Category: Indigenous Rights
“THE WEAR AND TEAR HAS BEEN STRONG THROUGHOUT THESE 6, 512 DAYS,” Chiapas, Mexico, October 20, 2015 “They gave us a blow, but now we are here to seek justice,” Juan Vázquez Luna, a member of Civil Society Las Abejas…
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By: Gaspar Morquecho In the jungles and mountains of the Mexican southeast 46,000 indigenous families are resisting the most prolonged counterinsurgency war in the recent history of Mexico. They are grandparents, men and women, youths, girls and boys of four…
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By: Gustavo Esteva Wounded, offended and humiliated, Oaxaca prepares the response. Millions of Oaxacans, those who live in Oaxaca or those that have felt in their own flesh the offense to their native soil although they are very far…
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By: Gilberto López y Rivas/II The construction of another world in Latin America, according to Raúl Zibechi, is being carried out by means of organizations not state-centric nor hierarchical, which at times don’t even have permanent leadership teams and, as…
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Joint CNI and EZLN-CG comuniqué about the attack of federal forces on the Indigenous community of Santa María Ostula To the Nahua Indigenous Community of Santa María Ostula, Aquila, Michoacán: To the National and International Sixth: To the people of…
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Last night, we received 3 emails from the team in solidarity with Santa Maria Ostula. Two of them (Bulletins 1 and 2) described the armed attacks and deaths. This is all over the Mexican press this morning. The third contained…
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OBSTACLES TO THE AUTONOMIES OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES By: Gilberto López y Rivas The autonomic processes that the indigenous peoples champion confront arduous obstacles and challenges, essential among them, the neoliberal capitalist State’s lack of will to open spaces for…
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Category: Anti-systemic Movements, Autonomy, Ayotzinapa, EZLN, Indigenous Rights, Mexico Drug War, Mexico's Social Movements
Tags: Ayotzinapa, Capitalism, Chiapas, Gilberto López y Rivas, Mexico, Zapatistas
Words of Comandanta Miriam Good evening compañeros and compañeras. I also have the chance to talk to you a bit about what the situation was for women prior to 1994. Women suffered through a very sad situation since the arrival…
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Neoliberal Ecocide ALARM IN THE HUASTECA FACING THE ONSLAUGHT OF FRACKING By: Hermann Bellinghausen Huayacocotla, Ver. Slow but relentless, alarm runs through the northern mountains and lowlands of the Huasteca: a threat hovers over the territorial rights of thousands of…
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TIME FOR HOPE By: Gustavo Esteva The disappearance of a loved one is one of the worst evils that someone can suffer. It isn’t just the uncertainty that it provokes. It’s wondering every day if it won’t be happening to…
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Chiapas Support Committee 