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Rightwing violence rising with impunity against Zapatista communities
A report by the Chiapas Support Committee The Zapatistas have maintained autonomous self-government in their territories in Chiapas ever since the successful and unexpected uprising of 1994. Last year, for the third or fourth time since that uprising, the Zapatistas…
Read MoreThe hour of disobedience
By: Gustavo Esteva It’s only natural that Mr. Trump would boast of having several multi-millionaires in his cabinet and would add that, obviously, he doesn’t want any poor people there. What ought to worry us is that many poor people…
Read MoreZibechi: New colonialisms and left values
NEW COLONIALISMS and the CRISIS OF LEFT VALUES By: Raúl Zibechi When visibility is minimal because powerful storms cloud the perception of reality, it may be appropriate to enlarge one’s view, to climb slopes to look for broader observation points,…
Read MoreZibechi: Red-hot interest in Fanon
THE RED-HOT CURRENCY OF FANON By: Raúl Zibechi Frantz Fanon’s thinking has returned. Five decades after his death, his books are being read again in universities and in spaces of the organized popular sectors. Some of his central reflections enlighten…
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