“Global resistances. From Seattle to the Wall Street crisis”) (Ed. Popular, 2009), and co-author, with X. Montagut, of De el campo al plato. Los circuitos de producción y distribución de alimentos (“From the fields to the plate. Food production and distribution circuits”) (Icaria ed., 2009), Supermercados, no gracias. Grandes cadenas de distribución: impactos y alternativas (“Supermarkets, no thanks. Large distribution chains: impacts and alternatives”) (Icaria ed., 2007) and ¿Adónde va el comercio justo? (“Where is fair trade going?”) (Icaria ed., 2006).
articles
2013
The Food Business. Interview with Esther Vivas.
From the World Social Forum to the Arab Revolts
Spain is in the hands of thieves
When buying cheap turns out expensive
2012
Are women being sent back to the home?
La Via Campesina: Food Sovereignty and the Global Feminist Struggle
When will we see tanks in Barcelona?
Spanish state. 25S: the salvaging of democracy
Without women there is no food sovereignty
On green capitalism, the indignados and the social forums
Consuming seriously damages your health… and that of the planet
2011
“To change things we need to work every day in the struggles”
Anticapitalism and environmentalism as a political alternative
Famine: Less land, more hunger
[AlJazeera] The Indignant
Spanish state: the movement of the “Indignad@s” and its perspectives
Indignad@s versus Parliament. Notes on the day of 15J in Barcelona.
The revolt of the indignad@s: moving on to the next stage
Should 15M Movement End Occupations of Sol and Other Plazas?
Rebellion of the Indignant. Notes from Barcelona’s Tahrir Square.
Alternatives to the dominant agricultural model
2010
Food sovereignty: we can feed the world
Anticapitalism and climate justice
Food Sovereignty: something’s moving in Europe
World Social Forum, ten years on
Food crisis: causes, consequences and alternatives
2009
Towards a marxist analysis of the global crisis
Food sovereignty, political objective
2008
Another agenda to fight the crisis
The New Anti-capitalist Party shakes up the left
Women from around the world march for food sovereignty
The challenges of European social movements
FAO: More Free Trade, More Hunger
Facing the food crisis: what alternatives?
2007
One more step forward in the struggle for food sovereignty
Making progress with the creation of alliances and a common strategy for food sovereignty
Women and farmers campaign for food sovereignty
Nyeleni 2007, Forum for Food Sovereignty, about to get under way
