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Category: Perpetual War

Zibechi: When war no longer saves the system

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By: Raúl Zibechi Many data indicate that the large companies of the military-industrial complex have been obtaining juicy profits since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. But other data assure the opposite; they say that the capitalist crisis…

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Ukraine, the global war economy and the crisis of capitalism

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By: William I. Robinson* The Russian invasion of Ukraine has unleashed heated political debate on the geopolitical consequences of the conflict. Less noticed, the Ukrainian conflict has opened the way for a broader militarization of what was already a global…

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Let’s not get crushed by geopolitics

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By: Raúl Zibechi Geopolitics deals with imperial thoughts and ways of seeing the world, at the service of the most powerful states. It emerged that way and continues to be so, although some intellectuals persist in a sort of “left…

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The EZLN marches against the war in Ukraine; residents of Altamirano join in and add their demands

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By: Ángeles Mariscal Altamirano, Chiapas Thousands of members of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN, Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional) demonstrated in six Chiapas cities, to protest against wars, and to show their solidarity with the people of Ukraine, who…

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Emergency Appeal: Stand with the Indigenous & Zapatista Communities to Stop the Paramilitary Violence

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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…

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 Category: Adherents to the Sixth Declaration, Autonomy, Capitalism, Counterinsurgency, Displacement, Dispossession, EZLN, Huexca thermoelectric plant, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Kidnapping, Maya Train, Megaprojects, Mexico's Southern Border, militarization, Murder, Neoliberalism, Paramilitary Violence, Perpetual War, PIM (Morelos Integral Project), Rape, Repression, Resistance, San Cristóbal-Palenque Superhighway, Territory, Torture, Zapatistas    

Call on the Mexican government to stop & disband paramilitary war on Zapatista & Indigenous communities

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End the Paramilitary War on Zapatista and Indigenous Communities Stop all megaprojects and extractive industries on Zapatista and Indigenous territories Para leer la versión en español, haga clic aquí: Alto a la guerra paramilitar contra las comunidades indígenas y zapatistas…

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 Category: Adherents to the Sixth Declaration, Autonomy, Capitalism, Counterinsurgency, Displacement, Extractive Model, EZLN, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Kidnapping, Maya Train, Megaprojects, Mexico-U.S. Relations, militarization, Mining, Murder, Neoliberalism, Organized Crime, Paramilitary Violence, Perpetual War, PIM (Morelos Integral Project), Territory, Zapatistas    

Brief chronology of paramilitary violence in Chiapas

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In the last several years, and escalating during 2021, paramilitary attacks on indigenous communities where civilian Zapatista supporters and sympathizers live have intensified and they have done so with impunity. In September, the EZLN warned that the paramilitary violence was…

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 Category: Access to Water, Adherents to the Sixth Declaration, Autonomy, Capitalism, CNI, Collective Rights, Congreso Nacional Indigena, Dispossession, Extractive Model, EZLN, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Kidnapping, Megaprojects, Mexico's Social Movements, militarization, Mining, Murder, NAFTA, National Indigenous Congress, National Indigenous Congress, Neoliberalism, Paramilitary Violence, Perpetual War, Social Control, Territory, Zapatistas    

War and chaos above; resistance and dignity below

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Above Photo: September 24, 2021 demonstration in front of the Mexican Consulate in San Francisco, California. By: Raúl Zibechi From a distance, it isn’t possible to contribute analysis as precise and fitting as those that appear in the EZLN communiqué…

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