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Neoindigenism and the 4T
By: Gilberto López y Rivas In these times of the Fourth Transformation (4T), [1] in which the head of the National Institute of Indigenous Peoples (INPI), Adelfo Regino, former advisor to the EZLN during the San Andres dialogue, criminalizes the…
Read MoreEl Machete separates itself from the 21 missing residents
By: Elio Henriquez San Cristóbal De Las Casas, Chiapas The El Machete Self-Defense Forces of the People, an armed group, stated that it does not know the whereabouts of 21 residents detained 6 months ago in the municipal seat of…
Read MoreViolence returns to Altamirano, 27 kidnapped
Above: Smoke from Altamirano’s municipal palace last September After municipal offices were set on fire and ransacked, taxis were burned and people were kidnapped and held as hostages in the struggle to oust a former finquero family from municipal power…
Read MoreWhat to do
By: Gustavo Esteva And yes, it’s the old question. But the answers are entirely different. As usual, Raúl Zibechi hits the nail on the head when describing the impotence of social movements or the so-called left faced with current predicaments….
Read MoreThe 80 percent, without strategies and confused
By: Raúl Zibechi One year after the Zapatista Uprising, during the State of the World Forum in San Francisco, in 1995, prominent members of the global elites commented on the strategies they have been designing. As is known, because the…
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 MoreThe Invisible fabric
Two Zapatista delegations of Maya descent visited Europe in 2021, and dedicated the majority of their journey to listening, and sharing words and experiences in intimacy. Here are some notes. We believe the conscious, organized struggle undertaken by a colonized…
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 MoreIndigenous anti-capitalist resistance and the Zapatista journey
By: Magdalena Gomez Today, wherever we look at indigenous peoples, we will find the diversity of their resistance. Some, daily and punctual; others, strategic and long-range. At the same time, we will observe a similar pattern in the ongoing responses…
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