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Zibechi: The storms that are coming
By: Raúl Zibechi The end of the progressive cycle implies the dissolution of hegemonies and the beginning of a period of dominations, of greater repression against the organized popular sectors. Until now we have been commenting on the causes of…
Read MoreZibechi: The End of the progressive cycle accelerates
By: Raúl Zibechi Each one chooses the place from which she views the world, but that choice has consequences and it determines what she can see and what irremediably escapes her. The point of observation is never a neutral place,…
Read MoreRaúl Zibechi: Toward a new cycle of struggles
By: Raúl Zibechi The noisy fall in the price of raw materials closes an economic cycle, but also a political one. The illusion that we’re dealing with a momentary decline is giving way to the conviction that the low prices…
Read MoreZibechi: Extractivism staggers
EXTRACTIVISM STAGGERS By: Raúl Zibechi Resistance to extractivism [1] is sweeping the Latin American continent, from north to south, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, involving all the countries, forcing governments to put its military in the streets and decree…
Read MoreZibechi: Systemic chaos in South America
SYSTEMIC CHAOS IS INSTALLED IN SOUTH AMERICA By: Raúl Zibechi I propose understanding the coyuntura (juncture) through which South America passes as the region’s entry into the situation of systemic chaos that the world travels through. I postulate that last weekend’s…
Read MoreIndigenous Peoples from 5 Mesoamerican Countries Form Front Against Mining
AGAINST THE IMPERIALISM AND NEOCOLONIALISM OF MINING COMPANIES, THE CURRENT BATTLE OF THE PEOPLES ** Organization is required to win, NGO’s from several countries point out in Puebla ** Emissaries from Mexico, Panama, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador expose abuses…
Read MoreZapatista News Summary for August 2013
AUGUST 2013 ZAPATISTA NEWS SUMMARY In Chiapas 1. Around 1700 Students Attend “Little Zapatista Schools” – From August 12 to 16, around 1700 students attended the “Little Zapatista Schools” (Escuelitas), to learn about Freedom According to the Zapatistas. Prior to…
Read MoreDeclaration from Indigenous Congress
Indian Mexico Continues Standing Despite Extermination, Indigenous Congress Declares We learned on this path that the powerful have no respect for the word; they betray and violate it. By: Hermann Bellinghausen, envoy Published: 08/19/2013 18:05 San Cristóbal de las Casas,…
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