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Marichuy’s Words during the 2nd Metropolitan Gathering
The words of María de Jesús Patricio Martínez, spokeswoman for the Indigenous Government Council, in the 2nd Metropolitan Gathering of Networks, Collectives, Organizations, Individuals and Adherents to the Sixth in support of the CIG and its spokesperson Marichuy, held May 19, in…
Read MoreProhibited thinking?
By: Gilberto López y Rivas The seedbeds-roundtables organized by the EZLN, like the one that takes place this week in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, constitute spaces open to critical thinking about what occurs in Mexico, –and in the…
Read MoreSeven reasons to support the CNI-EZLN proposal
By: Gilberto López y Rivas Ever since they made public the consensus proposal of the National Indigenous Congress (CNI) and the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN), to integrate an Indigenous Gobierno Council for Mexico, whose spokesperson will be registered as…
Read MoreJoint CNI-EZLN communiqué on Rarámuri murders
Joint Comunicado of the National Indigenous Congress and the Zapatista National Liberation Army in solidarity with the Rarámuri People STOP THE MURDERS OF INDIGENOUS RARAMURIS COMPAÑEROS IN DEFENSE OF THEIR TERRITORY! Indigenous Territories of Mexico, February 4, 2017 To the…
Read MoreTrump and 21st Century fascism
By: William I. Robinson * Contrary to what is thought, Donald Trump is a member of the transnational capitalist class (TCC), since he has strong investments around the world and a very important part of his “populism” and anti-globalization discourse…
Read MoreConvocation of the second phase of the fifth CNI
CONVOCATION OF THE SECOND PHASE OF THE FIFTH NATIONAL INDIGENOUS CONGRESS Given that: During the first phase of the Fifth National Indigenous Congress (CNI), we analyzed and discussed in depth the different faces of the capitalist war on our peoples….
Read MoreZibechi: It can be done: those below as subjects
By: Raúl Zibechi When those most below, the poor youths (men and women) of the peripheries, the forever nobodies, take the reins of their lives and also do it collectively, it’s because something very profound is changing. A new world…
Read MoreIt’s not the decision of one person
For the racists: Well, we’ve been reading and listening to everything you’ve been saying and writing. We’ve seen all of your mockery, your scorn and racism that you can no longer hide. I believe that the compañeros and especially the…
Read MoreLatin America and the triumph of Trump
By: Raúl Zibechi For those who had any doubts that a new right has been born, Donald Trump’s triumph should convince them of the contrary. The new right has wide popular support, especially among workers and the middle classes beaten…
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