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Category: Environment/ecology
Rebel art & the justice that comes from below
By Gloria Muñoz Ramírez “The EZLN has plenty of ideas about what an organized and free people looks like. The problem is that there isn’t a government that obeys you, but rather a bossy government that ignores you, that doesn’t…
Read MoreEnero Zapatista | Tending to our dreams from below: Rooted in zapatismo
Enero Zapatista 2025Tending to our dream from below:Rooted in Zapatista Principles A group of individual activists, community-based organizers and collectives based in Oakland, San Francisco and other parts and cities of the Bay Area have organized the second annual Enero…
Read MoreWho does Zapatismo speak to now?
EZLN / DOSSIER / December 2023 By Yásnaya Elena A. Gil For Celso Cruz Martínez,a flower in the desert For Iván Gil.Tyoskujuyëp, amuum tu’uk joojt Every time I can, I ask: Where were you when you found out about the existence of the…
Read MoreTierras Milperas: Mexican migrants cultivate food sovereignty in California
By Raúl Zibechi | Desinformémonos [In Watsonville, California] The laid-back and calm rhythm of the city is palpable in every corner, in the identical houses built of wood, generating the appearance of a life without surprises or problems. Everything changes…
Read MoreZibechi: The impotence of the states
By: Raúl Zibechi We are accustomed to the fact that defenders of state-centric policy publicize the actions of states, emphasizing their achievements and omitting state criminality, which is usually attributed to drug trafficking groups and armed gangs that multiply thanks…
Read MoreArmed group loots barite in Chicomuselo and threatens residents
By: Elio Henríquez, CorrespondentSan Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas Unidentified individuals began to remove, with the support of armed men, barite extracted a few years ago by the Canadian company BlackFire Exploration Mexico from a mine located in the Grecia…
Read MoreDay 7: Valladolid, Yucatán, The people, like the jungle, always sprout
Mar, 05/02/2023 Day 7 of the El Sur Resiste |The South Resists Caravan begins with a ritual among all those who make it up: women and small children, youth and babies, as well as elderly people. Many come from other…
Read MoreDay 5 of the Caravan: El Bosque community devoured by Global Warming
Text: Observatorio Memoria y Libertad Photos: Karen Castillo – Observatorio Memoria y Libertad The Caravan El Sur Resiste on its fifth day of travel arrived in Colonia El Bosque, Tabasco, a community located between the Atlantic Ocean and the Grijalva…
Read MoreCampaign in defense of San Cristóbal wetlands begins
By: Elio Henríquez, Correspondent San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas With a march in which dozens of people, the General Council for the southern zone initiated a national and international campaign in defense of the San Cristóbal wetlands, which encompass…
Read MoreOil palm plantations in Chiapas, Mexico: Women fight against territorial control and violence
WRM Bulletin 264 16 January 2023 Oil palm plantations are a central cause of deforestation in southeast Mexico. A network of women in Chiapas have organized to denounce the tactics of coercion and deception employed by the State and companies to…
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