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Category: Neoliberalism
Southeast Mexico for sale under US Embassy promotion
By: Renata Bessi In the last six months an agenda of work and meetings between the seven governors of south-southeast Mexico, federal government agencies, representatives of the governments of the United States and Canada, as well as companies from these…
Read MoreTake Action: Pressure the Mexican government stop the paramilitary violence against Zapatista & Indigenous communities in Chiapas
Statement of Solidarity with the BAEZLN, FrayBa, and BriCOs Turtle Island – United States of America July 2022 To the Mexican General Consulates in the United States, We, the everyday people from below, the children, mothers, and elders, Native and…
Read MoreThe rise of China and its impacts for the peoples
By: Raúl Zibechi Despite deafening media and geopolitical noise that accumulates in these turbulent times, some issues seem certain: the decline of the Unites States and the rise of China are long-term structural trends that may take more or less…
Read MoreMexico’s criminal industry
By: Raul Romero* The official narrative imposed on Mexico around drug trafficking and the war on drugs has generated a series of confusions in Mexican society that must be cleared up in order to understand the problem we are facing….
Read MoreOn victories and defeats
Water is Life! By: Raúl Zibechi In hegemonic political culture, notions about triumphs and failures, victories and defeats, usually allude to very specific situations, generally linked to the final objectives of the actors in play. The concept of victory applies…
Read MoreEmergency Appeal: Stand with the Indigenous & Zapatista Communities to Stop the Paramilitary Violence
The Chiapas Support Committee is inviting you to join us in taking urgent action NOW to stand in solidarity with Indigenous and Zapatista communities in Chiapas. The Indigenous communities are being attacked by paramilitary forces in collusion with and support…
Read MoreCommunique in Solidarity with the National School of Anthropology and History
Assembly of the Indigenous Peoples of the Oaxacan Isthmus in Defense of the Land and Territory (Asamblea de los Pueblos Indígenas del Istmo Oaxaqueño en Defensa de la Tierra y el Territorio, APIIDTT) APIIDTT | 6 January, 2022 What is…
Read More2021: A year of resistance for life in Latin America
By: Raúl Zibechi The parliament of Chubut province in southern Argentina, approved a law in favor of mining in December, but had to annul it a week later faced with a mass insurrection of the population. It’s one of the…
Read MoreNeoliberal culture shows cracks, but has not been defeated
Latin American progressivism has failed to promote a left, alternative and radiant replacement in that region By: Luis Hernández Navarro / Part 2 of 2 One of the great weaknesses of Latin American progressivism and something that explains its partial…
Read MoreIn the US, not in Spain, the central command of the Latin American right
Save exceptions, Latin American armies are ones of caste, García Linera indicates. Photo:‘La Jornada’ By: Luis Hernández Navarro/Part 1 of 2 The conservative command of the Latin American right is in the United States, not in Spain. Vox [1] is…
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