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Three years after the Journey for Life: Zapatista listening
By Raúl Zibechi “There is no anti-capitalist movement that is capable of doing a Tour like they did, to listen without judging, to learn from other experiences,” explains Say, organized in the Zambra collective in the southern city of Málaga…
Read MoreTierras 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…
Read MoreZibechi: The end of the landscape (during the battle)
By Raúl Zibechi When the war began, a timely communique from the EZLN analyzing the first days of the conflict concluded this way: “The war must stop now. If it is maintained and, predictably, scaled, then there may be no…
Read MoreZibechi: Police in the states, are for dispossession
By: Raúl Zibechi Michel Foucault considered the police as the permanent coup d’état, a phrase that became famous, although few people fully assume it. The philosopher lived and reflected in France in 1978, when the welfare state was still functioning…
Read MoreZibechi: The impotence of the states
By: Raúl Zibechi We are accustomed to the fact that defenders of state-centric policy publicize the actions of states, emphasizing their achievements and omitting state criminality, which is usually attributed to drug trafficking groups and armed gangs that multiply thanks…
Read MoreZibechi: 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…
Read MoreZibechi: The mind thinks with ideas, not with information
By: Raúl Zibechi In a recent interview (https://bit.ly/3BuJeRP) the South Korean-born German philosopher, Byun-Chuk Han, points out: “We are very well informed, but somehow we cannot orient ourselves.” His arguments about the social consequences of the over-information we suffer had…
Read MoreEl Sur Resiste 2023 International Gathering begins in Chiapas, Mexico
The “El Sur Resiste | The South Resists 2023” International Gathering began Saturday, May 6 in the CIDECI, University of the Earth Chiapas, where more than 700 people have met in order to make visible the dispossession of territories nationally…
Read MoreThe peoples and the end of the dollar’s hegemony
By: Raúl Zibechi Even US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen admitted that the dollar’s hegemony is in danger, as sanctions on countries such as China, Russia and Iran can undermine the role of the greenback and, therefore, of whoever holds the…
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