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Women’s Victory
Mexico Decriminalizes Abortion A La Jornada Editorial In a historic and unanimous vote, [Mexico’s] Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) declared unconstitutional Article 196 of the Coahuila Penal Code, which punishes with imprisonment for one to three years…
Read MoreOtroa Compañeroas | Gender fluidity: A contemporary emergence with ancestral roots
By Sylvia Marcos Published originally in Camino al andar. June 20, 2021. … we know well that there are those who are neither men nor women and that we call them Otroas … and it has not been easy for…
Read MoreWe Don’t Need Permission to Fight for Life, Zapatista Women Join the March 9 National Strike
ZAPATISTA NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY, MEXICO March 1, 2020 To: Women who struggle in Mexico and around the world From: The Zapatista indigenous women of the EZLN Compañera and sister: We greet you in the name of all of the Zapatista…
Read MoreZapatista Women close Women’s Gathering with a proposal
Words of the Zapatista Women at the Closing of the Second International Gathering of Women Who Struggle ZAPATISTA NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY MEXICO December 29, 2019 Compañeras and sisters: We want to share a few words with you as we close…
Read MoreWords of the Zapatista Women at the Opening of the Second International Women’s Gathering
[Save the Date: The Chiapas Support Committee is hosting a Dinner and Report Back from the Women’s Gathering on Saturday, February 8, 2020 at the Omni Commons. 5-7pm] ZAPATISTA NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY MEXICO December 27, 2019 Compañeras and sisters: Welcome…
Read MoreZapatista women’s gathering begins
ZAPATISTA WOMEN CALL TO CONQUER THE RIGHT TO LIFE IN FRONT OF 5,000 FEMINISTS From the correspondents Ejido Morelia, Altamirano, Chiapas “The right to life and all the rights we deserve and need, will not be given to us by…
Read MoreFeminists and original peoples orient our steps
By: Raúl Zibechi The streets of Santiago, Chile remain occupied by thousands of people who don’t abandon them, despite the repression and not because of the pact signed between the government and the opposition to demobilize the protests. We’re talking…
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