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Looking sideways at capitalism
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LOOKING SIDEWAYS AT CAPITALISM The Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) sponsored the Seminar on “Critical thought versus the capitalist hydra” from May 3 to May 9, 2015. A star-studded cast of left intellectuals participated either in person or by sending…
Read MoreBaja’s day laborers suffer police repression
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EZLN is in solidarity Baja California state police attacked farmworkers on strike in that state for better wages and working conditions. On May 9, twenty (20) patrol cars full of police agents entered the Triqui community of Nuevo San Juan…
Read MoreThe Crack in the Wall: First Note on Zapatista Method
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May 3, 2015 Good afternoon, good day, good night to all listening and reading, no matter your calendars and geographies. My name is Galeano, Subcomandante Insurgente Galeano. I was born in the wee hours of the morning on May 25,…
Read MoreEZLN Corroborates support for Ayotzinapa parents
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[The Seminar on “Critical thought versus the Capitalist Hydra” began May 3. Subcomandantes Moisés and Galeano each gave the EZLN’s word on various topics. At the Homage on May 2, SCIs Moisés and Galeano remembered Compañero Galeano the teacher. Their…
Read More7 months after: investigative journalists talk about Ayotzinapa
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7 Months After: investigative journalists talk about the Ayotzinapa Case Seven months after the attack on Ayotzinapa students, I remembered that unspeakable crime by attending a talk at my local branch library (Temescal) in Oakland. For several hours last Saturday,…
Read MoreCategory: Ayotzinapa Tags: Anabel Hernández, Ayotzinapa
Ayotzinapa, emblem of 21st century social order
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Mexico: Ayotzinapa, Emblem of the Twenty-First Century Social Order By: Ana Esther Ceceña For Julio César Mondragón, in memoriam Ayotzinapa is an ominous emblem of the atrocities generated by contemporary capitalism. Ayotzinapa is anywhere in our world where a dissident voice…
Read MoreChiapas mobilization against organized crime
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PILGRIMAGE AGAINST ORGANIZED CRIME IN CHIAPAS Thousands of people wound their way on foot down and around the mountain roads of the Chiapas Highlands during the first two days of the Pueblo Creyente pilgrimage. On March 23, at least 15…
Read MoreCategory: Mexico's Social Movements Tags: Capitalism, Chiapas, Mexico, Pueblo Creyente
Mexicans connect anti-capitalist resistances
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MEXICANS CONNECT ANTI-CAPITALIST RESISTANCES A surge of grassroots organizing for fundamental change is underway in Mexico. The September 26-27, 2014 police attack on students from the Ayotzinapa rural teachers college, which took place in Iguala, Guerrero, and the subsequent disappearance…
Read MoreCategory: EZLN, Mexico Drug War, Mexico's Social Movements Tags: Ayotzinapa, Capitalism, Guerrero Student Massacre, Mexico, Zapatistas
EZLN: On the bulletin board the concierge
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ON THE BULLETIN BOARD The Concierge ZAPATISTA NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY March 2015. Early morning in reality. Just here, as usual: watching and listening. The crack in the wall is barely visible from the other side. On our side it expands…
Read MoreEsteva: Time for Hope
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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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