Chiapas Support Committee

Category: Health


Tierras 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…

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CNI calls for global action against the war on indigenous peoples

Mexico City | Desinformémonos. The Congreso Nacional Indígena (CNI, National Indigenous Congress) – Consejo Indígena de Gobierno (CIG, Indigenous Council of Government) (CNI-CIG) have called for a global action to stop the war against the people of Mexico and the…

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The Inter-Oceanic Corridor Lacks Water

By Emilio Godoy / IPS Photo Caption: The megaproject places greater pressure on water resources in a region where abundance and overexploitation of the resource coexist. For example, according to Conagua figures, of the 21 aquifers in Oaxaca, five register…

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Coca-Cola’s lack of political transparency is associated with life and death in Chiapas

By: Yessica Morales, Editor The investors represent more than $140 billion in combined assets. At Coca-Cola’s Annual Investor Meeting, shareholders presented five proposals, four of them around the company’s political activities, in order to make transparent its financing and advocacy…

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Zibechi: Rebel Health and Anti-Capitalist Movements

By: Raúl Zibechi More than half a century ago, the Black Panther Party was probably one of the first organizations to implement a health care system alternative to that of the hegemonic system. The booklet “Medical Self-Defense. Black Panthers and…

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Day 10 – Palenque, Chiapas: First health, food and justice, not a train that is not Maya

The El Sur Resiste | The South Resists Caravan arrived at its last stop, Palenque, Chiapas, before the start of the “International Gathering El Sur Resiste 2023,” which will take place on May 6 and 7 in the Jacinto Canek…

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Day 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…

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Day 4 – Oteapan, Veracruz: Resisting displacement that only benefits the rich

Oteapan is a community that was displaced once before.  It is still present in the collective memory that 300 years ago the community had to leave their lands located on the border between the states of Tabasco and Veracruz.  They denounce that…

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Second Call to the Caravan and International Gathering the South Resists! 2023

To the peoples in resistance and rebellion of the South-Southeast of Mexico To national and international organizations of struggle below and to the left To the world’s human rights organizations To free, alternative or whatever media are called After meeting…

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The Corn War

By: Luis Hernández Navarro The United States is the world’s largest producer, consumer and exporter of corn. But its crops are used to feed livestock and automobiles, manufacture high fructose sweeteners, snacks, alcohols, oils and, marginally, for people to eat….

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